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Fast By the River

from Rarities 1976 - 2008 by Daniel Crommie

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This was recorded in 1982 at Retching Jackal studio for "The Fisherman's Path" album with Richard Paige and Bill Hayes engineering. It was later re-recorded in 1992 for the "At the Waters Edge" album. The unreleased "INFO" album was to include this song, and the 1983 "Attention to Details" cassette EP included this song.

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Underneath a crooked weeping willow
At the waters edge, near reedy shallows
She reads her storybooks and paints rhymes
Tree climbs
And high spring tides that currents rush
Wash the muddy banks and brush
Fast by the river

Proud tribes line the silty banks, modern skyline
In my mind a faint outline from distant time
And with Devils Club nets outstretched, fist-clenched
Strain the milky channel for salmon, crows call
Warm nights whisper, soft cherry petals fall
Fast by the river

Tugboats signal open the bridge, we shiver
Rush traffic halts before spanning the sleepy river
Rain clouds gather ‘round clustered hill tops, stinging drops
The barges wake sparkles and sun reappears
Touching the city scars to melt the grey tears
Fast by the river

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from Rarities 1976 - 2008, released May 26, 2014
Daniel Crommie: vocals, buche, tenor recorder, VL-1 synth, cornamuse and percussion.

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Daniel Crommie Portland, Oregon

Daniel Crommie is a progressive directed songwriter, multi-instrumentalist (mandolins, dulcimer, balalaika, recorders, flutes, synthesizers, etc.) and producer (Janie Mitchell, Kaitlyn ni Donovan, Lew Jones, Karen Searcy) who has released over three dozen solo albums, numerous albums with Group Du Jour, Echo System, Saturnalia Trio & DC Sound Collective over the last 35 years on New Weave. ... more

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