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You Must Slumber

from Joy My Love EP by Dave Carter & Tracy Grammer

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© 1969 David Robert Carter (BMI), administered by Tracy Grammer Music

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go to sleep, tiny dreamer, let your thoughts drift far away
you must slumber, you must slumber in my arms and i must pray

mother i have heard a story that our country goes to war
leave it, leave it, these are the affairs of men and nothing more

mother, mother, people say they fought a war today
leave it, leave it to the soldiers, they are young and far away

mother did i hear a rifle off against the farther shore
that was just a wild wing beating in the sky and nothing more

mother what is that great pounding, like the drum on judgment day
leave it, leave it, you must slumber in my arms and i must pray

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from Joy My Love EP, released July 28, 2012

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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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