GIT ALONG, LITTLE GAL [Verse 1] Where have ya been all day, lil gal? I been missing you Where ya been all day, girl? Don't ya know, don't ya know, don't ya know? You look done out Your hair is fading fast And your eyes are weak Those circles round dark borders near your cheek What kinda things you been doin'? Don't ya know, don't ya know, don't ya know? [Verse 2] They tore ya up good down da line They made you a shuttered-in type valentine One of them washed-up Barbie specials With old-timey hair and clothes Bet you were a pretty one When your four-inch heels Pushed you up on your toes [Refrain] Git along, little gal, git along Git along, little gal, git along Git along, git along Git on home with you [Verse 3] They didn't hit you too hard now, darlin' Or nothin', did they now? Skin fresh as snow Runnin' clear as glass Down in the creek somewhere Bright as pink at dawn Call us all home in the morning 'Cause that's the place to be Cold taters and fresh spring water lil gal From Madison County, NC [Refrain] Git along, little gal, git along Git along, little gal, git along Git along, git along Git on home with you [Verse 4] The horses riding off to battle Lil girl a getting in all the cattle The building burned Boys gone Life turned Child learned Alone going home Get that cow girl Get that cow She's a poet girl In her world 1860s nights War in the land She stands alone She's a great great grandmother poetress She stands against the man Who burned the land The boy afraid But what to do [Whispers] Whispers Whispers Whispers The trees whisper her name The man says take your cues now Git along lil gal Git along [Refrain] Git along lil gal, git along Git along lil gal, git along Git along, git along Git on home with you [Turn] We been getting long ever since Lil gals... [Verse 5] We're in the forest now In the mist In the trails above the fence Those blue ridges hold our mountain homes killed many children and women sliced Men to the bone cut us all to the bone (to the bone) Sucking marrow from our bones Git along lil gals Get long home No more marrow Yalls headed living in your mountain home Goddesses all you roam Smokey ghosts in moonlit nights Fetching sights We whisper strange delights [Verse 6] Our grannies wandered those ridges long Never strayin far from home Keeping younguns fed and hearths warm They're women of mighty storms Out of them great warriors came Each one bearing the mountains name The women may not the ave a famous name But every wind those trees scream their names That great granny gave 19 babes They forged their way cross mountains steep Singing songs and a telling tales Fighting wars and healing ails That blood stretched long Cross hill and bone Now all of us sing the same song Git along
