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lyrics

woodpecker woman, chipaway whittle
carve my name in a hick'ry fiddle
dance all night, dream just a little
i go like the raven

down in the meadow, deep in the holler
bullfrog sing to the bug-eyed crawler
slide to the rake, hop to the caller
reel with the willow waivin

shine the merlin moonbeam eye
set my dancin feet to fly
o'er the dark and dervish sky
i go like the raven

long time ago i had me a feller
three-cocked hat and a coat o' yeller
locked me down in a sawdust cellar
fed me beans and bacon

through the doorway he did enter
played him coy, played him tender
played him slumber through the winter
gone when the birds awakened

shine the merlin moonbeam eye ...

when they hear my bowstrings tightnin
angels gay, devils frightnin
c'mon fire and midnight lightnin
to the garden gancy

hail the wayward werewolf howlin
haints and shades and goblins growlin
fiends and demon deves a-prowlin
when i break and fancy

shine the merlin moonbeam eye ...

now all you blackbirds plain or pretty
hear my words for rede or witty:
keep the greenwood, shun the city
and her dandies craven

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from drum hat buddha (Dave Carter & Tracy Grammer), released June 12, 2001

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Tracy Grammer Greenfield, Massachusetts

Writer. Actor. Storyteller. Singer. Multi-instrumentalist. Former head cheerleader, now a fearless navigator of the heart.

“One of the finest pure musicians anywhere in folkdom.” - Boston Globe

“A brilliant artist.” - Joan Baez

“Her gifts as a musician are like that of a painter who is a master of chiaroscuro, offering light and shadow at every turn.“ - Mary Chapin Carpenter
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