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'Lo the Old Pine

by Marc Shapiro & Billy Corbett

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I'll hold the light if you hold the hammer And we'll get together these old sticks and stones You split the wood and I’ll light the fire And we’ll heat together this house good and warm Blisters on my hands, I sit down begin to pray Allow the sun to end this day We’ll meet by the brook and I’ll throw you a line Down by the mill, ‘lo the old pine Sun get up high, baked like a bone Draws running dry, the lamps getting low Blisters on my hands, i sit down begin to pray Bring the sun to end this day
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The mountains they vie for the eye of the sky but the valley she lies while the river runs dry We run cross the logs by day and by night Dance on the river ‘till the morning daylight And I watch as the river rolls away Will she come? Will she stay? And I watch as the day turns to gray Will she come round my way I’ve been up north where there’s cold sleet and snow the north wind she blows till its eighteen below The teamsters still pull coiffeurs still staying full while up in the hollow sheep still growing wool And I watch as the river rolls away Will she come? Will she stay? And I watch as the day turns to gray Will she come round my way My lady is my love, she speaks unto me but it’s nothing I know and it’s nothing I see My home on the mountain is where I’ll reside I’ll stay here alone until the day I die. And I watch as the river rolls away Will she come? Will she stay? And I watch as the day turns to gray Will she come round my way
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I have been waiting I have been saving Water's rising, but for the love of her I ain't going nowhere Waves out on the ocean Wander across the sea What I'd give to be returned And assured not to leave But I'll throw off all the bowlines Cast off from the dock Who doth not answer to the rudder shall answer to the rock Mountains rise before me Black skies gather round Red dirt land, she calls to me And begs for rain to breathe The water it rises slowly A pall comes over me Lighting strikes above the valley And for a moment, clarity I have been waiting I have been saving Water's rising, but for the love of her I ain't going nowhere
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Pork Barrel 04:35
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Sea Swells 03:52
Sunrise crashes and pulls me Riptide pulls me out to sea Diamonds arise far from the key On top of blue swells of sea How long my deity Dances on blue swells of sea Eyes hold on the horizon line Not to yield, to seek, to find And I know you'll come back with a new resolute mask And I know you'll return with the lessons that you've learned And the memories you've saved and the lonesome you blamed Three foot rollers on Buzzard's Bay Cuts green water into gray Chop does send me o'er the side My heart for her does abide How long my deity Sails across blue swells of sea She tacks up against the wind I've one goal in this life to live And I know you'll come back With a new resolute mask And I know you'll return with the lessons that you've learned And the memories you've saved and the lonesome you blamed And I know you'll come back With a new resolute mask And I know you'll return with the lessons that you've learned And I know that we'll go on as if we didn't know That all hope comes right down to whatever we have found
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Birches Burn 03:42
The birches burn in the field at night Late in the day by the pale moonlight As it became, the sun grew weare’ The birches burn and you feel so near
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Slide Lake 05:05
Son they told me go up where the gold grows Lake County Colorado I'll make you my home Build a cabin in the pines under the Great Divide Say my grace and pick all day from the mountain side Left a wife and kids to tend the Atlantic tide And I made my way west to a city in the sky Ten thousand feet high and a million miles away I write unanswered letters and send them every day I worked in the smelter, I worked for the man I worked selling coffee out of my tin can But I'd never had a life like this under the blood red sky Where the earth is ever-changing, and nobody asks you why I have seen the ages, I have been to war I have grown up tall, man, thought that I was more But the great sky closes in now, a breath I try to take I’ve reconciled losing my life on the banks of slide lake. Then one night a bunch of us packed in to the saloon Somebody said, "you know we'd make a good platoon Homestake is rich in silver, there's an old mine up there, the Herald say you can try your luck, but only if you dare." We packed up extra rations, our canary on the sled Snow was up to our thighs, until we reached the shed We stashed our gear and made it clear by spring we would return With ore to spare and fame to bare, and enough money to burn I have seen the ages, I have been to war I have grown up tall, man, thought that I was more But the great sky closes in now, a breath I try to take I’ve reconciled losing my life on the banks of slide lake. The winter there above the trees was cold and dark and raw But by day we picked at the mountain's hip, not waiting for the thaw The wind whipped our backs, as we pounded the mighty stone By night we'd settle by the fire, telling stories of our home And had i a chance to speak, at the laying of my grave I'd ask my love to join me, but my choices i would stay For it were a blessing, to watch it as it came The slide that took me under, was a sight of god the same
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West Street 03:56
Climb up to the top of the oak tree Collect all the apples on the ground Pile the leaves once they fall down You’ve been here before, you know what I’ve found. Ride your bike past the tracks Round the bend and you’re coming back Fall down and scrape your knee Get back on, for all to see I know I’m going home But I’m out here alone I know it won’t be long Before I’m here I know Stare out toward the vacant cabin It calls to you, it pulls you in Reach out to it all over again For the first time, you enter in Missing doors, broken class The story never told unfolds Hidden below the tall pine Stay here for a while, stay here for… I know I’m going home But I’m out here alone I know it won’t be long Before I’m here I know Diamond station go chase them away Hold them close, don’t scare them away Climb up to the top of the oak tree Collect all the apples on the ground Pile the leaves once they fall down You’ve been here before, you know what I’ve found.
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Marc Shapiro (guitar, banjo, vocals) and Billy Corbett (mandolin, mandola, guitar, vocals). This is their debut record.

All songs written by Marc Shapiro and Billy Corbett except:

- Walk Along John (Traditional)
- Two Dollar Bill (Traditional)

Recorded at Rocking Horse Studio in Pittsfield, NH

Recorded and Mixed by Brian Coombes
Additional Engineering by Josh Kimball
Mastered by Jeff Lipton at Peerless Mastering
Assistant Mastering Engineer Maria Rice

Original Artwork by Elle Emery (elleemeryartwork.com)

Praise for 'Lo the Old Pine

"A smart, sweeping, well-constructed album jammed tight with banjos and mandolins and a level of harmonies that does not come around very often"

- The Concord Monitor

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released January 8, 2016

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Marc Shapiro & Billy Corbett Etna, New Hampshire

Marc Shapiro and Billy Corbett are a new-old-time duo based across Vermont and New Hampshire.

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