Never lose your cool

13 Comments

1. Phil_NL says:

   19 November 2012 at 2:07 AM

   I guess it’s now safe to say: Saint Francis loves Bluegrass!
2. iowapapist says:

   19 November 2012 at 4:26 AM

   Getting the bird while on stage is not always a bad thing after all. I recognize the banjo player- Terry Baucom who was with Doyle Lawson and Quicksilver for many years. Good stuff despite being somewhat “flighty”.
3. Supertradmum says:

   19 November 2012 at 4:50 AM

   Sparrows love bluegrass, especially “Little Sparrow”…..
4. dominicansoul says:

   19 November 2012 at 7:33 AM

   no lie, I played the video and suddenly all the birds in my tree outside my window started chirping and getting excited… must be something ’bout the music…
5. LisaP. says:

   19 November 2012 at 8:40 AM

   Well, isn’t that a kick.
6. acardnal says:

   19 November 2012 at 8:49 AM

   Did this happen at Disneyland per chance? ;-)
7. Tina in Ashburn says:

   19 November 2012 at 8:57 AM

   Josh Williams – Mordecai lyrics
   We’d see him in the distance on the trail along the rim
   His silver head against the mountain sky
   And Grandmas face would open up when she saw that it was him
   And she’d say Daddy grab a chair its Mordecai

   And it seemed to me he brought a country store there on his back
   As he layed it all before us on the ground
   And I knew he’d finally reach into that ragged old back pack
   For the candy that he always brought around

   Chorus

   He Said
   My Papa was a wandering Jew and it’s my fate to be one too
   I’ll roam these mountain trails until I die
   Perhaps one day I’ll see my home and then he smiled and turned to go
   And we all said goodbye to Mordecai

   One evening when he stayed with us I saw him at his prayers
   As the last light trickled through the cabin door
   And he stood before the little yellow candle burning there [ENTER THE BIRDIE]
   Softly speaking words I’d never heard before
   And I told him how my Grandma said it troubled her mind so
   Such a fine man wasn’t washed in the blood of the lamb
   He smiled and said “Tell Grandma if it pleases her to know
   That She and I both pray to the God of Abraham”

   Chorus

   It’s been so long now since I’ve left that hillside far behind
   For a place I’ve never truly called my home
   And more and more these days I see him walking in my mind
   Through the misty mountain distance all alone

   Mordecai was a wandering Jew, in my own way I am one too
   I hope to make it home before I die
   And if I should ever find my way I’ll light a candle at his grave
   And say one more goodbye to Mordecai
8. The Masked Chicken says:

   19 November 2012 at 9:24 AM

   Not to be the copyright police, but lyrics are copyrighted and should not be reproduced in whole, unless they are in the public domain.

   The Chicken
9. Sissy says:

   19 November 2012 at 10:24 AM

   Chicken, isn’t there an “educational use” exception to that?
10. benedetta says:

    19 November 2012 at 10:25 AM

    That was very cool!
11. Suburbanbanshee says:

    19 November 2012 at 11:59 AM

    In case anybody was wondering, there were a lot of Jewish (and folks of other ethnicities and religions) wandering peddlers in the US, back in the day. Particularly in the South and West, wherever general stores were far apart.
12. An American Mother says:

    19 November 2012 at 1:27 PM

    The Jewish peddler was a mainstay when we all lived further apart.
    Remember when Anne of Green Gables accidentally dyed her hair green? She bought the dye from a Jewish peddler, who warranted that it would not wash out. It wouldn’t.
13. Andkaras says:

    19 November 2012 at 2:10 PM

    “sigh” kinda makes me miss Dan Fogelberg .He did a lot of good bluegrass. Ahhh simpler times.

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