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Dedicated to the memory of the hardest man I ever knew, Erick Holm
-Chris Holm

lyrics

Mama died when he was young
Raised by nice folk that had no money
Left the old world at the age of nineteen
Tried to catch the Titanic, didn’t have the green

He was a hard man
He walked a hard road
He was a hard man
Life could never break him down

Caught a bout of diphtheria on the sea
Laid him up a month drinking Boston tea
Back on his feet and hit the road
Found himself a fellow travelling soul

He was a hard man
He walked a hard road
He was a hard man
Life could never break him down

Headed North, past Hudson Bay
Fishing for a living just to make their way
Sold the body, ate the heads
For two years all they had to keep them fed

He was a hard man
He walked a hard road
He was a hard man
Life could never break him down

In his footsteps came a younger brother
But flipped a canoe in the freezing water
Uncle Sam picked off the floor
Back over the sea he went to fight the war

He was a hard man
He walked a hard road
He was a hard man
Life could never break him down

Minnesota was his promised land
Found him a wife and 40 acres to plant
Cleared the fields with his bare fists
A tired old horse, and a bunch of grit

He was a hard man
He walked a hard road
He was a hard man
Life could never break him down

Sent four sons to fight the second world war
Just two came back to American shores
But if ever tears did he cry
Wasn’t a sight for other people’s eyes

He was a hard man
He walked a hard road
He was a hard man
Life could never break him down

He was a stern fellow and he liked his drink
Drove his children off into the wind
But times were hard and they understood
He was doing the best he could

He was a hard man
He walked a hard road
He was a hard man
Life could never break him down

I barely knew the man before he died
But he gave me his name and I wear it with pride
And this old harmonica he used to play
Reminds me of from where I came

He was a hard man
He walked a hard road
He was a hard man
Life could never break him down

credits

from Ribbit Rhythms, released October 10, 2015
Lyrics: Chris Holm
Music: The Fattenin' Frogs

Chris Holm: lead vocals, harmonica
Amanda White: vocals
Paul DeLong: bass guitar
Mark Larson: drums
Danielle Scofield: vocals
Michael Lloyd: guitar

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We are The Fattenin' Frogs and we play Rock & Roll music in it's original spirit by turning up the intensity on traditional American music.

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