Tom O'Connor

from Follow The Moon by Jim Ballard

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My name is Tom OConnor my age is twenty four
I have come into this country to be finally free of war

A day just south of Boston settled in to make a life
A dozen sheep a grazin three laddies and a wife

But cannon fire at Sumpter on the Carolina coast
Last thing I ever wanted was to resurrect the ghost

Of musket smoke and bravery Elysian fields and dearth
But Id seen enough of slavery in the county of my birth

Pass it around. Pass it around.
Pass it around round round round round

My name is Aaron Ezra I'll soon be thirty three
As I sail into the harbor neath the Lady Liberty

I step ashore with nothin but the numbers on my wrist
And drop onto my knees the earth of freedom for to kiss

And I left behind the life I knew and all my family
Who since the night of broken glass I never more will see

To make this land my children's land the cradle of their birth
a Shining City on a Hill the light of all the earth
Pass it around....

My name is Rosalita (Its not my real one)
I have come across the border for to save my only son

The gangs have took his brother and now it is my fear
That if I give no ransom he too will disappear

So now I dust the houses of the wealthy and the grand
And take care of their children the owners of this land

And I will take the wages whatever they will give
And whisper not a word of it for the chance that he will live
Pass it around

My name is Jusef Ibrahim my age is only four
I have come into this country....

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from Follow The Moon, released June 3, 2022
Wes McCraw Lead Guitar
Joe Lang Drums
Bill Watson Bass
JB Guitar/Vocal/Harmonium/Mandolin/High Strung Guitar

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Jim Ballard Akron, Ohio

Jim Ballard
A native of NE Ohio, Jim Ballard has been, for many years a part of the recording/performing community. After touring and performing all over the country with artists from 10,000 Maniacs to Gordon Lightfoot,The Mekons to Pete Seeger, he moved into his studio, Skylyne. There, he has recorded and worked with artists from Michael Stanley to Don Dixon and Alex Bevan. ... more

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