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1.	Can't You Hear Me Callin' 03:35	lyrics	buy track
The days are dark, the nights are lonely Since you left me all alone I've worried so my little darling I've loved you so even though you have gone Sweetheart of mine, can't you hear me callin' A million times I loved you best I mistreated you, lord, and I'm sorry Come back to me is my request I remember, dear, the night we parted A big mistake has caused it all If you return, sunshine will follow If you stay away the rain will fall Sweetheart of mine, can't you hear me callin' A million times I loved you best I mistreated you, lord, and I'm sorry Come back to me is my request The days are dark, the nights are lonely How I need your sweet embrace When I awoke the sun was shining I looked up and I saw your face Sweetheart of mine, can't you hear me callin' A million times I loved you best I mistreated you, lord, and I'm sorry Come back to me is my request
2.	Little Sadie 02:32	lyrics	buy track
Went out one night to make a little round I met Little Sadie and I shot her down Went back home, jumped into bed 44 pistol under my head I woke up in the morning about half past nine The hacks and the buggies standing in line Gents and gamblers standing around Taking Little Sadie to her burying ground I began to think of what a deed I'd done I grabbed my hat and away I did run Made a good run, just a little too slow They overtook me in Jericho Standing on the corner a reading a bill And up stepped the sheriff from Thomasville He said miss is your name brown Remember the night you shot Sadie down I said oh yes sir but my name is lee And i murdered Little Sadie in the first degree First degree and second degree Got any papers will you read 'em to me So they took me downtown and dressed me in black Put me on a train and started me back All the way back to the Thomasville jail Had no money for to go my bail The judge and the jury they took their stand The judge had the papers in his right hand Forty one days, forty one nights Forty one years to wear the ball and stripes Went out one night to make a little round I met Little Sadie and I shot her down Went back home, jumped into bed 44 pistol under my head
3.	New Railroad 03:15	lyrics	buy track
Workin’ on a new railroad, mud up to my knees Workin’ on a new railroad, mud up to my knees I'm workin’ for big John Henry and he's so hard to please I've been all around this world Used to have a big grey horse, Arrow was his name Used to have a big grey horse, Arrow was his name They caught me making liquor and they told me get off their plain I've been all around this world Hang me oh hang me and I'll be dead and gone Hang me oh hang me and I'll be dead and gone It's not the hanging that I mind it's laying in the grave so long I've been all around this world Single girl single girl go spend your days in town Single girl single girl go spend your days in town Just wait til you get married you'll work till the sun goes down I've been all around this world Lulu oh lulu won't you open up that door Lulu oh lulu won't you open up that door Before I come and open it with my old 44 I've been all around this world Diggin’ on a new railroad, mud up to my knees Diggin’ on a new railroad, mud up to my knees Diggin’ for big John Henry and he's so hard to please I've been all around this world I’ve been all around this world I've been all around this world
4.	Oxford Town / Cumberland Gap 02:19	lyrics	buy track
Oxford town oxford town everybody's got their heads bowed down Sun don't shine above the ground ain't a goin' down to oxford town He went down to oxford town guns and clubs followed him down All because his face was brown better get away from oxford town Oxford town around the bend he come to the door but he couldn't get in All because of the color of his skin what do you think about that my friend Me and my gal and my gals son, we got hit by a tear gas bomb I don't even know why we come i'm a going back to where i'm from Oxford town in the afternoon everybody singing a sorrowful tune Two men died 'neath the Mississippi moon somebody better investigate soon
5.	Lone Pilgrim 03:16	lyrics	buy track
I came to the place where the lone pilgrim lay And pensively stood by his tomb When in a low whisper I heard something say "How sweetly I sleep here alone" "The tempest may howl and the loud thunder roar And gathering storms may arise But calm is my feeling at rest is my soul The tears are all wiped from my eyes The cause of my master compelled me from home No kindred or relative nigh I met the contingent and sank to my tomb My soul flew to mansions on high Go tell my companion and children most dear To weep not for me now I'm gone The same hand that lead me through scenes most severe Has kindly assisted me home
6.	Come On In My Kitchen 04:58	lyrics	buy track
When a woman's in trouble everybody throws her down You look for your good friends, none can be found You better come on in my kitchen, cause it's going to be raining outdoors My papa's dead, mama's soon to be I ain't got nobody to love and care for me You better come on in my kitchen, cause it's going to be raining outdoors The man that I love I crave to see But he's up the country and he won't write to me You better come on in my kitchen, cause it's going to be raining outdoors The man that I love I stole him from my best friend Some joker got lucky and stole him back again You better come on in my kitchen, cause it's going to be raining outdoors I went to the mountains far as my eyes could see Some other gal got my man, and ah, nobody's got me You better come on in my kitchen, cause it's going to be raining outdoors You better come on in my kitchen, cause it's going to be raining outdoors
7.	Ain't No Grave 03:20	lyrics	buy track
There ain't no grave gonna hold my body down Ain't no grave gonna hold my body down When I hear that trumpet sound I'm gonna get up out of the ground Ain't no grave gonna hold my body down Go down yonder Gabriel put your foot on the land and sea Oh Gabriel don't you blow your trumpet until you hear from me I looked way over yonder and what do you think I see? I see a band of angels and they're coming after me Then I looked way down the river saw the people dressed in white I knew it was God's people 'cause I saw them doing right Ain't no grave gonna hold my body down Ain't no grave gonna hold my body down When I hear that trumpet sound I'm gonna get up out of the ground Ain't no grave gonna hold my body down I'm going down to the river Jordan and I'm gonna bury my knees in the sand Holler "Ah, hosanna" till I reach the promised land Then I looked way over yonder and what do you think I see? I see a band of angels and they're coming after me So meet me King Jesus meet me won't you meet me in the middle of the air If these wings should carry me, I won't need another pair Ain't no grave gonna hold my body down Ain't no grave gonna hold my body down When I hear that trumpet sound I'm gonna get up out of the ground Ain't no grave gonna hold my body down Ain't no grave gonna hold my body down
8.	Ecstasy 06:12	lyrics	buy track
Oh when shall I see Jesus and reign with him above And from the flowing fountain drink everlasting love Oh had I wings I would fly away and be at rest And I'd praise God in his bright abode Whene'er you meet with troubles and trials on your way Cast all your cares on Jesus and don't forget to pray Oh had I wings I would fly away and be at rest And I'd praise God in his bright abode Gird on the gospel armor of faith and hope and love And when the combat's ended he'll carry you above Oh had I wings I would fly away and be at rest And I'd praise God in his bright abode Oh, do not be discouraged for Jesus is your friend And if you lack for knowledge he'll not refuse to lend Oh had I wings I would fly away and be at rest And I'd praise God in his bright abode And I'd praise God in his bright abode I would praise God in his bright abode
9.	Mountain Jumper 02:50	lyrics	buy track
When I'm walking alone in the night I see the green coyote in the distance Strolling in the desert long beneath the crescent moon In the boomerang action of the noon gang I climb the hills and I wonder Thunder and the lightning falls into a barren zone Maybe someone saw me in the forest last Wednesday night, I don't know I visit all the time but then again I try to not to be seen, in the green 'Cause I'm a mountain jumper, when I ride the night I'm a mountain jumper, when I ride the night I look at the bones, purplish tones, across the valley painted by the sagebrush Driest open prairie waiting for the fallen stars On a rock edge hanging off a steep ledge I climb on down into an oak tree Rolling in it's twisted limbs I float above the ground Running from a rolling angry tumbleweed down a hill, in the wind Sliding on the gravelly traveling avalanches on the slope, in the plain 'Cause I'm a mountain jumper, when I ride the night I'm a mountain jumper, when I ride the night On the high ground, shaken by a low sound, the desert looming in the distance Looking at the sunlight dying through the blackened ridge Water out of nowhere, flying through the air, I see the tidal wave and I'm under Holding in my breath I sink into the desert sea Swimming through the turning and churning into the afternoon sun, up above Floating river canyon abandoned by sand and heat and all the rocks, on the plain 'Cause I'm a mountain jumper, when I ride the night I'm a mountain jumper, when I ride the night I'm a mountain jumper, when I ride the night I'm a mountain jumper, when I ride the night
10.	Railroad Bill 02:18	lyrics	buy track
Railroad Bill, Railroad Bill, he doesn't work and he never will And it's ride, ride, ride, ride Buy me a chicken, send me a wing It'll look like I've been working, but I ain't done a thing And it's ride, ride, ride, ride Railroad Bill was a mighty mean man He shot the midnight lantern out of the brakeman's hand And it's ride, ride, ride, ride I'm going up a mountain, I'm going out west Got a forty-four pistol sticking out my vest And it's ride, ride, ride, ride Railroad Bill, well he took my wife He said if I don't like it, he would take my life And it's ride, ride, ride, ride Railroad Bill, Railroad Bill Rollin' up a cigar with a ten dollar bill And it's ride, ride, ride, ride I'm gonna find me a pistol as long as my arm I'll kill everybody who's ever done me harm And it's ride, ride, ride, ride I'm a mountain jumper, when I ride the night
11.	Wind and Rain 03:43	lyrics	buy track
There were two sisters came walkin' down the stream Oh the wind and rain Older one pushed the youngest one in Cryin' oh the dreadful wind and rain ‘Cause Johnny gave the youngest a gay gold ring Oh the wind and rain Didn't give the oldest one anything Cryin' oh the dreadful wind and rain So she pushed her into the river to drown Oh the wind and rain Watched her as she floated down Cryin' oh the dreadful wind and rain She floated 'till she came to the miller's pond Oh the wind and rain Cried father, oh father there swims a swan Cryin' oh the dreadful wind and rain Then out of the woods came a fidder fair Oh the wind and rain He plucked thirty strands of her long yellow hair Cryin' oh the dreadful wind and rain And he made a fiddle bow of her long yellow hair Oh the wind and rain Made a fiddle bow of her long yellow hair Cryin' oh the dreadful wind and rain And he made fiddle pegs of her long finger bones Oh the wind and rain He made fiddle pegs of her long finger bones Cryin' oh the dreadful wind and rain And he made a little fiddle of her own breast bone Oh the wind and rain The sound could melt a heart of stone Cryin' oh the dreadful wind and rain And the only tune that the fiddle would play Was oh the wind and rain Only tune that the fiddle would play Was oh the dreadful wind and rain
12.	Orphan Girl (Live from Cantab in Cambridge, MA - November 20, 2001) 02:59	lyrics	buy track
I am an orphan on God's highway But I'll share my troubles if you go my way I have no mother, no father No sister, no brother I am an orphan girl I have had friendships pure and golden But the ties of kinship I have not known them I know no mother, no father No sister no brother I am an orphan girl But when He calls me I will be able To meet my family at God's table I'll meet my mother, my father My sister, my brother No more an orphan girl Blessed Savior make me willing And walk beside me until I'm with them Be my mother my father My sister my brother I am an orphan girl I am an orphan on God's highway I'll share my troubles if you go my way I have no mother, no father No sister, no brother I am an orphan girl I have no mother, no father No sister, no brother I am an orphan girl I am an orphan girl
13.	Old Virginia (Live from Cantab in Cambridge, MA - November 20, 2001) 03:53	lyrics	buy track
Oh my little darling don't you weep and moan Some sweet day a coming, take my baby home Up and down the railroad 'cross the county line Pretty little girl is funny, wife is always crying Jimmy drives the wagon, Jimmy holds the line Kill yourself a-laughing, see them horses flying
14.	Oh My Little Darlin' (Live from Cantab in Cambridge, MA - November 20, 2001) 02:45	info	buy track
15.	Darling Corey (Live From The Sinclair in Cambridge, MA - December 15, 2019) 04:16	lyrics	buy track
Wake up, wake up, darling Corey Tell me, what makes you sleep so sound The highway robbers are coming They’re ringing around your town Dig a hole, dig a hole in the meadow Dig a hole in the cold, cold ground Dig a hole, dig a hole in the meadow Lay darling Corey down Go away, go away, darling Corey Quit hanging around my bed Pretty women gotta run me distracted Cold liquor is killing me dead Dig a hole, dig a hole in the meadow Dig a hole in the cold, cold ground Dig a hole, dig a hole in the meadow Gonna lay darling Corey down Oh the first time I saw Darlin' Corey She was standing in the door She had her shoes and her stockings in her hands And her little bare feet on the floor Oh the next time I saw Darlin' Corey She was sittin’ on the banks of the sea, She had a forty-four strapped across her body And a banjo on her knee. Dig a hole, dig a hole in the meadow Dig a hole in the cold, cold ground Dig a hole, dig a hole in the meadow Gonna lay darling Corey down Oh last time I saw my Corey, She had a wine glass in her hand She was drinking that sweet liquor With a low-down gamblin’ man Dig a hole, dig a hole in the meadow Dig a hole in the cold, cold ground Dig a hole, dig a hole in the meadow I’ll lay darling Corey down Don’t you hear them bluebirds a-singing Don't you hear that mournful sound? They're preaching Corey's funeral In some lonesome graveyard ground Dig a hole, dig a hole in the meadow Dig a hole in the cold, cold ground Dig a hole, dig a hole in the meadow Gonna lay darling Corey down
16.	Railroad Bill (Live From The Sinclair in Cambridge, MA - December 15, 2019) 02:44	lyrics	buy track
Railroad Bill, Railroad Bill, he doesn't work and he never will And it's ride, ride, ride, ride Buy me a chicken, send me a wing It'll look like I've been working, but I ain't done a thing And it's ride, ride, ride, ride Railroad Bill was a mighty mean man He shot the midnight lantern out of the brakeman's hand And it's ride, ride, ride, ride I'm going up a mountain, I'm going out west Got a forty-four pistol sticking out my vest And it's ride, ride, ride, ride Railroad Bill, well he took my wife He said if I don't like it, he would take my life And it's ride, ride, ride, ride Railroad Bill, Railroad Bill Rollin' up a cigar with a ten dollar bill And it's ride, ride, ride, ride I'm gonna find me a pistol as long as my arm I'll kill everybody who's ever done me harm And it's ride, ride, ride, ride I'm a mountain jumper, when I ride the night
17.	Mountain Jumper (Live From The Sinclair in Cambridge, MA - December 15, 2019) 03:20	lyrics	buy track
When I'm walking alone in the night I see the green coyote in the distance Strolling in the desert long beneath the crescent moon In the boomerang action of the noon gang I climb the hills and I wonder Thunder and the lightning falls into a barren zone Maybe someone saw me in the forest last Wednesday night, I don't know I visit all the time but then again I try to not to be seen, in the green 'Cause I'm a mountain jumper, when I ride the night I'm a mountain jumper, when I ride the night I look at the bones, purplish tones, across the valley painted by the sagebrush Driest open prairie waiting for the fallen stars On a rock edge hanging off a steep ledge I climb on down into an oak tree Rolling in it's twisted limbs I float above the ground Running from a rolling angry tumbleweed down a hill, in the wind Sliding on the gravelly traveling avalanches on the slope, in the plain 'Cause I'm a mountain jumper, when I ride the night I'm a mountain jumper, when I ride the night On the high ground, shaken by a low sound, the desert looming in the distance Looking at the sunlight dying through the blackened ridge Water out of nowhere, flying through the air, I see the tidal wave and I'm under Holding in my breath I sink into the desert sea Swimming through the turning and churning into the afternoon sun, up above Floating river canyon abandoned by sand and heat and all the rocks, on the plain 'Cause I'm a mountain jumper, when I ride the night I'm a mountain jumper, when I ride the night I'm a mountain jumper, when I ride the night I'm a mountain jumper, when I ride the night
18.	Ecstasy (Fiddle Version) ft. Brittany Haas 03:41	info	buy track
19.	Ain't No Grave (Sparse) 03:18	info	buy track
20.	Dark Hollow (Live From Telluride Bluesgrass Festival in Elks Park, CO - June 21, 2007) 03:04	lyrics	buy track
I'd rather be in some dark hollow where the sun don't ever shine Then to be at home alone and knowing that you're gone Would cause me to lose my mind Well blow your whistle freight train carry me far on down the track Well I'm going away, I'm leaving today I'm going, but I ain't coming back I'd rather be in some dark hollow where the sun don't ever shine Then to be in some big city, in a small room, with you upon my mind So blow your whistle freight train carry me far on down the track Well I'm going away, I'm leaving today I'm going but I ain't coming back So blow your whistle freight train carry me far on down the track Well I'm going away, I'm leaving today I'm going but I ain't coming back I'm going away, I'm leaving today I'm going but I ain't coming back
21.	Little Sadie (Live From Telluride Bluesgrass Festival in Elks Park, CO - June 21, 2007) 03:03	lyrics	buy track
Went out one night to make a little round I met Little Sadie and I shot her down Went back home, jumped into bed 44 pistol under my head I woke up in the morning about half past nine The hacks and the buggies standing in line Gents and gamblers standing around Taking Little Sadie to her burying ground I began to think of what a deed I'd done I grabbed my hat and away I did run Made a good run, just a little too slow They overtook me in Jericho Standing on the corner a reading a bill And up stepped the sheriff from Thomasville He said miss is your name brown Remember the night you shot Sadie down I said oh yes sir but my name is lee And i murdered Little Sadie in the first degree First degree and second degree Got any papers will you read 'em to me So they took me downtown and dressed me in black Put me on a train and started me back All the way back to the Thomasville jail Had no money for to go my bail The judge and the jury they took their stand The judge had the papers in his right hand Forty one days, forty one nights Forty one years to wear the ball and stripes Went out one night to make a little round I met Little Sadie and I shot her down Went back home, jumped into bed 44 pistol under my head
22.	Ecstasy (Instrumental Edit) 03:41	info	buy track

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released December 10, 2021

Shaken By A Low Sound Remastered (Tracks 1-11)

Crooked Still is:
Aoife O'Donovan
Rushad Eggleston
Gregory Liszt
Corey DiMario

Guest Musicians:
Casey Driessen
Ruth Ungar
John McDonald
Laurie Lewis
Tom Rozum
Scott Amendola

Recorded by Adam Muñoz at In The Pocket Studios, Forestville, CA and SF Sound works, San Francisco, CA
Additional harmony vocals recorded at Crystalphonic Recording, Charlottesville, VA
Engineered by Scott Harrison and Mark Farrell
Mixed by Adam Muñoz at SF Sound Works, San Francsico, CA
Mastered by David Sinko
Produced by Lee Townsend

Deluxe (Tracks 12-22):
All live recordings mixed by Tim Reitnouer
Mastered by David Sinko

All songs public domain unless otherwise noted.
All songs arranged by Crooked Still © Hot Pie Music (ASCAP), Crooked Still Music (BMI)

Special thanks to:

Our families for all the love and support.

All of the guest musicians who gave their energy and musicianship to this recording: Casey, Ruth, Scott, Laurie, Tom and Johnny.

Lee Townsend and Adam Muñoz for their hard work and dedication.

Jim Olsen, Flora Reed, Biff Kennedy, Jared Libby and everyone at Signature Sounds, The Falcon Ridge Folk Festival, Brian O'Donovan, Peter Irvine, The Roots Agency, Jake Silver, Aaron Farrington, Matt Smith and Club Passim, Jody March, Erick Jasksowiak, Telluride House Sound Crew, Gerry Paul and all of Gráda, Noam Pikelny, Hanneke Cassel, Mark Erelli, Sam Amidon, Eric Merrill, Kristin Andreassen, The Prism, Geoff Bartley and the Cantab Lounge, James O'Brien, Carmel, Willy O'Brien, Nicky Rheaume, Josh Bhatti, Josh Smith and the staff at Bowery Presents and The Sinclair, everyone at Planet Bluegrass

Special thanks to Lissa Schneckenburger

Original album artwork by Cricket Press: www.cricket-press.com
Management by Ben Levin and Jon Bergamo for Good Harbor
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