We’ve updated our Terms of Use to reflect our new entity name and address. You can review the changes here.
We’ve updated our Terms of Use. You can review the changes here.

Bull City

from Hickory by Andy Bunn

/

  • Streaming + Download

    Includes unlimited streaming via the free Bandcamp app, plus high-quality download in MP3, FLAC and more.
    Purchasable with gift card

      $1 USD  or more

     

  • Buy the Full Digital Album

  • Compact Disc (CD) + Digital Album

    Comes in a lovely three-fold jacket, with artwork by Rai Omri

    Includes unlimited streaming of Hickory via the free Bandcamp app, plus high-quality download in MP3, FLAC and more.
    ships out within 5 days

      $10 USD or more 

     

about

Many of my mother’s people are buried, literally, in the shadow of the Duke family mausoleum in Durham, North Carolina. This is the story of the woman from Hickory in her later years. It’s nice that her daughter finally made it to Kansas.

lyrics

I hear the whistle in the morning
Long before a body can feel the sun
Another day for me, working at the ATC
Making money for Mr Duke and his sons

Six days a week I pull the stem off the leaf
Cuts my hands and makes my fingers sore
Mr Duke will say, he hardly has to pay
All the women who were widowed in the war

I’m alright don’t you worry mama
I’m getting by the best I can
Don’t you cry
We’ll be together in the by and by
Playing in the angel band

I wish I had never come to Durham
Bull City never treated me very well
It just bound me down, in the Carolina ground
Old Mr. Duke you can go to hell

I’m alright don’t you worry mama
I’m getting by the best I can
Don’t you cry
We’ll be together in the by and by
Playing in the angel band

But Daughter Sarah writes from Kansas
I hardly know her for the way that she has grown
She’ll never waste away in Mr Duke’s factory
She has some land and a little one of her own

I’m alright don’t you worry mama
I’m getting by the best I can
Don’t you cry
We’ll be together in the by and by
Playing in the angel band

credits

from Hickory, released February 10, 2022

license

all rights reserved

tags

about

Andy Bunn image

Andy Bunn Bellingham, Washington

Andy Bunn is a songwriter living in Bellingham WA who writes character-focused songs.

Some of the stories in the songs stick mostly to the facts and some are tall tales. The characters in the stories feel real to him and that’s enough.

In addition to solo stuff, he plays bluegrass in the High Mountain String Band. ... more

contact / help

Contact Andy Bunn

Streaming and
Download help

Shipping and returns

Redeem code

Report this track or account

Andy Bunn recommends:

If you like Andy Bunn, you may also like:

Bandcamp Daily  your guide to the world of Bandcamp

On Bandcamp Radio

Beans joins the show to discuss his album release, "ZWAARD".

listen now