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[00:01.02](Matraca Berg/Ronnie Samoset)
[00:36.52]He came into town in the early springtime
[00:42.94]To work with my daddy down in the mines
[00:50.28]It was hot in the summer when he said goodbye
[00:58.54]And he left me a secret I can no longer hide
[01:06.78]Now the only thing here that is welcoming me
[01:12.25]Is a cold rainy morning, and a Greyhound bus seat
[01:20.54]He just had to come back and try to explain
[01:27.99]Cry for your daughter, Appalachian rain
[01:36.19]Mountains of sorrow, mountains of pain
[01:43.55]You'll never give for my baby a name
[01:51.74]My family's honor took it away
[01:59.91]Cry for your daughter, Appalachian rain
[02:10.93]I was washed in the blood of the river you filled
[02:17.37]Now the sound of a shotgun rings through the hills
[02:25.66]And the blood of her father runs through its veins
[02:33.86]Cry for your daughter, Appalachian rain
[02:42.10]Mountains of sorrow, mountains of pain
[02:50.36]You'll never give for my baby a name
[02:57.60]My family's honor took it away
[03:05.99]Cry for your daughter, Appalachian rain
[03:15.76]Tears in the hollow, tears of my shame
[03:27.68]Cry for your daughter, Appalachian rain
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