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Silver City Bound is a track by Nina Simone, taken from the album “Folksy Nina”, released February 19, 2021 on Rhino. It runs 5:10. Use the Deezer link above to stream the full song.

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Yeah... This is a song... was sung by Leadbelly and it was written for...his friend... He had a friend named Blind Lemon... And they used to ride back and forth on a train from somewhere to Texas... And I leraned this tune from a record I heard by him Silver City bound I'm Silver City bound I'm gonna tell my little baby I'm Silver City bound I'm gonna meet Blind Lemon gonna ride on down Silver City bound I'm Silver City bound I'm gonna tell my little baby I'm Silver City bound I'm gonna meet Blind Lemon gonna ride on down Take me by the hand oh babe And lead me to the promises land Take me by the hand oh babe And lead me to the promised land Silver City bound I'm Silver City bound I'm gonna tell my little baby I'm Silver City bound I'm gonna meet Blind Lemon gonna ride on down Take me by the hand oh babe And lead me to the promises land Take me by the hand oh babe And lead me to the promised land I'm Silver City bound I'm Silver City bound I'm gonna tell my little baby I'm Silver City bound I'm gonna meet Blind Lemon gonna ride on down Silver City bound I'm Silver City bound I'm gonna tell my little baby I'm Silver City bound I'm gonna meet Blind Lemon gonna ride on down

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  1. 01 When I Was a Young Girl 5:59
  2. 02 Erets Zavat Chalav 4:16
  3. 03 Lass of the Low Country 6:08
  4. 04 The Young Knight 5:29
  5. 05 The Twelveth of Never 3:27
  6. 06 Vanetihu 2:22
  7. 07 You Can Sing a Rainbow 3:05
  8. 08 Hush Little Baby 4:08
  9. 09 Little Liza Jane (Mono; Single Edit; 2017 Remaster) 2:30
  10. 10 Blackbird (Mono; Single Edit; 2017 Remaster) 3:54