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Seventy-SixAndPartoftheMix071109KeyDTunedECapo2
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Lake Fork Verne and his banjo. Original country and Americana songs. Songs of yesteryear, growing up during the great depression 1930's and the way things are
Just me and my banjo...writing and singing about how things used to be long ago in the 30;s and 40's and how those experiences affect today. I started out wanting to get on record these stories and songs for my grandchildren; but after doing it for a while, others have expresses interest so we are recording and putting them out there.
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Country • Country General
Charts
Peak #532
Peak in subgenre #162
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July 11, 2009
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MP3 2.6 MB • 128 kbps • 2:47
Story behind the song
Second year of our marriage in Forestry School at Colorado A & M Ft Collins Colorado...money was tight.
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Seventy-Six and Part of the Mix Copyright by: Verne Garrison July 11, 2009 Valley Park, Mo Banjo Tuned E, Capo 2, Key of D It was a job that I was needin While first married at Colorado A & M Low on cash, and barely gettin by I took this job, don't ask me why A thirty mile drive in a borrowed car Up the Poudre River Canyon Road The job was one of digging a well In the side of a Rocky Mountain bode They lowered me into this hole, Some sixty foot deep Run the airhammer, I was told I remember, I can see it in my sleep Next, they lowered to me, Six sticks of dynamite clout That they wanted me to "cap" I jerked the rope, they pulled me out I jumped into the car Drove down the mountain back to my wife Forgetting about any pay Just glad to still have my life I often think of day in 1955 A young man of 23 Decided I wanted to stay alive, And my new bride agreed with me Now this September, we will mark Our anniversary years totalling 56 Happy I left that hole in the dark And remain "part of the mix"
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