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Ahh Poor Bird
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While this version is instrumental, the words we all sing in rounds together at gatherings are as follows:
Ah poor bird, take thy flight, far above the sorrows of this dark night! Ah poor bird, wings so worn, can you see the dawn of tomorrow’s morn?
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Feeling So Cold
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Feeling So Cold (Ballad of a Winter Soldier)
Oh, been feeling so cold. Oh, been feeling so cold. Oh I still own all of my soul, but everything else of mine’s been sold. Oh, been feeling so cold. Oh, been feeling so cold.
Oh, I tell you no lies. Oh, I tell you no lies. Well, we told ourselves when those kids were dying, oh we had no other choice, ‘cause the evil they was hiding. Oh, I tell you no lies. oh, I tell you no lies.
Oh, now my fingers so thin. Oh, now my fingers so thin. Well, I had so many fine friends back then, when
the war it had me killing evil women and men. Oh, now my fingers so thin. Oh, my fingers so thin.
And oh, I fought in that war. Oh, I fought in that war! Well she died in her living room, screaming what for, I shot that old woman and she fell to the floor, and oh, I fought in that war. Oh, I fought in that war!
And oh, I won lots of medals. Oh, I won lots of medals. Yeah, ground them children yeah into the gravel and I watched those big old cities being leveled and oh, I won lots of medals. Oh, I won lots of medals.
But oh, when I came home. Oh, when I came home. Came home called a savior but left all alone, waking up every night still a’ hearing their moans, and oh, when I came home. Oh, when I came home.
And oh, it’s the truth, they will say. Oh, it’s the truth they will say: well, we made big money by the war in those days, and we never let poor kids get in our way, no, oh, it’s the truth, they will say. Oh, it’s the truth they will say!
But oh, I’ve been asking the old. Oh, I’ve been asking the old. Many poor fight and die in these rich folks’ wars but never heard of no poor getting rich folks’ gold. Oh, I’ve been asking the old. Oh, I’ve been
asking the old.
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Simple Gifts
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'Tis the gift to be simple, 'tis the gift to be free, 'tis the gift to come down where we ought to be, and when we find ourselves in the place just right, 'twill be in the valley of love and delight.
When true simplicity is gain'd, to bow and to bend we shan't be asham'd, to turn, turn will be our delight, till by turning, turning we come round right.
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Little Bird Song
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Once I hear a little bird singing very clearly.
And the bird that I heard sang: God loves me dearly! Sang, God loves me dearly.
Well, please stay now and tell me how, little bird, you know it?
Every day, come what may, many kind things show it. Many kind things show it!
Sun and rain, ripening grain, food and shelter given. Leafy trees, all one sees, under this blue heaven! Under this blue heaven.
Then the bird that I heard sang so very clearly: God loves you. Off she flew. Loves you very dearly! Loves you very dearly.
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2 and 1
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Jordan's Stormy Banks
04:55
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I Know Nothing
02:10
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Part and Parcel
07:02
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Merrigoround
05:19
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Look to the Hills
01:41
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Wondrous Love
05:48
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Winding Down
09:39
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Seth Mountain 이산 South Korea
Seth Martin (aka Seth Mountain or 이산), is a roots musician originally from the Pacific Northwest
(US).
Continuing in the radical tradition of artists like Pete Seeger, Woody Guthrie, and Utah Phillips, Martin has been living in Seoul since 2015. He regularly performs with Korean and foreign folk, indie and rock acts.
"Quite possibly the closest thing we have to Woody Guthrie."
--Bill Mallonee
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