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Carolina Low Lyrics
I am a boy from the high country
And I got a lil love for the offering
I come down from the mountains, bow to the sea
In Carolina Low I will carry thee
Gonna take you up, gonna take you 'round
Well your poor lil' pant legs are dragging down
Did you crack your lip? Did you skin your knee?
In Carolina Low I will carry thee
What is sealed with a handshake, spoiled with a kiss
You got an ugly lil mouth, boy, it's come to this
I'm bound for the hilltop, gonna make it, please
In Carolina Low I will carry thee
I am a boy from the high country
And I got a lil love for the offering
And I got a lil love for the offering
And I got a lil love, for the offering
And I got a lil love for the offering
I come down from the mountains, bow to the sea
In Carolina Low I will carry thee
Well your poor lil' pant legs are dragging down
Did you crack your lip? Did you skin your knee?
In Carolina Low I will carry thee
You got an ugly lil mouth, boy, it's come to this
I'm bound for the hilltop, gonna make it, please
In Carolina Low I will carry thee
And I got a lil love for the offering
And I got a lil love for the offering
And I got a lil love, for the offering
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Submitted by
vytasb On Dec 24, 2014
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Iiiiiiiiii don't think that line is "Pan lays." This is a rough tune.
@SmellsHomeless Right. It must be (from the CD-inlay): But O your poor little pant legs, all dragging down. Did you crack you lip? Did you skin your knee?
@SmellsHomeless Right. It must be (from the CD-inlay): But O your poor little pant legs, all dragging down. Did you crack you lip? Did you skin your knee?
@SmellsHomeless I agree. I've always heard it as "were your poor little pant legs all draggin down" I also heard gonna make it bleed instead of gonna make it, please dunno
@SmellsHomeless I agree. I've always heard it as "were your poor little pant legs all draggin down" I also heard gonna make it bleed instead of gonna make it, please dunno
To me this song has a Deliverance kind of vibe to it. A teenager from the mountain (high country) comes down to the coast (low country), kidnaps, rapes and kills a smaller boy, maybe a boy that was a tourist or from one of the more wealthy coastal areas.
Maybe I'm way off, but this is what I pictured.
This song reminds me of Poor Wayfaring Stranger from a musical standpoint. For the meaning of the song, it's the poor Appalachian boy comes down from hill country to be a courtesan down by the sea. It's a rough life but it's better than what he's left...