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Sounds from the southland from bygone years
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Sweetest music that ever touched my ears
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When I heard sleepy John Estes sing
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First time I heard yank¡¯s mandolin
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Played with Hammie Nixon and Sleepy John
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Kept me glued to the gramophone
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Such a funky sound, it was the real thing
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And I used to love yank¡¯s mandolin
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I met yank Rachell some years ago
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Some place up north, we shared the show
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I felt so proud to be on the bandstand
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Play the blues with the mandolin man
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Such a gentle man with a big old smile
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Rocked the joint, the crowd went wild
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Played the old time blues from way back when
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Yank was known as the mandolin man
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Early last April took up and died
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Angels lifted him up to the sky
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I bet he¡¯s playing in the heavenly band
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Angels boppin¡¯ to the blues of the mandolin man
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Yank Rachell¡¯s gone to another shore
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He¡¯ll never play down here no more
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Ain¡¯t nobody that ever walked the land
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Played the blues like the mandolin ma
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Mandolin Man
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Hans Theessink |