Jump the Broom

Adrienne Young / Will Kimbrough

"Join two hands, this broom step over

take a sweet kiss from your own true lover?

Diamond birthright Painted Flower

Seventeen years and sixteen hours

Out the window stares a girl

Kentucky wonder head full of curls

She ain?t my mama this ain?t my world

Too much swine for just one Pearl

Jump the broom, jump the broom

Fly me away from this dark room

Can?t go too far can?t leave too soon

Love take my hand let?s jump the broom

Broken bottle on the floor

Whiskey drippin? down through the boards

Old man shoutin? come back and fight

Young man run into the night

Was late ast summer down by the creek

Two young lovers fell warm and sweet

Kindred spirits kindred scars

Jordan?s Banks didn?t seem so far

Jump the broom, jump the broom

Fly me away from this dark room

Can?t go too far can?t leave too soon

Love take my hand let?s jump the broom

New moon risin? dark and still

Pearl?s a droppin? from her windowsill

Tears burn and gather in brown eyes

Little sister waves goodbye

Now young Corey?s waitin? down by the gate

Can?t call the preacher

It?s much too late

But that don?t stop his bended knee no no

Pretty Pearl girl marry me!

Jump the broom, jump the broom

Fly me away from this dark room

Can?t go too far can?t leave too soon

Love take my hand let?s jump the broom