Biscuits And Butter-Carrie Newcomer

[ti:Biscuits And Butter] [ar:Carrie Newcomer] [al:The Geography Of Light] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]Biscuits And Butter - Carrie Newcomer [00:06.72]Daniel said traveling's risky [00:10.23]But the money's awful good [00:12.94]When I get back we can finally [00:15.94] [00:16.56]Get ahead sure we could [00:18.85] [00:19.40]He left the fifth of December [00:22.71]Took our oldest boy Ben [00:25.90]I packed them biscuits and butter [00:29.53]And never saw them again [00:32.46] [00:34.08]How can I keep on walking [00:37.25]God Almighty tell me this [00:40.49]One foot in front of the other [00:44.15]One foot in front of the next [00:47.39] [00:51.85]I sent my second oldest baby [00:55.25]Out to find his next of kin [00:58.46]They found the wagon in the springtime [01:02.14]Up on Killbuck River edge [01:04.90]He was quieter than his brother [01:08.09]And his brother's closest friend [01:11.30]I packed him biscuits and butter [01:13.77] [01:14.98]And never saw him again [01:17.77] [01:19.63]How can I keep on walking [01:22.66]God Almighty tell me this [01:25.87]One foot in front of the other [01:29.48]One foot in front of the next [01:32.66] [01:37.28]They found the bones of our team of oxen [01:40.58]The shirt I'd sewn with my own hands [01:43.79]They found the basket I'd pack the biscuits [01:47.37]But not a trace of my men [01:50.23]I think I'll go down to the river [01:53.50]I think I'll take up throwing stones [01:56.73]I think I'll cry until I'm finished [02:00.44]And I learn to sleep alone [02:03.50] [02:05.01]How can I keep on walking [02:08.23]God Almighty tell me this [02:11.22]One foot in front of the other [02:14.86]One foot in front of the next [02:18.56] [02:22.75]I think I'll go down to the river [02:26.07]I think I'll take up throwing stones [02:29.58]I'll never make another biscuit