"...over the mountain you can hear him rolling along...

Fayetteville Line by Greg Garrison 

 

"hey Daniel (Gold) and the rest of you folks-       

"Fayetteville Line" is a song I wrote for Mark- last time we were at Dave's on Dickson, (Sat, March 16, 02) our lighting director Tom, told me that the previous time we were there he and Mark had a banjo session out on the railroad tracks behind Dave's, hence the Fayetteville Line.  Here are the words-..."

 

take me back to that Fayetteville Line            take me back to that Fayetteville Line

take me back to that Fayetteville Line

laughin' and a pickin' and a feelin' fine

won't you take me back to that Fayetteville Line

 

come and play that five for me (x3)

every time you did it would set me free

won't you come and play that five for me

 

the wind, it whispers through the night

if you listen, you can hear that banjo sigh

 

see the moon over that mountain (x3)

it makes me think of that 5 string song

over the mountain you can hear him rolling along

 

memories on an angel's wing (x3)

gone up above to see the banjo king

keep those memories on an angels wing

 

the wind keeps blowing through my bones

if you listen you can hear that 5 string moan

 

the wind, it's blowing through the trees

that sound, it brings me to my knees

 

take me back to that Fayetteville Line (x3)

laughin' and a pickin' and a feelin' fine

won't you take me back to that Fayetteville Line

 

"...our other new tunes include "Delta Queen" and "Down in the Hollow" by Drew, "Take me Back to that Mountain Top" by Vince, "Just Keep Walking" by Bill, and a couple of covers- Bill has been singing "Blue House" by Marcia Ball, and I worked up a new arrangement of "Down in the Willow Garden", an old folk tune sung by many an artist- this one has been called "wendy's chineese liquor store" or "wendy's willow garden" on setlists, but it's basically "Willow Garden" with some melodic material I used from another song I wrote called "Wendy's chineese liquor store", which is indeed a phrase coined by Mark.  Hope you all enjoy the new tunes, and we'll see you soon!"

greg (Garrison) Festivalist post  5-08-02