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The Miner's Bride
02:52
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THE MINER'S BRIDE
A cold wind blows through my windowpane
As we ride through the dusty plain
Snow will fall on the mountainside
When I become a miner’s bride
My true love lies in a soldier’s grave
And with him died the love he gave
The only thing that I can claim
A child with his eyes but not his name
Oh my love, don’t think too hard of me
I could not bide in Tennessee
Now I ride along this railroad track
And I know I’m never coming back
My mama gave away my hand
And sent us to a stranger’s land
He says we’ll live by the riverside
When I become a miner’s bride
I feel the winter coming on
In those mountains far beyond
Before they claim us as their own
I fear the snow will have my bones
Oh my son, don’t think too hard of me
I could not bide in Tennessee
Now I ride along this railroad track
And I know I’m never coming back
©2011 Karen Dahlstrom / Idalyn Music (ASCAP)
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2. |
Galena
03:50
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GALENA
Oh you should have seen her
Raw and wild as they came
Promising wealth without measure
If only she would be tamed
We broke our backs to charm her
Gave her our blood and our bones
Until we won her gracious favor
In a bed among the stones
Play the concertina
Lay your burden down
Remember when days were sweeter
And raise a glass to Galena
Oh you should have seen her
Dressed in her finery
Shining bright as any
Jewel of the Owyhee
We traded our picks for walking canes
Forgot wives we left on the farm
And stole down tiger alleyways
With girls from the line on our arm
She made us a name when we staked our claim
In her arms we grew up so fast
How could we know that the life we loved so
Wasn’t meant to last
Oh you should have seen her
When we’d taken all she could give
The bounty we had won from her
We thought we’d never outlive
A penny curiosity
Old bones in a pinewood vale
No one to say what she’d meant to be
And no one to tell her tale
Play the concertina
Lay your burden down
Remember when days were sweeter
And say a prayer for Galena
Oh how we loved you, Galena
©2011 Karen Dahlstrom / Idalyn Music (ASCAP)
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3. |
Starling
02:48
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STARLING
Fly away little starling
Won’t you go and leave me be
How you shake me from my dreaming
Beneath the willow tree
Beneath the willow tree
Be still little starling
Don’t you sing your mocking song
Cause it rings with the echoes
Of all that I done wrong
Of all that I done wrong
Oh starling
Oh starling
Send a sweet little sparrow
Or a snow white dove
To ease my poor heart
With the memory of his love
With the memory of his love
Oh starling
Oh starling
Fly on little starling
Why won’t you hear my plea
No peace ’til you take wing
Little starling set me free
Oh starling set me free
Oh starling
Set me free
©2011 Karen Dahlstrom / Idalyn Music (ASCAP)
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4. |
Streets of Pocatello
03:55
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STREETS OF POCATELLO
I was born on a bad luck day
By the old railroad station
Mama and Daddy taught me to pray
But I never wanted salvation
Oh the Devil clapped me on the back
When I was nigh thirteen
Dyed my eyes from blue to black
And he made me hard and mean
Better get back on that train boys
If you know what’s good for thee
You’ll get much more than you bargained for
When you tangle with me
When you tangle with me
Mama cried when Daddy tried
To beat the Devil from my bones
They prayed for God to be my guide
But my heart had turned to stone
In the old train yard I took ‘em down
In ones and twos and threes
And every tough that came to town
Learned better than to mess with me
Better get back on that train boys
If you know what’s good for thee
You’ll get much more than you bargained fo
r
When you tangle with me
When you tangle with me
When Uncle Sam said he wanted me
I took the first train down the track
And ended up in Normandy
With a rifle on my back
Left Jerry on that bloody shore
When the cap said give ‘em hell
Took down a score but I wanted more
Even when them Jerries fell
Better get back on that train boys
If you know what’s good for thee
You’ll get much more than you bargained for
When you tangle with me
When you tangle with me
Came home with a chest full of brass
And a slug stuck in my side
Holed up in the bottom of a glass
And a-spoiling for a fight
I’ll take you on ’til my last breath
With fist or bottle or blade
And when I shake the hand of Death
They’ll carve this on my grave
Better get back on that train boys
If you know what’s good for thee
You’ll get much more than you bargained for
When you tangle with me
When you tangle with me
©2011 Karen Dahlstrom / Idalyn Music (ASCAP)
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5. |
One More Time
04:06
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ONE MORE TIME
Meet me by the mountain track
Just before the mornin’
And we’ll climb up the camel’s back
And watch the day a-dawnin’
Let’s float down the cool green river
While the sun warms our skin
Watch the breeze make the cottonwoods shiver
And confess to each other our sins
One more time
Call me your sweet summer darlin’
Just one more time
Before the leaves start fallin’
Let’s pile on into the truck
And drive into the city
Let the boys all try their luck
With the girls they think are pretty
And if they ain’t done romancin’
After the sun goes down
Maybe we could go out dancin’
On the north side of town
One more time
Call me your sweet summer darlin’
One more time
Before the leaves start fallin’
If you drive us past the city lights
I will tell you the names of the stars
And we’ll kiss under the moonlit sky
To a chorus of Spanish guitars
One more time
Call me your sweet summer darlin’
One more time
Before the leaves start fallin’
Wo-oh fallin’
And I am fallin’
One more time
Wo-oh fallin’
I am fallin’
One more time
Wo-oh fallin’
I am fallin’
One more time
by Karen Dahlstrom and Kenny Siegal
©2011 Karen Dahlstrom / Idalyn Music (ASCAP)
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Karen Dahlstrom Brooklyn, New York
Karen Dahlstrom writes original songs rooted in traditional folk and Americana styles. Her latest release, "No Man's Land," is an intimate collection of songs, recorded with just voice and guitar. Her debut EP, “Gem State," includes songs inspired by her home state of Idaho. Karen is also a member of the alt-folk band, Bobtown, who just released their fourth album, "Chasing the Sun." ... more
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