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Two Blackbirds in a Tall Oak Tree

from Nelson County Wayside by Colin Cutler

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Based loosely on the Scottish Border ballad, "The Twa Corbies."

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Two blackbirds in a tall oak tree,
And a hi-diddle-iddle-idle-ay
Said one to the other, “What do you see?”
And a hi-diddle-iddle-idle-ay

The other one said, “ Well, I see a man,
And a hi…
And seems to me he’s got his blood on his hands.”
And a hi…

Chorus

Asked one of the other, “Why laugh when you call?”
And a hi…
“I see a dead man behind this wall.”
And a hi…

“In yonder sycamore, what do you see?”
And a hi…
“An old rope noose hanging in a tree.”
And a hi…

Chorus

The man in the moon spat a silver spoon,
And a hi…
And I heard the Pied Piper changed his tune.
And a hi…

You can rock your chair while the baby cries,
And a hi…
Don’t you tell that child someday he’ll die.
And a hi…

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from Nelson County Wayside, released April 15, 2016

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Colin Cutler Greensboro, North Carolina

Armed with a guitar, banjo, a brace of harmonicas, Colin tells stories of love and loss with characters wide open as a Midwest sky and wild as the mountains, with poetry thick as a Carolina swamp.

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