John Cunnick, "VINE MAPLE VALLEY WALTZ" (performed by TIMBERBOUND)

Words and music: John Cunnick. COPYRIGHT 1977 / 2010 Kim Fergus. Performed by TIMBERBOUND at Keasey, Oregon, on June 28, 2010. Personnel: Kim Cunnick (guitar), Dave Berge (autoharp), Mark (mandolin), Hobe Kytr (banjo).

Waltz Time

LYRICS:

Oh it's well my darling and well met my love,

Have you yet left a beer I can run in my blood?

Tell me what you have sung here and what have you heard,

If you lend me a tune, love, I'll give you my word.


There's a smell in the air and it's sweeter than sin.

Is there cedar in the cookstove, has a fiddler dropped in?

Is it Sweet Afterdeath, has the sourdough stirred?

If you lend me a tune, love, I'll give you my word.


I've been down at the sawmill a thinking of you,

And I saw nothing different, I heard nothing new.

Till some wandering drummer or sap sucking bird

Beat Wipeout on the loader and I rushed home with word.


I'll roll you a number as big as you choose,

I've found a new verse to yer old Big Leg Blues.

We'll sit in the sunshine and think on John Hurt,

And a longtime companion gone down in the dirt.


Is the wind from the west, the dog barked at a car,

Have our elk gone for water by the west gravel bar?

Tell me what you've seen fading and what has endured,

If you'll lend me a tune love, I'll give you my word.

Category:

Music

Tags:

• Vine
• Maple
• Valley
• Waltz