Coyote

This is my entry for the Song of Arkansas contest.  I couldn't get the whole band together on such short notice to do a real performance/video, so this little demo will have to suffice.  Deeann Garnett graciously came out in freezing weather to throw down some of her tasty fiddle playing.

Lyrics:
Well Darlin’, you’ve been away much too long
It’s high time to find you where you belong
So come back baby,   back to Arkansas

Where folks always great you with a big bear hug
And any drop of a hat is cause to roll back the rug
And dance your way,  back to Arkansas

We’ll build a little cabin in the southern pines
Just like grandaddy did back in his time
When you come back,  back to Arkansas

Raise a few kids and some honeybees
Spend summer evenings spitting watermelon seeds
And when the kids grow up and they want to go
We’ll smile and let ‘em . . . because we know . . . .

We got blues in the Delta, ragtime in the plains
The Ozark fiddling will pull ‘em back again
The kids will come back,  back to Arkansas

We’ve got sparkling diamonds in a thousand waterfalls
Come on home honey, even if you have to crawl
Come back baby,  back to Arkansas



Back To Arkansas

This track is from the album Blueberry Pie and is available for purchase on CD Baby here: http://www.cdbaby.com/cd/travelingblueberries

Dance Tonight

Granny Woman (Hard To Make A Living)

Katy Daley

I make a big effort to have my songs have a positive bent, but this one is simply the sadness of watching my beloved, lush island get paved over with gigantic houses and marinas that only the very affluent can afford, and my community disappear.  In later versions, I changed the last line . . .

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Oak Island

A Little Wiser

Come To Me

This track is from the album a little wiser and is available for purchase on CD Baby here: http://www.cdbaby.com/cd/kcj

Kathy Covert Jensen