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Chestnut Blight
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Singer/Songwriter
Chestnut Blight was released on June 17, 2022 by Fluff and Gravy Records as a part of the album Freakons
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Release DateJune 17, 2022
LabelFluff and Gravy Records
LanguageEnglish
Melodicness
Acousticness
Valence
Danceability
Energy
BPM184

Credits

PERFORMING ARTISTS
Freakons
Freakons
Performer
Catherine Ann Irwin
Catherine Ann Irwin
Acoustic Guitar, Lead Vocals
Janet Beveridge Bean
Janet Beveridge Bean
Acoustic Guitar, Background Vocals
Jonathan Denis Langford
Jonathan Denis Langford
Acoustic Guitar
James Elkington
James Elkington
Electric Guitar
Jean Cook
Jean Cook
Violin
Anna Krippenstapel
Anna Krippenstapel
Violin, Background Vocals
COMPOSITION & LYRICS
Catherine Ann Irwin
Catherine Ann Irwin
Songwriter
PRODUCTION & ENGINEERING
Freakons
Freakons
Producer

Lyrics

Tall white pines go sailing across the ocean
When masts rose like a forest from the deep
Then the skidders came and every little tree was broken
Or left clinging to the hills that were too steep
When the last chestnut tree fell many hearts were broken
Those trees flowered like a snowstorm in july
They brought along fat hogs and folding money
Then one by one they rotted out and died
Now the water in the well's not clean to drink
It burns like acid and it's blacker than a lawyer's ink
Jesus walked on water in the bible
But now the creek's so filled with slag even i won't sink
Down in the mines many lives have been taken
Down in the mines many lives have been lost
Money comes and goes down where quicksilver flows
And the miners left behind to pay the cost
When the last hunk of coal has been mined
We'll be judged by the deeds we've done not the deeds we've signed
When there is nothing in these hills left to steal
We can buy it all back from the bank at a real good deal
Now the water in the well's not clean to drink
It burns like acid and it's blacker than a lawyer's ink
Jesus walked on water in the bible
But now the creek's so filled with slag even i won't sink
When the last vein is all played out and gone
One last train is gonna come and haul away this song
Written by: Catherine Ann Irwin
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