This is a mostly autobiographical story song, from our time spent in Prescott and other towns in northern AZ, especially Jerome.
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Mingus Mountain
VERSE 1
I came to this world on a misty moisty morn
By the riverside, another rebel born
Wandered down to Tennessee, I was born again
Now I seek a home that will not end
CHORUS:
Home, beyond the Mingus Mountain
Far, beyond the Mingus Mountain
Jesus washed me in that fountain
I am going home, don’t you look for me Jerome,
Cause I am going home, going home
VERSE 2
Wonder if I’ll die in the Arizona sun
On this scarred up mountainside, will my race be run?
One more little song in me before the day is done
I am going home, going home
CHORUS
VERSE 3
Fire will come down on this land that bore the Flood
Land that cries against the hands that shed the babies’ blood
Turn while you still can my friend, coming is the Judge,
I am going home, going home
CHORUS
BRIDGE:
Church bells singing in the holler
Crying, come back to the Father
Day is dying in the copper
Day that will never come again
1st Verse, CHORUS
©Charlotte Ryerson 2018