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Red Ground​(​The ballad of Mary Livingstone)

from Back of the line by Robin Auld

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They buried his heart under a tree
carried the rest of him back to the sea
Oh Mary you should have stayed at home
Forgive a man for all that he blunders
he never took you to the smoke that thunders
Oh Mary he had to do it on his own

Love needs to be blind, when your man has lost his mind
you followed hin to Mozambique, the spirit was willing but the flesh was weak
and they laid him in the abbey, but his heart is in the red red ground with you.

If you never learned it at the mission school
you probably didn't need to know
but oh Mary you shoulda listened to your mama
for Chuma and Susi it was not too far
a thousand miles to Zanzibar
Oh Mary, they must have loved him too

Red sun on a dusty town, you're so far away but you're the one that stayed
what's the use of being laid with kings when you're interested in other things
and they laid him in the abbey, but his heart is in the red red ground with you.

And any place that has a place for me, you can leave me there under a tree
from Caledonia we were thrown, the green hills were never home
and they laid him in the abbey, but his heart is in Africa with you.

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from Back of the line, released January 21, 2016

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Robin Auld Cape Town, South Africa

Slide guitar, harmonica, African blues guitar stylings and soul vocals all feature in the fresh and vibrant roots sound of Cape Town based Robin Auld.
Born in Lusaka, Zambia to Scots parents, Robin's childhood was spent between Southern Africa and Scotland; a journey reflected in the African and Celtic influences in his music.
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