Country Engagement

from The Screaming Hollow and Other Hoosier County Favorites by Willoughby Sprig

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(1st chorus)

Yes indeed, around the rock
we gather for a merry feast
We’re giving thanks for root and sprig
the thaw-wind’s left a handsome rig
Of buds and spice about this spinney
bring the fiddle and jig-board quickly
All beneath our firmament
can be a Country Engagement

Now begins each and every man
to approach his seat with cup in hand
Then come all the women too
to join the toasting of the brew

Stand you all behind your seats
as we begin this joyous meet
Across the table, raise thy mug
Point it to the midday sun

(2nd chorus)

Cuz this here’s a Country Engagement
Listen as we tell you about it
There aint no work nor travelin’
while sippin’ wine and singin’ hymns
Across the green the church-clock chime
washes us in measured time
Calling every humbled soul
Set the table for the lord
Set the table for the lord

1st chorus

And once we drank to all thats green,
and those great hands which shaped and preened
the hollowed ground we together share
we passed about our kitchen-fare

So Brother Bird now call your flock
There’s pickins at this rustic jaunt
Our tater skins and cumber seeds
we left for you upon the green

2nd chorus

So remember well for every fest
good country folk give due respect
to saffron coats and nature’s brothers
petaled picks and shaded bowers

When food is passed by neighbor hands
there’s praise that’s due these fruitful lands
and to the Lord who molded every
peaceful spot out in our country

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from The Screaming Hollow and Other Hoosier County Favorites, released June 12, 2012
written by Christopher Burrus

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Willoughby Sprig Indianapolis, Indiana

We write the music of pinecones, old ships, moss, ancient forests, flea markets, naan bread, shepherd bells, victorian houses, and haunted bridges

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