{"id":78946,"date":"2021-08-14T23:20:01","date_gmt":"2021-08-15T03:20:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/johncohn.org\/base\/?p=78946"},"modified":"2021-08-14T23:20:03","modified_gmt":"2021-08-15T03:20:03","slug":"saturday-night-some-blackbirds-wing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/johncohn.org\/base\/2021\/08\/14\/saturday-night-some-blackbirds-wing\/","title":{"rendered":"Saturday night &#8211; Some blackbirds wing"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I woke up this morning to the news that Nancy Griffith country folk singer that I like had died at age 68.\u2026 She was a great singer t I grew up listening to\u2026 Kinda More easy listening than my tastes but she did write one of my favorite songs it&#8217;s called\ufffc &#8220;Gulf Coast Highway&#8221;\u2026 It&#8217;s about the time that the bluebonnets come out In East Texas\ufffc Where I grew up\ufffc\u2026 i used to say it&#8217;s the only time that east Texas was pretty\u2026 I kept listening to that song all day\ufffc. Here&#8217;s how it goes\ufffc<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Gulf Coast Highway: Nanci Griffith\" width=\"474\" height=\"356\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/qnK4P9stK9U?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Gulf Coast Highway by Nanci Griffith\ufffc<\/p>\n<div jsname=\"U8S5sf\" class=\"ujudUb\" style=\"margin-bottom: 16px; caret-color: rgb(60, 64, 67); color: rgb(60, 64, 67); font-family: Roboto,\" helvetica neue arial sans-serif font-size: font-style: normal font-variant-caps: font-weight: letter-spacing: orphans: auto text-align: start text-indent: text-transform: none white-space: widows: word-spacing: rgba text-decoration:><span jsname=\"YS01Ge\">Gulf coast highway, he worked the rails<\/span><br \/>\n<span jsname=\"YS01Ge\">He worked the rice fields with their cold, dark wells<\/span><br \/>\n<span jsname=\"YS01Ge\">He worked the oil rigs in the Gulf of Mexico<\/span><br \/>\n<span jsname=\"YS01Ge\">The only thing we&#8217;ve ever owned is this old house here by the road<\/span><\/div>\n<div jsname=\"U8S5sf\" class=\"ujudUb\" style=\"margin-bottom: 16px; caret-color: rgb(60, 64, 67); color: rgb(60, 64, 67); font-family: Roboto,\" helvetica neue arial sans-serif font-size: font-style: normal font-variant-caps: font-weight: letter-spacing: orphans: auto text-align: start text-indent: text-transform: none white-space: widows: word-spacing: rgba text-decoration:><span jsname=\"YS01Ge\">And when he dies he says he&#8217;ll catch some blackbird&#8217;s wing<\/span><br \/>\n<span jsname=\"YS01Ge\">And we&#8217;ll fly away to heaven<\/span><br \/>\n<span jsname=\"YS01Ge\">Come some sweet blue bonnet spring<\/span><\/div>\n<div jsname=\"U8S5sf\" class=\"ujudUb\" style=\"margin-bottom: 16px; caret-color: rgb(60, 64, 67); color: rgb(60, 64, 67); font-family: Roboto,\" helvetica neue arial sans-serif font-size: font-style: normal font-variant-caps: font-weight: letter-spacing: orphans: auto text-align: start text-indent: text-transform: none white-space: widows: word-spacing: rgba text-decoration:><span jsname=\"YS01Ge\">She walked through springtime when I was home<\/span><br \/>\n<span jsname=\"YS01Ge\">The days were sweet, our nights were warm<\/span><br \/>\n<span jsname=\"YS01Ge\">The seasons changed, the jobs would come<\/span><br \/>\n<span jsname=\"YS01Ge\">The flowers fade, and this old house felt so alone<\/span><br \/>\n<span jsname=\"YS01Ge\">When the work took me away<\/span><\/div>\n<div jsname=\"U8S5sf\" class=\"ujudUb\" style=\"margin-bottom: 16px; caret-color: rgb(60, 64, 67); color: rgb(60, 64, 67); font-family: Roboto,\" helvetica neue arial sans-serif font-size: font-style: normal font-variant-caps: font-weight: letter-spacing: orphans: auto text-align: start text-indent: text-transform: none white-space: widows: word-spacing: rgba text-decoration:><span jsname=\"YS01Ge\">And when she dies she says she&#8217;ll catch some blackbird&#8217;s wing<\/span><br \/>\n<span jsname=\"YS01Ge\">And she will fly away to heaven<\/span><br \/>\n<span jsname=\"YS01Ge\">Come some sweet blue bonnet spring<\/span><\/div>\n<div jsname=\"U8S5sf\" class=\"ujudUb\" style=\"margin-bottom: 16px; caret-color: rgb(60, 64, 67); color: rgb(60, 64, 67); font-family: Roboto,\" helvetica neue arial sans-serif font-size: font-style: normal font-variant-caps: font-weight: letter-spacing: orphans: auto text-align: start text-indent: text-transform: none white-space: widows: word-spacing: rgba text-decoration:><span jsname=\"YS01Ge\">Highway 90, the jobs are gone<\/span><br \/>\n<span jsname=\"YS01Ge\">We tend our garden, we set the sun<\/span><br \/>\n<span jsname=\"YS01Ge\">This is the only place on Earth blue bonnets grow<\/span><br \/>\n<span jsname=\"YS01Ge\">And once a year they come and go<\/span><br \/>\n<span jsname=\"YS01Ge\">At this old house here by the road<\/span><\/div>\n<div jsname=\"U8S5sf\" class=\"ujudUb\" style=\"margin-bottom: 16px; caret-color: rgb(60, 64, 67); color: rgb(60, 64, 67); font-family: Roboto,\" helvetica neue arial sans-serif font-size: font-style: normal font-variant-caps: font-weight: letter-spacing: orphans: auto text-align: start text-indent: text-transform: none white-space: widows: word-spacing: rgba text-decoration:><span jsname=\"YS01Ge\">And when we die we say we&#8217;ll catch some blackbird&#8217;s wing<\/span><br \/>\n<span jsname=\"YS01Ge\">And we will fly away to heaven<\/span><br \/>\n<span jsname=\"YS01Ge\">Come some sweet blue bonnet spring<\/span><\/div>\n<div jsname=\"U8S5sf\" class=\"ujudUb WRZytc\" style=\"margin-bottom: 0px; caret-color: rgb(60, 64, 67); color: rgb(60, 64, 67); font-family: Roboto,\" helvetica neue arial sans-serif font-size: font-style: normal font-variant-caps: font-weight: letter-spacing: orphans: auto text-align: start text-indent: text-transform: none white-space: widows: word-spacing: rgba text-decoration:><span jsname=\"YS01Ge\">Yes when we die we say we&#8217;ll catch some blackbird&#8217;s wing<\/span><br \/>\n<span jsname=\"YS01Ge\">And we will fly away together<\/span><br \/>\n<span jsname=\"YS01Ge\">Come some sweet blue bonnet spring<\/span><\/div>\n<p>Hope you caught that black birds wing Nanci RIP<\/p>\n<p>Nite all, nite sam<\/p>\n<p>Me<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I woke up this morning to the news that Nancy Griffith country folk singer that I like had died at age 68.\u2026 She was a great singer t I grew up listening to\u2026 Kinda More easy listening than my tastes but she did write one of my favorite songs it&#8217;s called\ufffc &#8220;Gulf Coast Highway&#8221;\u2026 It&#8217;s &hellip; 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