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Haw River
Chase Rice
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One, two
One, two, three, four
Oh holy man
Why do you do the things you do?
Oh holy man
There's a place in hell for you
Before Adam man swears Adam man
White man rolled in with the current
He brought his guns, he brought his God
And some brimstone fire insurance
Took 'em down by the river to pray
But it wasn't their sins he'd take
He said, "Come now, you black-haired sinner
Come down, get your soul delivered
I'll wash you clean by the timber
Follow me down to the Haw River"
Yeah, one by one he made his way
'Til he washed the whole town whiter
Slow and stead he made his bed
Settin' innocence on fire
Mom and daddy didn't know the game
But the youngest daughter felt the shame
He said, "Come now, you black-haired sinner
Come down, get your soul delivered
I'll wash you clean by the timber
Follow me down to the Haw River"
See there's a million ways that a sister's rage
Can end up takin' over
She told the holy man, "I wanna wash my hands
On a cold night in a torpor"
She took 'em down by the river to pray
But it wasn't their sins she'd take
She said, "Come now, I'm your black-haired sinner
Come down, get your soul delivered
Drop that hammer when she squeeze that trigger
Send his ass down that Haw River"
Oh holy man
Why do you do the things you do?
Oh holy man
There's a place in hell for you