Roscoe Holcomb
Roscoe Holcomb
Roscoe Holcomb
Roscoe Holcomb
Roscoe Holcomb
Roscoe Holcomb
Roscoe Holcomb
Roscoe Holcomb
Roscoe Holcomb
Roscoe Holcomb
Roscoe Holcomb
Roscoe Holcomb
Roscoe Holcomb
Roscoe Holcomb
Roscoe Holcomb
Roscoe Holcomb
Roscoe Holcomb
Voice and banjo. Roscoe learned this song from some men in a lumber camp, he thinks they were from North Carolina. North Carolina Folklore (Duke University Press) presents a song “Ashville Junction” which contains the verse “I’m goin back to Swannanoah Tunnel, that’s my home babe, that’s my home.” T...
I'm going back to the Swanno Mountain
Lordy that's my home baby, that's my home
Got sixteen brackets on my banjo
Lord it rings like silver, baby, shines like gold
I got a letter from my woman
Lordy she's gone blind, baby, she can't see
I'm going back to the Swanno Mountain
Lordy that's my home baby, that's my home
I got a letter from my captain
Lordy he's in jail, baby, he's in jail
I'm going back to the Swanno Mountain
Lordy that's my home baby, that's my home
Swanno Mountain was produced by John Cohen.
Roscoe Holcomb released Swanno Mountain on Fri Jan 01 1965.