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Molly And Tenbrooks

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8-beat intro.  Play 4-beats for each cell, reading from left to right.

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Run, O Molly run, Run, O Molly run,

Tenbrooks gonna beat you, To the bright shining sun.

Bright shining sun, O Lordy, Bright shining sun.

 

Tenbrooks was a big bay horse, He wore that shaggy main,

He run all around Memphis, He beat the Memphis train.

Beat the Memphis train, O Lordy, Beat the Memphis train.

 

Tenbrooks said to Molly, What makes your head so red,

Running in the hot sun, Puts fever in my head.

Fever in my head, O Lordy, Fever in my head.

 

Out in California, where Molly done as she pleased,

Come back to Kentucky, Got beat with all ease.

Beat with all ease, O Lordy, Beat with all ease.

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Listen to Bill Monroe perform "Molly And Tenbrooks" (mp3)

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Arranged by Jim Bottorff

Click here for Lead sheet and 5-String Banjo Tab

 

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