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Brown-Eyed Women

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Gone are the days when the ox fall down
Take up the yoke and plow the fields around
Gone are the days when the ladies said, "Please
Gentle Jack Jones, won't you come to me?"

Brown-eyed women and red grenadine
The bottle was dusty but the liquor was clean
Sound of the thunder with the rain pourin' down
And it looks like the old man's gettin' on

1920, when he stepped to the bar
He drank to the dregs of the whiskey jar
1930, when the wall caved in
He made his way selling red-eyed gin

Brown-eyed women and red grenadine
The bottle was dusty but the liquor was clean
Sound of the thunder with the rain pourin' down
And it looks like the old man's gettin' on

Delilah Jones was the mother of twins
Two times over and the rest were sins
Raised eight boys, only I turned bad
Didn't get the lickin's that the other ones had

Brown-eyed women and red grenadine
The bottle was dusty but the liquor was clean
Sound of the thunder with the rain pourin' down
And it looks like the old man's gettin' on

Tumble down shack in Big Foot county
Snowed so hard that the roof caved in
Delilah Jones went to meet her God
And the old man never was the same again

Daddy made whiskey and he made it well
Cost two dollars, it burned like hell
I cut hickory just to fire the still
Drink down a bottle and be ready to kill

Brown-eyed women and red grenadine
The bottle was dusty but the liquor was clean
Sound of the thunder with the rain pourin' down
And it looks like the old man's gettin' on

Gone are the days when the ox fall down
You take up the yoke and plow the fields around
Gone are the days when the ladies said, "Please
Gentle Jack Jones, won't you come to me?"

Brown-eyed women and red grenadine
The bottle was dusty but the liquor was clean
Sound of the thunder with the rain pourin' down
And it looks like the old man's gettin' on
And it looks like the old man's gettin' on

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Dave’s Picks, Volume 48: Pauley Pavilion, UCLA, Los Angeles, CA · 11/20/71 Dave’s Picks, Volume 47: Kiel Auditorium, St. Louis, MO · 12/9/79 Dave’s Picks, Volume 45: Paramount Theatre, Portland, OR · 10/1/77 & 10/2/77 Dave’s Picks, Volume 42: Winterland, San Francisco, CA · 2/23/74 Dave’s Picks, Volume 41: Baltimore Civic Center, Baltimore, MD · 5/26/77 Dave’s Picks, Volume 40: Deer Creek Music Center, Noblesville, IN · 7/18/90 & 7/19/90 Dave’s Picks, Volume 38: Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum, Uniondale, NY · 9/8/73 Dave’s Picks, Volume 37: College of William & Mary, Williamsburg, VA · 4/15/78 Dave’s Picks, Volume 36: Hartford Civic Center, Hartford, CT · 3/26/1987 & 3/27/1987 Dave’s Picks, Volume 35: Philadelphia Civic Center, Philadelphia, PA · 4/20/1984 Dave’s Picks, Volume 31: Uptown Theatre, Chicago, IL · 12/3/79 Dave’s Picks, Volume 27: BSU Pavilion, Boise State University, Boise ID · 9/2/83 Dave’s Picks, Volume 22: Felt Forum, New York, NY · 12/7/71 Dave’s Picks, Volume 21: Boston Garden, Boston, MA · 4/2/73 Dave’s Picks, Volume 18: Orpheum Theater, San Francisco · CA, 7/17/76 Dave’s Picks, Volume 17: Selland Arena, Fresno, CA · 7/19/74 Dave’s Picks, Volume 16: Springfield Civic Center, Springfield, MA · 3/28/73 Dave’s Picks, Volume 14: Academy of Music, New York, NY · 3/26/72 Dave’s Picks, Volume 13: Winterland, San Francisco, CA · 2/24/74 Dave’s Picks, Volume 12: Colgate University, Hamilton, NY · 11/4/77 Dave’s Picks, Volume 11: Century II Convention Hall, Wichita, KS · 11/17/72 Dave’s Picks, Volume 9: Harry Adams Field House, U. of Montana, Missoula, MT · 5/14/74 Dave’s Picks, Volume 7: Horton Field House, Illinois State, Normal, IL · 4/24/78 Dave’s Picks, Volume 5: Pauley Pavilion, UCLA, Los Angeles, CA · 11/17/73 Dave’s Picks, Volume 3: Auditorium Theatre, Chicago, IL · 10/22/71 Dave’s Picks, Volume 2: Dillon Stadium, Hartford, CT · 7/31/74 Dave’s Picks, Volume 1: The Mosque, Richmond, VA · 5/25/77 Dick’s Picks, Volume 35: San Diego, CA 8/7/71, Chicago, IL 8/24/71 Dick’s Picks, Volume 33: Oakland Coliseum Stadium, Oakland, CA 10/9 & 10/76 Dick’s Picks, Volume 29: Fox Theatre, Atlanta, GA 5/19/77, Lakeland Civic Center Arena, Lakeland, FL 5/21/77 Dick’s Picks, Volume 27: Oakland Coliseum Arena, Oakland, CA 12/16/92 Dick’s Picks, Volume 24: Cow Palace, Daly City, CA 3/23/74 Dick’s Picks, Volume 21: Richmond Coliseum, Richmond, VA 11/1/85 Dick’s Picks, Volume 20: Capital Centre, Landover, MD 9/25/76, Onondaga County War Memorial, Syracuse, NY 9/28/76 Dick’s Picks, Volume 18: Dane County Coliseum, Madison, WI 2/3/78, Uni-Dome, University of N. Iowa, Cedar Falls, IA 2/5/78 Dick’s Picks, Volume 14: Boston Music Hall 11/30/73 & 12/2/73 Dick’s Picks, Volume 7: Alexandra Palace, London, England, September 1974 Dick’s Picks, Volume 5: Oakland Auditorium Arena 12/26/79

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