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Summer Morning
02:16
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My Mountain
03:23
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My Mountain - Ken Sheldon
Cellar holes and walls of stone
tell of lives lived long ago
by people just like us, who laughed and cried,
loved and lost, lived and died
And in their time, they tilled the earth
children married and gave birth
all around this mountain throne
they called this mountain home.
CHORUS:
The sheep's in the meadow, the cow's in the corn
and standing guard, proud and alone
That's my mountain, that's my home
Grand Monadnock stands alone.
There's something sacred in this peak
whose trails have known Indian feet
But deerskin moccasins pass on,
as other boots have come and gone
The feet of hunters seeking game,
poets, painters, men of fame
have come to capture magic here,
there's something magic here.
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Goodbye, Old Man
Goodbye, Old Man. Goodbye, old friend.
You may be gone, but your spirit lives on in this rocky land.
Goodbye, Old Man.
That solemn brow, that craggy face,
as tough as the people from so long ago who settled this place.
As old as the hills, as old as the land,
a primeval profile in granite not carved by human hands.
Goodbye, Old Man.
Like a great grandfather watching down on us all,
we never thought that you would ever fall.
It’s like a death in the family, it’s hard to believe.
There’s an empty place where you used to be.
It was a long, hard winter, and now I know
how you must have felt after all those years of ice and snow.
You must have been tired, and maybe you knew
that when it’s your time to go there’s not much that you can do.
So you slipped away in the dead of night
and in the morning we saw, but couldn’t believe our eyes.
Goodbye, Old Man. Goodbye, old friend.
You may be gone, but your spirit lives on in this rocky land.
Goodbye, Old Man.
Goodbye, Old Man.
Goodbye, Old Man.
Goodbye, old friend.
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Burning Wood
02:15
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Burning Wood - Ken Sheldon
There's frost on the window pane,
and the sun rising on this old town again
Thermometer is hanging low,
and the sky is heavy with thoughts of snow.
But the smell of wood smoke in the air
says someone's keeping warm somewhere
It's a fellowship of pride and care
Burning wood is a kind of prayer
And all the men down at the coffee shop
are talking about how much wood they've got
how long, how dry, how much they paid,
How long it took to cut it with saw and blade
Well, it's ash for kindling, oak for heat,
apple wood for smelling sweet,
cut it early and stack it neat,
as much of pride, as a source of heat
And all the men down at the coffee shop
are talking about how much wood they've got
how long, how dry, how much they paid,
How long it took to cut it with saw and blade
There's frost on the window panes,
and the sun setting on this old town again.
Thermometer is hanging low,
and the sky is heavy with thoughts of snow.
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5. |
Wind Over the Water
02:52
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Good Morning in Maine
02:33
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Good Morning in Maine - Ken Sheldon
Five am and the milkman has almost done his rounds.
The farmer's got the eggs all sorted, he's headed into town.
And in the town the baker is busy making bread,
thanking his own maker for a lovely day ahead.
And the milkman and the farmer, as they pass each other say,
“It's a good, good morning in Maine, good morning.”
It's a good, good morning in Maine.
The carpenter's son Timmy is on his paper route,
27 copies of the Buckfield Times, before he gets to school.
And in the school, the teacher is straightening the chairs,
dusting off the blackboard, whispering a prayer,
“Lord, bless each little head, and bring joy to their days,
and thank you for a morning in Maine, good morning.”
it's a good, good morning in Maine.
Nine am and the milkman is tending to the cows
the farmer's been to market, he's heading back from town
and in the town the baker is setting out the bread
telling Mrs. Johnson about what the milkman said
and as Mrs. Johnson leaves the store, she turns to him and says,
“It's a good, good morning in Maine, good morning.”
It's a good, good morning in Maine. Good morning, good morning, good morning!
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Run Like a Cougar
02:48
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Run Like a Cougar - Ken Sheldon
I’d like to run like a cougar,
through the woods and over mountain trails.
To run with the cousin of the tiger,
like a cat with a flashing tail.
When the settlers moved in to this country long ago,
the mountain lion ruled the woods supreme.
But soon there was no room for the catamount to roam,
as wooded forest turned to planted field.
I’d like to run like a cougar,
through the woods and over mountain trails.
To run with the cousin of the tiger,
like a cat with a flashing tail.
And now they are so few, and very rarely seen,
the giant cats that roamed the countryside.
But sometimes in the night, you can hear the lonely sound
of a cougar crying for the days gone by.
I’d like to run like a cougar,
through the woods and over mountain trails.
To run with the cousin of the tiger,
like a cat with a flashing tail.
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When It’s Time to Say Goodbye - Ken Sheldon
First of all, if I could speak, I’d just say thanks to you, for loving me
for giving me a family, someone there watching over me
I know this is hard for you, losing a friend is never easy to do.
And good-bye is the hardest part, it always seems to tear a hole in your heart
So it's OK, you can cry. But I want you to know, I'll be all right.
Love goes on, it does not die, when it’s time to say good-bye.
Clocks wind down, and we do too. There is really nothing we can do.
Fragile flowers bloom and fade. That’s just how you and I were made .
We’re fields of grass, we’re not here long, we laugh today, and then we’re gone
headed for a distant shore, ‘cause this is not our final home
So it's OK, you can cry. But I want you to know, I'll be all right.
Love goes on, it does not die, when it’s time to say good-bye.
Cause life can be lonely, can’t it? And everyone needs a friend
So now and then you take your chances, give your heart away, and then…
You cared for me, watched me grow, now it’s time for you to let me go
But the hands that made me, hold me still, and I am sure that they always will.
So it's OK, you can cry. But I want you to know, I'll be all right.
Love goes on, it does not die, when it’s time to say good-bye.
When it’s time to say good-bye.
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End of the Summer Waltz
03:39
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End of the Summer Waltz - Ken Sheldon
In the cool of the evening,
as we walk through the field.
The wind whispers breezes
in the tops of the trees.
The tall grass of August
is like the waves of the sea, and we go wading,
waltzing for an hour, through the weeds and the flowers of the field.
It's the end of the summer,
there's a change in the air.
The green of the forest
turns to red here and there.
The smell of wild roses,
stills clings to the vine, and I'm so happy,
walking with you, waltzing with your hand in mine, my, my, my, my
Oooh, oooh, lai-dee-di, lai de-di
Oooh, oooh, lai-dee-di, lai de-di
Underneath the old apple trees,
all the grass is pressed down,
where the deer have been sleeping
on the soft summer ground
But now the trail leads them back to
their deep forest den, once again
as the road leads us home to a wood-fired stove, till the coming of spring, and we'll sing
Oooh, oooh, lai-dee-di, lai de-di
Oooh, Oooh, end of the summer, we waltz.
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Winter Harbor
02:36
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11. |
All These Years
02:42
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Yankee humorist Fred Marple has appeared on radio, TV (NH Chronicle) and in the pages of Yankee Magazine, New Hampshire Magazine, and many others. He is the author of “Welcome to Frost Heaves,” a collection of stories from the most under-appreciated town in New Hampshire. Fred’s video spoof “Yoga for Yankees” has been viewed over 6 million times on-line. ... more
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