"Solitary Hero" performed by Sunny War from the new album 'My Black Country: The Songs of Alice Randall'.
Stream Now: ohboy.lnk.to/myblackcountry
Follow Alice Randall:
Website: www.alicerandall.com/
Facebook: / alicerandallauthor
Instagram: / msalicerandall
Twitter: / msalicerandall
Follow Oh Boy Records:
KZfaq: / @ohboyrecords1981
Website: www.ohboy.com
Facebook: / ohboyrecords
Instagram: / ohboyrecords
Twitter: / ohboyrecords
Solitary Hero (LYRICS)
Written by: Alice Randall, Carole Elliot
My name is Magdalene,
I’m a sweet soft sister of sin
Men pay silver dollars
to touch my golden skin
But there’s precious little comfort
And never any joy
For a boom town whore in
A bar room full of dust caked men and boys
Buffalo soldiers, Texas rangers, dandy gamblers, gandy dancers
Sheriffs and judges, Mexican vaqueros
I’ve held them all and I don’t recall
A solitary hero
One weary sister said
She’d rather take a knife to bed
I found her in the morning her pretty wrist was red
But lovely lady laudanum
Helps to ease my pain
And I dream a while about my sheltered child
Who’ll never know her daddy’s name
Buffalo soldiers, Texas rangers,
dandy gamblers, gandy dancers
Sheriffs and judges, Mexican vaqueros
I’ve held them all and I don’t recall
A solitary hero
I’ve heard there’s a sanctuary for soiled doves to fly
Trade their gaudy gowns for a novice’s robes of white
And when my daughter’s finished school and found a decent home
I will run to those good shepherds never to return to
Buffalo soldiers, Texas rangers, dandy gamblers, gandy dancers
Sheriffs and judges, Mexican vaqueros
I’ve held them all and I don’t recall
A solitary hero
Alice Randall is a New York Times bestselling novelist, award-winning songwriter, and educator. She is widely recognized as one of the most significant voices in modern Black fiction. She lives in Nashville where she writes country songs.
Oh Boy Records is honored to partner with Alice Randall and a community of Black, female musicians to bring you My Black Country - The Songs of Alice Randall. Alice Randall has written songs performed by Glen Campbell, Moe Bandy, Marie Osmond, Jo-El Sonier, Judy Rodman, Radney Foster, Holly Dunn, and Trisha Yearwood. She is the first Black woman to have a number-one hit on the country charts. Her influence in country music and as a voice in the Black community is immense. Here we present a collection of Alice's songs re-imagined and re-recorded by Black female artists from around America.
#AliceRandall #SunnyWar #MyBlackCountry