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I Go Like the Raven

from drum hat buddha by Dave Carter & Tracy Grammer

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© 2001 David Robert Carter (BMI), administered by Tracy Grammer Music

lyrics

woodpecker woman, chipaway whittle
carve my name in a hick'ry fiddle
dance all night, dream just a little
i go like the raven

down in the meadow, deep in the holler
bullfrog sing to the bug-eyed crawler
slide to the rake, hop to the caller
reel with the willow waivin

shine the merlin moonbeam eye
set my dancin feet to fly
o'er the dark and dervish sky
i go like the raven

long time ago i had me a feller
three-cocked hat and a coat o' yeller
locked me down in a sawdust cellar
fed me beans and bacon

through the doorway he did enter
played him coy, played him tender
played him slumber through the winter
gone when the birds awakened

shine the merlin moonbeam eye ...

when they hear my bowstrings tightnin
angels gay, devils frightnin
c'mon fire and midnight lightnin
to the garden gancy

hail the wayward werewolf howlin
haints and shades and goblins growlin
fiends and demon deves a-prowlin
when i break and fancy

shine the merlin moonbeam eye ...

now all you blackbirds plain or pretty
hear my words for rede or witty:
keep the greenwood, shun the city
and her dandies craven

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from drum hat buddha, released June 12, 2001

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Dave Carter & Tracy Grammer Portland, Oregon

American folk duo Dave Carter and Tracy Grammer blend tradition and
innovation into a potent musical elixir. They transcend singer/songwriter stereotypes, delivering evocative, clear-eyed ruminations on death and life, love and ruin, that result in "music of haunting beauty and uncommon intelligence" (The
Oregonian). Carter died in 2002; Grammer curates their legacy and now performs solo.
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