Wedding Dress

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wait for sunrise, listening to the snow
falling down
through the black
wipes the slate of everything we know
covering up
the pathway back
and the trees here cast no shadows
to show where you are bound
and the storm has covered over
our footsteps on the ground
and the morning comes but bring no light of day
just a pale
in-between
and we look to find a way but look in vain
there is nothing
to be seen
and so I’m listening

You said, “I cannot trust you to be kind
when you make
your reply
With the needle moving always in your mind
to find objections
find the lie
I can invoke your better nature
appeal to honor or to shame
But you’re not searching for solutions
just a way to win the game
And when at last you take your turn to speak
you’ll contradict me
and reveal
all the places where my argument is weak
and so discount
the way I feel”
I said, “I’m listening…”

Two drum loops, nylon-string guitar, fretless bass, mandolin, double-tracked banjo, programming, vocals, words and music by Jack Feerick

Listening (rough mix v. 1.4)

Spinning this classic a few times on the digitally cloned guit-fiddle...

The Girl I Left Behind Me (04/02)

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I was experimenting with turning "Haste to the Wedding" on its ear, and this is what I came up with.

Wake, Don't Tarry

I had the pleasure of reuniting with my friends Bruce Johnson and his brother Jake. We had a great jam and caught up because we haven't been together in several years. I recorded a few tunes including the Black Velvet Waltz, which we played for Steve's 365 days of fiddle tunes. Jake and Ryan continue to demonstrate their musical talent and they are both doing quite well. In addition to his daytime tech gig, Bruce now teaches music at a private school in Moscow, Idaho. Jake is cooking at Tick Tock Restaurant while studying culinary science.

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Arranged by James Oswald in "A Curious Collection of Scots Tunes For A Violin, Bass Viol or German Flute," Edinburgh: 1740.

Oswald was born in Crail, Scotland. After working as a dancing master he eventually became a chamber composer for King George III. In a letter, Benjamin Franklin described hearing Oswald play unaccompanied fiddle songs on the cello: the listeners had "Teares of Pleasure."

Lyrics of the original song:

At Polwart on the Green,
If you'll meet me the Morn,
Where Lasses do conveen,
To dance about the Thorn;
A kindly welcome you shall meet,
Frae her wha likes to view,
A Lover and a lad complete,
The Lad and Lover you.

Artwork: "The Penny Wedding" by David Allan, ca. 1795.

Nadezda Soroka, violin
Eric Tinkerhess, viola da gamba
Mana Tinkerhess, triple harp
Robert Wang, lute

From the album "O Mother What Shall I Do," available on streaming platforms.

Polwart On The Green

Songwriter, multi-instrumentalist; sings and plays bass with Roscoe's Basement.

I'm enjoying every minute of the journey.

I'm recording something every day, trying to tame my perfectionism. It's an audio-diary/sketchbook.

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