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Ballad Of Robin Winter-smith

Ballad Of Robin Winter-smith lyrics by Nanci Griffith. Mamma's in the kitchen rattlin' pans and the baby cries On the TV news, somebody died He was a crazy...

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Ballad Of Robin Winter-smith

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Mamma's in the kitchen rattlin' pans and the baby cries

On the TV news, somebody died

He was a crazy biker in a motorcycle ridin' daredevil show

In Merry England, oh, twenty seven years old

He was tryin' to break the record

For jumpin' over cars, he was the champ

He fell a little bit short, oh, hit the ramp

This is the story, sad and it's gory of Robin Winter-Smith

He was a very brave man if you get my drift

'Cause he waved to the crowd, headed down the runway like a

Man possessed, Robin Winter-Smith, I guess he did his best

I make a livin' a-playin' these songs and I hang out in bars

I play my guitar, oh, but honey, I don't jump over cars

Mamma's in the kitchen rattlin' pans and the baby cries

On the TV news, somebody died

He was a crazy biker in a motorcycle ridin' daredevil show

In Merry England, oh, twenty seven years old

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