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Waltz of the Chickadee

by Mike + Ruthy

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1.
Another Dawn Another Day Hear the birds all singing bright I stayed up way too late tonight Hear a far of fiddle play Another dawn another day Hear that diesel engine moan The Catskill kids are far from home Hungry for the hard higway Another dawn another day I’m gonna wind my love through time Like a honeysuckle vine Underneath a six AM sky I’ll stop asking how and why Walk the bridge across the bay Another dawn another day I’m gonna let my senses find me I’m gonna leave hard times behind me When the train comes haulin’ back I won’t be tied up on the track I’ll climb on board and roll away Another dawn another day
2.
Baby 03:10
Baby Baby, baby, you make me dizzy and hot. you make me weepy alot. Baby, baby, when I hold you near, I've never seen so clear. All the wonder of a warm spring day is in your tender smile We're so lucky that your old soul chose to stay with us a while Baby, baby, you've been in my heart for a long long time. Baby, baby, now I see your eyes and they look like mine. When I see you growing big and strong I overflow with love. And whatever troubles come our way, I know we'll rise above. Baby, baby, the future's coming fast every day flies past. Baby, baby, I'd like to slow things down now that you're around. I'd like to slow things down now that you're around
3.
Winder Slide 02:52
[instrumental]
4.
Slow Train 04:12
Takin' my time with this Wanna be home before breakfast Out here where the fast mail flies I don't need no surprises I got to get to you I got to be with you I'm taking my time on a slow train takin' my time on a slow train Out here on the heavenly highway Watchin' the wonderful world blow by me Days I drove and days I flew Only tryin to get back to you I got to get to you I got to be with you I'm taking my time on a slow train takin' my time on a slow train Takin' my time with it Wanna be old before I quit Tell you truth I think that I Love you better than a bonfire I got to get to you I got to be with you I'm taking my time on a slow train takin' my time on a slow train I'm taking my time on a slow train takin' my time on a slow train
5.
Cooper's 01:52
[instrumental]
6.
The Doctor’s Door In my youth I traveled Over land and sea I fell in love with a farmer’s daughter And she fell in love with me Before long we’d married i took her from her home Very shortly after that Something went terribly wrong I’d gotten her with child We we’re of course overjoyed Until the fever took her body And neither of us were employed I went to the door of the doctor Said, “Help us, Sir, if you can” He said he’d not see us without Five gold pieces in our hand “Sir, I’ve no gold pieces But I’ll be forever in your debt If you would only save my wife And this unborn child I’ve never met.” O, the night blew rainy O, the night blew cold And my young wife she died that night Under the doctor’s door Now that you’ve heard my story Hang your head and cry How the rich man turned his back And let the poor woman die In my youth I traveled Over land and sea I fell in love with a farmer’s daughter And she fell in love with me
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[instrumental]
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9.
Little Waltz 02:08
[instrumental]
10.
Cold Wind (Nate’s Song) There’s a cold wind blowin from the East And it blew right through my town And it blew the worst news That I have ever found My friend of twenty-nine years last night he was shot down In the hot, hot desert sand he Laid cold dead on the ground And he left behind a young and beautiful wife Who saw walk across her lawn Two tall men in uniform Come to say her husband’s gone And he left behind a grieving mom and father And a thoughtful handsome brother And a darlin baby boy who Will be raised by his mother You may ask why we even fight at all Kill our boys and don’t look back Some say the answer’s deep in the earth Some say it’s color’s black Some say we fight, yeah to bring democracy Spread peace throughout the land But bringin peace with guns is something I will never understand There’s a cold wind blowin from the East And it blew right through my town And it blew the worst news That I have ever found
11.
June Apple 02:30
Wish I was a June Apple hangin' in a tree Every time my true love pass take a bite of me Train on the island here that whistle blow Thought I heard some true love say "Yonder comes my beau."
12.
Hang Me 03:20

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Waltz of the Chickadee is a collection of traditional and original American roots music which explores the themes of birth and death, adversity and joy and the sweet, sweet springtime. Dedicated with love to William Puck Merenda, born January 28, 2008.

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released March 20, 2009

Michael Merenda and Ruth Ungar with family and friends: Jay Ungar, Molly Mason, Lyn Hardy, Abby and Rosie Newton, Dominic John, Craig Santiago, Jacob Silver.

Recorded and mixed at Humble Abode Music by Max Feldman and Michael Merenda. Mastered by Michael Tudor at Defiant Recording, Willow, NY. Cover drawing by Ruthy.

All songs © 2009 Mike and Ruthy, Concert Works Music / ASCAP except for "Dust Bowl Blues" by Woody Guthrie, "Winder Slide" by Joe LaRose, and "June Apple" and "Hang Me" trad., arr. Mike and Ruthy.

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