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The Whipstitch Sallies

by The Whipstitch Sallies

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There's only been one murder in all of Union Township's time When Samuel Bergen told them Pete was victim to that crime It was 1866 and on a humid summer day When Sam chased down that murderer and laid him in his grave On that fatal morning Peter saddled up to ride Into town to sell the produce from the fields so dry His farmhand Alec Beck watched Peter gallop out of view And as he worked he plotted how to get that revenue, Samuel Bergen knew just what he had to do Samuel Bergen knew just what he had to do On Pete's return, his pockets full, he hanged his saddle high Under the smokehouse roof as always and squinted at the sky He walked the thirty steps to his log home of just two rooms Where the wide and open hall between may well have been his tomb Pete sat on his splint-bottom chair in the breezy hallway's shade He thought he was alone as his wife was down the road a-ways But Alec watched from the smokehouse door, a rifle in his hand He fired through a crack and killed that farmer of the land Samuel Bergen knew just what he had to do Samuel Bergen knew just what he had to do Well Alec got the money, took Pete's saddle and his gun Crept into the barn not thinking twice about what he'd done Upon his victim's horse he traveled off up Three-Notch Road Heading for the city with the money that he stole And Pete's good wife, when she got home, found him dead in his chair She gave the alarm to find a townsman who would die To catch the man who'd stolen Peter's money and his life Only Sam was brave enough to aid Pete's widowed wife Samuel Bergen knew just what he had to do Samuel Bergen knew just what he had to do The fearless Samuel Bergen hit the trail in hot pursuit The other townsmen trusted he was not afraid to shoot Sam cornered Alec in the wood, Pete's honor to defend But Alec turned that rifle on himself...and met his end Samuel Bergen knew just what he had to do Samuel Bergen knew just what he had to do
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Last time I went to St. Louis I came back to a broken heart There in my kitchen he told me Our love was a crumbling arch My sweet baby, he never was mine Never can be mine We don't love ourselves so we can't love each other Foundation built on a fault line I called up my friend in St. Louis And I told her how he had gone She listened while I told the story We both stayed up until dawn My sweet baby, he never was mine Never can be mine We don't love ourselves so we can't love each other Foundation built on a fault line I still sometimes think of St. Louis And the days before everything changed I think of that arch that was standing so tall How careful each stone was arranged My sweet baby, he never was mine Never can be mine We don't love ourselves so we can't love each other Foundation built on a fault line
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released July 27, 2011

Allie Burbrink - Acoustic guitar, harmonica, vocals
Kat Erickson - Acoustic bass, vocals
Sam Roberts - Mandolin, vocals
Michelle Hewitt - Violin

Recorded, mixed, and mastered by Jake Belser at Farm Fresh Studios, Bloomington, IN

Artwork by Maureen Donovan, Heather Jordan, Jourdan Struck, and Karl Teskey

2011

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The Whipstitch Sallies Indianapolis, Indiana

The Whipstitch Sallies: bluegrass rockers with panache. Electrifying presence, traditional instruments, and tight harmonies.

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