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Mr. Charles Harned

from Hickory by Andy Bunn

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My great, great grandfather did indeed make a million dollars and died from tuberculosis on the train near Danville, Virginia. My father claims Charles left his fortune to a girlfriend rather than his wife and children.

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Mr. Charles Harned, your life sure looks fine
You made a million dollars just chipping away
In the Wall Street silver mine
Where you buy for a nickel
And you sell for a dime

Mr. Charles Harned, your wife is trifling and mean
It’s no wonder the you’ve been riding the train
Heading down to New Orleans
With a dance-hall sweetheart
Acting like she’s a queen

Cause you are a rascal and a cheat and a liar and thief
And you ain’t no pal of mine
The road to perdition will come to fruition
The moment that you die
Mr. Charles Harned

Mr. Charles Harned, I know that you’ve been ill
And the cough has gotten in you and the doctors have exhausted
All their tonics and their pills
This train will be your coffin
Before you reach Danville

Cause you are a rascal and a cheat and a liar and thief
And you ain’t no pal of mine
The road to perdition will come to fruition
The moment that you die
Mr. Charles Harned

Mr. Charles Harned, where are you now?
Is it God’s holy angel or an imp of the devil
Wiping sweat off of your brow?
I think I know
Where you landed somehow

Cause you are a rascal and a cheat and a liar and thief
And you ain’t no pal of mine
The road to perdition will come to fruition
The moment that you die
Mr. Charles Harned

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from Hickory, released February 10, 2022

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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

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