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Across the Sea

by Luke Mercier & Rolling River

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Five Miles From Town (free) 04:21
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Fortune 04:13
Once I had a fortune, All locked up in the trunk. But I lost it all a gamblin' One night when I got drunk. Wish I had a pretty little horse And corn to feed him on. And a pretty little wife stay at home, And feed him when I'm gone.
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Handsome Molly Wished I was in London, or some other seaport town, I'd set my foot on a steamboat and sail the ocean round Chorus Sail across the ocean Sail across the sea. I'd think of Handsome Molly Wherever she may be I saw her in church last Sunday and she passed me on by I could tell her heart was changing By the roving of her eye Sail across the ocean Sail across the sea. I'd think of Handsome Molly Wherever she may be Now don't you remember Molly When you gave me your right hand You said if you'd ever marry that I would be your man Sail across the ocean Sail across the sea. I'd think of Handsome Molly Wherever she may be Now you have broken your promise Go home with whom you please While my poor heart is aching Here lying at your ease Sail across the ocean Sail across the sea. I'd think of Handsome Molly Wherever she may be Her hair as black as a raven Her eyes as black as coal Her cheeks shone like the Lillies Out in the morning glow Sail across the ocean Sail across the sea. I'd think of Handsome Molly Wherever she may be
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Suzanna Gal 03:15
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Hog-Eyed Man 01:50

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The main idea behind the tunes chosen and written is that music is a constant living creation from many strands of human experience. Some of the most obvious would be the early African-American stringbands, the Round Peak playing of Fred Cockerham and Tommy Jarrell, Kentucky fiddlers such as Clyde Davenport, Hiram and Art Stamer, Snake Chapman, early New Orleans jazz, Gospel, and even rock 'n roll. Old time music never was a retreat from other worlds of music, but part of the multi-cultural soup we swim in. The bottom line is we play music we like. We find these tunes incredibly fun, earthy and joyous. If anything we hope we're catching just some of the vitality and spirit we hear in those musicians we love - both those contemporary and those from an earlier age.

~ Tim Bergen

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released March 27, 2003

Tracks 2,6,8,10, & 13 recorded by Grant Edmonds at the Dark Studio in Toronto, ON. Canada.
Tracks 1, 3, 5, 7, 9, 11, & 12 recorded by Dave Vanderploeg at Naturally Digital.
Track 5 recorded by Luke Mercier at the cabin.
Produced by Dave Vanderploeg and Luke Mercier.

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