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The Angel's Share

by Dana and Susan Robinson

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1.
Going North 03:57
Going North I’ve had this dream ever since I was a child I am always going north On a mountain path a-winding ‘round Or a bird flying over islands There are no trees The sun is slanted low And I have to go There are stout little houses on the lane Stone and sheep, and coal fire White sea beaches, high sandy cliffs And waves of turquoise color With this place I feel akin Like kin, like ken, to know I simply have to go My thoughts are louder than the wind today But they offer me no shelter One foot falls and then another on my way Boots on mud and heather I’ve had this dream forever Plates collide and then they come apart Pangaea’s torn asunder I step into the Kingdom of your heart Our lives knit back together Feel the resonant core The deep magnetic ore The needle points me northward My thoughts are louder than the wind today But they offer me no shelter One foot falls and then another on my way Gravity knocked on its side I reach from sky to sky I’m up for the ride I’ve had this dream forever I’ve had this dream forever I’ve had this dream forever
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River Flows On Coming round the bend of the lazy blue Ohio A big long barge is making its way down It’s heavy with coal, and it sinks into the current Gonna keep the lights on in this town Late last night I saw the smoke dissolve into the moonlight And wilted like the petals of a flower That pale disk reflected on the surface of the water And the coal kept coming steady as the hour The river flows on  A change is coming The river flows on A change is coming now Feel the sun a-shining – it’s a crown upon the forest Upon the greening leaves awake, awake It is a massive engine building muscle in its branches With every breath of carbon that it takes There’s all this freedom here right beneath our noses There’s sunlight flowing freely from the sky All this freedom waiting here held captive by our choices Adapt to the conditions or we die All these forlorn factories of yesterday’s abundance Possess a certain beauty in their ruin Gravity will pull them down until you will not see them Until the sunlight lifts another bloom Here we are riding on this tiny blue marble Careening through space and emptiness Here we are sitting on a bend on above this river In the bosom of this place lest we forget
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John Muir’s Walking Blues What cha gonna do when the well runs dry What cha gonna do when the well runs dry Hang your head and commence to cry Gonna hit the road and say goodbye With the John Muir blues I got John Muir’s walking blues What cha gonna do when the rain don’t come What cha gonna do when the rain don’t come Remember the year the Oakies fled Now you’ve made the very same bed There was water in the ground and in the mountains high Now the valley’s sunk down and the snow pack’s dry Big Ag is playing like Chinatown If you want your pasture green got to lay your money down Got the John Muir blues I got John Muir’s walking blues I’m walking back to a holy land Where mountains and valleys forever stand You can dam Hetch Hetchy it’ll do no good You’ll still be thirsty and hungry too
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Man of Constant Sorrow I am a man of constant sorrow I have seen trouble all my days I bid farewell to old Kentucky The place where I was born and raised Oh for six long years I’ve been in trouble No pleasure here on earth I’ve found For in this world I have to ramble I have no parents to help me now Oh it’s fare you well my own true lover I fear I’ll never see you again Oh I am bound to ride this northern railroad Perhaps I’ll die upon the train Oh you may bury me in some deep valley For many a year where I may lay And you may learn to love another While I am sleeping in the grave Oh friends all know how to be a stranger My face you may never see no more But there’s one promise that is given Where we can meet on the beautiful shore
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The Angel's Share Upon the hill where the barley’s grown The sun falls warm and the wind blows cold From the moor we cut the peat Taste it when the dram is neat Now bring the water from the well From under stone and over fell For months and years she sleeps away In oaken casks through night and day - And so the breathing wood abides With the fall and rising tides Escape thy tender molecule Attain a lofty altitude - Hey Ho! Rise and go Swing me round my calico On a wing and on a prayer Come and take your angels share - Sally’s coming through the rye I seen her yonder riding high With bracken hair and raven eyes She kissed the boys and made them sigh - I wandered here into this town And found good comfort all around The men were kind and the women sweet We’ll raise a glass and then repeat. Hey Ho! Rise and go Swing me round my calico On a wing and on a prayer Come and take your angels share - Hey Ho! Rise and go Such a lovely afterglow
Mountain thyme and maidenhair Come and take your angels share
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The Emigrant 03:01
The Emigrant I hear about it snowing in the north It’s warm here down in Santa Fe I’m pulled back and forth The aspen are like angels Waiting by the door I hear about it snowing in the north I’ve heard tell about the Council of the Pines The grey wolf and the chickadee They’re doing fine And all around the campfire Stories are sublime I’ve heard tell about the Council of the Pines They say there’ll be a drought upon the land We’ll vanish like a vapor from a wicked sleight of hand We’ll blow down from the San Joaquin To the Rio Grande They say there’ll be a drought upon the land Soon I will be taking to the road The grass is always greener where the rivers always flow There’s a dusty wind upon my back And the sun is sinking low Soon I will be taking to the road
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Asheville Blues I’ve got the blues, those Asheville Blues I’ve got the blues, those Asheville Blues Ain’t got no home Ain’t got no shoes The mountain’s high and the rent is steep The mountain’s high and the rent is steep There’s no place to park my SUV I’ve got the blues, those Asheville Blues I’ve got the blues, those Asheville Blues Ain’t got no home Ain’t got no shoes The people here, they treat me fine The people here, they treat me fine They give me beer They give me wine I’ve got the blues, and I’ve got ‘em bad I’ve got the blues, and I’ve got ‘em bad My baby’s gone And left me sad I’m going out, Caladon-i-a I’m going out, to Caladon-i-a I don’t know how long I’m going to stay I’ve got the blues, those Asheville Blues I’ve got the blues, those Asheville Blues Ain’t got no home Ain’t got no shoes
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The Sky 05:16
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This album was composed around the time Sue and I were making the transition from living in North Carolina to Vermont. There's a thread of Celtic influence along with our singer-songwriter and oldtimey sound. Some of the material was written during our UK tour of 2014.

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released March 20, 2016

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Dana and Susan Robinson Cabot, Vermont

"From Cabot, Vermont – Americana-roots and folk duo, Dana and Susan Robinson combine vivid, songwriting with fiddle tunes, oldtime banjo, elegant melodies, and rich harmony singing."

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