Being in various pro bands in the '60's Vic got to work with talented people including "The Beatles" and Roger Miller.
He's met many stars including Cash, Or
Whippoorwill Hill (c) 2014 Geneva Griffin
Verse 1
Just a couple'a tar heels from North Carolina
at the heights of tall cotton in Antebellum South
We said that no army was braver or finer
and we thought we were heroes 'til fighting broke out.
Verse 2
Our muskets were primed and we formed up a long line.
We fired at the blue and they fired at the gray.
My friend took a bullet and I knew it was his time
to get to that place that was so far away
Lift
He spoke of a hill where the air smelled of summer.
and the whippoorwills sang under cool long leaf pines
Chorus
We were blood.. though we're no kin
but I swore I'd carry him
up to the cool of the shady tree line
Just a few breaths away now
We lay our bodies down
Listened for the whippoorwill just one more time
Verse 3
His face had turned ashen and his gaze became distant
So I sat him right down against a stump of a pine
I could still hear the gunfire and cries of resistance
But he'd smiled as he said he could smell turpentine
Lift
He'd spoke of a hill where the air smelled of summer.
and the whippoorwills sang under cool long leaf pines
Chorus
Inst. as verse
Bridge
I said "Brother that was .... a mighty hard climb
but we got to the top so we'll sit here a while".
He closed his eyes slowly ... as he took his last fill
of the scent and the sounds up on Whippoorwill Hill
Chorus
Tag
Is he listening still up on Whippoorwill Hill
