I Wish I Was a Mole in the Ground-Bascom Lamar Lunsford

[ti:I Wish I Was a Mole in the Ground] [ar:Bascom Lamar Lunsford] [al:Speaking the Truth: Unearthed American Folk Obscurities] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]I Wish I Was a Mole in the Ground - Bascom Lamar Lunsford [00:04.96]I wish I was a mole in the ground [00:09.52] [00:11.31]Yes I wish I was a mole in the ground [00:14.63] [00:16.86]If I a mole in the ground I'd root that mountain down [00:20.98]And I wish I was a mole in the ground [00:24.85] [00:32.60]Oh tippy wants a nine dollar shawl [00:37.11] [00:39.12]Yes tippy wants a nine dollar shawl [00:42.65] [00:44.77]When I come o'er the hill with a forty dollar bill [00:49.29] [00:50.09]Baby where you been so long [00:53.44] [01:01.31]I been in the bend so long [01:04.79] [01:06.07]Yes I been in the bend so long [01:09.69] [01:11.57]I been in the bend with the rough and rowdy men [01:15.82] [01:16.58]Baby where you been so long [01:19.38] [01:27.49]Oh I don't like a railroad man [01:30.90] [01:32.13]No I don't like a railroad man [01:35.34] [01:38.12]If a railroad man they'll kill you when he can [01:42.59]Drink up your blood like wine [01:45.51] [01:52.90]Oh I wish I was a lizard in the spring [01:56.88] [01:58.60]Yes I wish I was a lizard in the spring [02:02.26] [02:04.51]If I's a lizard in the spring I'd hear my darlin' sing [02:08.88]And I wish I was a lizard in the spring [02:12.69] [02:20.10]Oh capie let your hair roll down [02:24.85] [02:26.43]Capie let your hair roll down [02:29.51] [02:31.62]Let your hair roll down and your bangs curl round [02:37.22]Oh capie let your hair roll down [02:40.48] [02:47.99]I wish I was a mole in the ground [02:51.61] [02:52.80]Yes I wish I was a mole in the ground [02:56.41] [02:58.52]If a mole in the ground I'd root that mountain down [03:02.18]And I wish I was a mole in the ground