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Maumee Ruth

from Seven Songs EP by Cornelius Eady

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Poem: Sterling A. Brown
Music: Cornelius Eady
Arranged by Rough Magic

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Maumee Ruth

Might as well bury her
And bury her deep
Might as well put her
Where she can sleep

Might as well lay her
Out in her shinny black
And for the love of God
Not wish her back

Maum Sal may miss her—
Maum Sal, she only ---
With no one now to scoff
Sal may be lonely….

Nobody else there is
Who will be caring
How rocky was the road
For her wayfaring

Nobody be heeding in
Cabin, or town
That she is lying here
In her best gown

Boy that she suckled---
How should he know,
Hiding in city holes
Sniffling the ‘snow’?

And how should the news
Pierce Harlem’s din,
To reach her baby gal,
Sodden with gin?

To cut her withered heart
They cannot come again,
Preach her the lies about
Jordan, and then

Might as well drop her
Deep in the ground
Might as well pray for her
That she sleep sound

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from Seven Songs EP, released January 22, 2014
Robin Messing- vocal
Cornelius Eady- acoustic guitar and vocal
Leo Ferguson- drums
Charlie Rauh- electric guitar
Concetta Abbate- violin
Emma Alabaster- bass

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Cornelius Eady New York, New York

Cornelius Eady is the author of 8 books of poetry, lives in NYC and is the co-founder of Cave Canem. The band Rough Magic came out of the sessions for his CD/Chapbook BOOK OF HOOKS. (Kattywompus Press, Jan. 2013)

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