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The Journey of Joe Clark, Jr.

from 이​산​: This Mountain by 이산 / Seth Martin

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Based on the folktune, "Old Joe Clark".

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Old joe he had a hundred guns
A bible by his side

And when the rapture didn't come

He hung his head and cried




Round and round old Joe Clark

Round and round I say

Round and round old Joe Clark

I'm a going away




He walked from hell to kingdom come

And by the diamond sea

Begged father, son, and Holy Ghost

To see the trinity





Round and round old Joe Clark

Round and round I say

Round and round old Joe Clark

I'm a going away




Fare thee well, old Joe Clark

Fare thee well I sing

Followed you ten thousand miles

hear that guitar ring




Old Joe he had an Uncle Sam

He taught him all he knew

When he blew his nose on poor joe's clothes

They turned red, white, and blue




Old Joe climbed to the mountaintop

Looked down in the crater

A voice said god will see you now

Joe said I'd rather later





Round and round old Joe Clark

Round and round I say

Round and round old Joe Clark

I'm a going away




Fare thee well, old Joe Clark

Fare thee well I sing

Followed you ten thousand miles

hear that guitar ring




John Lewis dragged poor Omie Wise

To the river bank

Old Joe too drunk to save his own

Poor little Omie sank




Then Joe became a fisherman

To foreign lands set sail

He caught a shark with seven heads

And brought me back this tale!





Round and round old Joe Clark

Round and round I say

Round and round old Joe Clark

I'm a going away




Fare thee well, old Joe Clark

Fare thee well I sing

Followed you ten thousand miles

hear that guitar ring




Well, old Joe Clark when he got home

To Uncle Sam did tell

Of all the wondrous things he saw

Old Sam said go to hell!




I used to live on a mountaintop

Now I live in the city

Can't breath the air but to be fair

My neighbors swear it's pretty




I used to live on a mountaintop

Now I live in town

Sometimes I get a great notion

To jump in the river and drown





Round and round old Joe Clark

Round and round I say

Round and round old Joe Clark

I'm a going away




Fare thee well, old Joe Clark

Fare thee well I sing

Followed you ten thousand miles

hear that guitar ring

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from 이​산​: This Mountain, released November 7, 2016

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Seth Mountain 이산 South Korea

Seth Martin (aka Seth Mountain or 이산), is a roots musician originally from the Pacific Northwest (US).

Continuing in the radical tradition of artists like Pete Seeger, Woody Guthrie, and Utah Phillips, Martin has been living in Seoul since 2015. He regularly performs with Korean and foreign folk, indie and rock acts.

"Quite possibly the closest thing we have to Woody Guthrie."
--Bill Mallonee ... more

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