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1931

from Diesel Town by Rick Todd

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Each verse is a story Mom told me about her life. She was the 11th of 12 children, growing up in poverty on the High Plains of southwest Nebraska during the dusty days of the Great Depression. The one thing they had in abundance was love, which flowed from her sainted mother, Anna Clara, the fourth daughter of Swedish immigrants. At the end she says to her daughter "Jag älskar dig", I love you in Swedish.

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1931

Pull up your stockings darling
Put this cardboard in your shoes
Pull up your stockings darling
Put this cardboard in your shoes
Here's a biscuit for your lunch my dear
Now don't be late for school

Sister, mamma cannot see us
Roll our stockings down to bobby socks
Mamma cannot see us
Roll them down to bobby socks
We're almost to school, sister
Let down your pretty curls and locks

There's a pot of beans on the stove
Mamma hung washing on the line
Beans simmerin' on the stove
Mamma hung washing on the line
I know it must be Monday
That's how we keep track of time

Brothers are home from hunting
Left a brace of rabbits in the brine
Brothers are home from hunting
Left a mess a jacks soakin' in the brine
Chickens are for layin' and Sundays
We're havin' jack rabbit one more time

Daddy's sleepin' on the porch
Oh child, don't you make a sound
Daddy's sleepin' on the porch
Child, don't you make a sound
Let him sober up and roll a cigarette
Before he heads back to town

Pull up your stockings darling
Put this cardboard in your shoes
Pull up your stockings darling
Put this cardboard in your shoes
There's a butter 'n sugar sandwich
Waitin' for you after school

Jag älskar dig

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from Diesel Town, released July 1, 2023
Rick Todd: Vocals, acoustic guitars, button accordion, mandolin, bass

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Rick Todd Amarillo, Texas

Rick Todd is a songwriter, performer and multi-instrumentalist based in Amarillo, Texas. His music resonates from a space between Americana, folk, and country. After a few lifetimes as a Telecaster-slinging rocker, farm manager, studio producer and engineer, and award-winning research scientist, Todd turned his creative talents to making music once again. The result is Diesel Town. ... more

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