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Black is the Night
Black is the night.
Full is the moon.
So strange the starlight
Down here below.
Black is the night.
Across the land.
No good or evil.
No soul of man.
Black is the night.
Upon our prayers.
Just like the darkness.
We’ve come to fear.
Black is the night.
Black is the night
We crawl in shade.
Twisted and whored.
Yonder the godless miles above.
In ash of dreams
With souls of smoke.
Upon our bodies
Just flesh and bone.
At death we weep.
In black we mourn.
We’re born in darkness
Same way we’ll go.
Black is the night.
Black is the night
But so full the moon
So full the moon
In ash of dreams.
With souls of smoke.
Black is the night
Black is the night
Let it come through.

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from Folk Songs of the American Longhair, released February 1, 2010
Dege Legg: vocals, slide & acoustic guitars, resonators, percussion

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Brother Dege (AKA Dege Legg) is one of the best kept secrets in the Deep South. Legg has burned a crooked trail to the Promised Land, pushing slide Delta Blues into the 21st century, melding elements of folk, Delta blues, punk, rock, metal, hippie ragas, and outlaw county into one blasted, raw whole. ... more

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