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Legend of Hannah Johnson

from A Horse Apiece by Yellow Jack

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lyrics

Have you heard the name, Black Hannah?
Have you heard, boys? Gather ‘round!
Born in slavery, floated down the Er-I-E
To Tonawanda town.

Where the elm leaves stop the sunlight and the brick road turns into a path
Past the sulphur spring, among the wake-robin, you’ll find her tiny shack.

All the young folk go to see her to eat her cakes and have their fortunes to-old
Who will marry well? Who will miss love’s spell? Who will never grow old?

Have you heard the name Black Hannah?
She’ll read your future in a cup of tea
A cad once asked his fate, but Hannah only looked away
Cause there was no future to see

Mandolin Solo

Hanna Johnson lives here with her husband and other black folk we see come and go-o
How they all get here, and to where they disappear, only Hannah seems to know.

Have you heard the name Black Hannah?
A fortune teller of great renown
But some people insist her greatest magic trick
Is a railroad underground.

Fiddle Solo

Hannah died in peace one summer morning; so gently she was carried to her gra-ave
Young and old we cried as she was laid inside and the last light fell across her face

Have you heard of old Black Hannah?
Gather round, girls, and I’ll try to explain
Her shack is long gone; her headstone, it got lost
And that’s why we gotta sing her name

Have you heard the name Black Hannah?
Her woods were somewhere right around here!
When from the power lines you hear an old crow cry
Just maybe Hannah’s near

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from A Horse Apiece, released December 31, 2020
Dennis Reed Jr.

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Yellow Jack plays Americana and folk, with an emphasis on the rich history in song of their native Western New York and Erie Canal region.

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