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Soldier's Joy
03:37
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Instrumental
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2. |
Wood Chopper's Reel
03:43
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Instrumental
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3. |
Shenandoah
05:00
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Instrumental
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4. |
8th of January
01:58
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Instrumental
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5. |
Old Joe Clark
03:24
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Instrumental
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6. |
Matthew
05:30
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Had an uncle named Matthew
He was his father's only boy
Born just south of Colby, Kansas
He was his mother's pride and joy
Yes, and joy was just the thing that he was raised on
Love is just the way to live and die
Gold is just a windy Kansas wheat field
And blue is just a Kansas summer sky
And all the stories that he told me
Back when I was just a lad
All the memories that he gave me
All the good times that he had
Growin' up a Kansas farm boy
Life was mostly havin' fun
Ridin' on his Daddy's shoulders
Behind the mule, beneath the sun
Yes, and joy was just the thing that he was raised on
Love is just the way to live and die
Gold is just a windy Kansas wheat field
And blue is just a Kansas summer sky
Well, I guess there were some hard times
And I'm told some years were lean
They had a storm in forty-seven
A twister came and stripped them clean
He lost the farm and lost his family
He lost the wheat and lost his home
But he found a family Bible
Faith as solid as a stone
Yes, and joy was just the thing that he was raised on
Love is just the way to live and die
Gold is just a windy Kansas wheat field
And blue is just a Kansas summer sky
So he came to live at our house
And he came to work the land
He came to ease my Daddy's burden
And he came to be my friend
So, I wrote this down for Matthew
And it's for him the song is sung
Ridin' on his Daddy's shoulders
Behind the mule, beneath the sun
Yes, and joy was just the thing that he was raised on
Love is just the way to live and die
Gold is just a windy Kansas wheat field
And blue is just a Kansas summer sky
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7. |
Cold Frosty Morning
03:45
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Instrumental
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8. |
Arkansas Traveler
02:44
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Instrumental
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9. |
Aura Lea
02:42
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Instrumental
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10. |
Redwing
03:31
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Instrumental
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11. |
Not My Monkey
03:36
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Sand devil spinnin' across the plain
Towerin' up to the sky
Spinning and whirling, twisting and turning
question mark hanging high
Swirling its way to where I stand
Beckons me inside
Shake my head to its siren song
let it pass me by
NOT MY MONKEY,
NOT MY CIRCUS
Truckin' down the interstate
Potholes in my way
Ziggin' zaggin' right and left
Till the break of day
Traffic lined up heel to toe
Down to just one lane
Crowding up my tailpipe
Get me off this train!
NOT MY MONKEY,
NOT MY CIRCUS
When I feel like a free-stone peach
Hanging on an apple tree
Everyone else within my reach
ain't at all like me.
times when I don't fit the mold
I hear my Grandpaw say,
"Shake the dust from off your shoes
Just turn and walk away."
NOT MY MONKEY,
NOT MY CIRCUS.
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12. |
The Blackest Crow
02:50
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Instrumental
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13. |
Temperance Reel
03:12
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Instrumental
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14. |
June Apple
03:24
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Instrumental
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Steve Eulberg Boise, Idaho
I stand within the tradition of handmade, acoustic,
home-grown music, giving life to old songs
and
tunes and songs by passing them on while creating
new ones to add to the mix.
I use the vibrations of wood and string, playing and singing traditional songs and fiddle tunes; weaving
together Celtic, Old-time, blues and jazz to create “Smile-inducing, toe-tapping, thought-provoking
folkgrass.”
... more
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