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Nine Pound Hammer

from Eyes Wide Open by The Alex Mallett Band

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That nine pound hammer
It's a little too heavy for my size, oh for my size
I'm going up the mountain just to see my baby
and I ain't coming back no I ain’t coming back

Roll on buddy don’t you roll so slow
How could I pull when my wheels won’t roll
Roll on buddy roll that coal
How could I pull when my wheels won’t go

Take my canary down into that mine.
See if it chokes see if it sings.
My little lady, she’s a coughin and a wheezin’
and I’m sluggin this hammer just to hear it ring

Roll on buddy…

When I die you can make my tombstone
out of number nine coal, out of number nine coal
(and) Take my hammer. You can give it to the captain
Cuz I ain’t coming back no I ain’t coming back.
I’m like the canary. Oh I ain’t coming back.

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from Eyes Wide Open, released January 15, 2015
Alex Mallett - banjo, guitar, vocals
Alan Biller - bass, vocals
Nico Dann - drums, vocals
Gypsy George Mihalopoulos - birds

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The Alex Mallett Band Brooklyn, New York

genre-jumping banjo-driven sing-along songs.
Multi-instrumentalist and songwriter Alex Mallett is a creative
force in Brooklyn’s roots music scene. He has shared the stage with Andy Statman, Gangasta Grass, and many others. The Alex Mallett Band to play songs of love, heartbreak, youth lost/gained that make the soul search, the feet tap and the voice holler.
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