Happy Halloween, everyone!
Song: "Annabel Lee" by Edgar Allan Poe
Quote:
The angels, not half so happy in Heaven,
Went envying her and me—
Yes!—that was the reason (as all men know,
In this kingdom by the sea)
That the wind came out of the cloud by night,
Chilling and killing my Annabel Lee.
Listen to Joan Baez's performance...
It's Halloween Eve, and I love this one so much! I've used this song in my Gothic classes in the past. This quote, in particular, is one of my favorite lines from any song.
Song: "Crazy Mary"
Quote:
That which you fear most could meet you halfway.
Listen to the performance of Victoria Williams...
Song: "Ghost"
Quote:
In the wind, there’s a lonesome sound.
In the night, there’s a cry from the hill country ground.
It’s a hum from an ancient tone.
It’s a presence. I can feel it in my bones.
Somethin' I can’t see has been surroundin' me,
There’s a ghost trying to talk through me.
Listen to South Austin Jug Band's performance...
Song: "Graveyard Blues"
Quote:
I got up this morning,
With the blues all around my bed.
I got up this morning,
With blues all around my bed.
I had a dream last night
The one that I loved was dead.
Listen to the performance of Roscoe Holcomb...
Song: "Down in the Willow Garden"
Quote:
My father often told me
That money would set me free,
If I'd but murder that dear little girl
Whose name was Rose Connely.
Listen to the performance of Tim O'Brien & Paul Brady...
Song: "Darlin' Cory"
Quote:
Dig a hole, dig a hole in the meadows.
Dig a hole in the cold, cold ground.
Dig a hole, dig a hole in the meadows,
Gonna lay darlin' Cory down.
There are many versions of this song. Read more here.
Listen to Driftwood Company's performance...
Song: "Callie Calling"
Quote:
I hear my Callie callin', callin' every night.
She stirs around each evenin', but never in the light.
Haunts me and she taunts me and fills my heart with fright.
I hear my Callie callin', callin' every night.
Sometimes she whispers, other times she screams.
It's hard to tell the difference, if she's real or in my dreams.
She's the creakin' in the ceilin', the knock upon the door,
The wind outside the window, and the footsteps on the floor.
Listen to Milan Miller's performance...
Song: "Willie Moore"
Quote:
She threw herself in Willie Moore’s arms,
As oft time had done before,
But little did he think when they parted that night
Sweet Anna he would see no more.
It was about the tenth of May,
The time I remember well.
That very same night her body disappeared
In a way that no one could tell.
Listen to the performance of the Kossoy Sisters...
Song: "Katie Dear"
Quote:
Then he picked up this golden dagger,
And stove it through his troubled heart,
Saying, "Goodbye, Katie, goodbye darling. The time has come for us to part."
There are many versions of this song. Read more here.
Listen to the performance of Brennan Leigh & Noel McKay...
Song: "The Lantern"
Quote:
In dark misty hills of Carolina,
Way back where the mountain laurel grows,
On cool October nights, with a lantern shining bright,
There’s something out there walking through the darkness all alone,
Creeping through the darkness all alone.
Read the complete lyrics.
Listen to Front Range's performance...
Song: "Young Charlotte"
Quote:
They reached the door, and Charles sprang out and held his hand to her.
“Why sit you like a monument, have you no power to stir?”
He called her once, he called her twice; she answered not a word.
He asked her for her hand again, and yet she never stirred.
There are many variations of this song. Read more here.
Listen to the performance of Grandpa Jones...
Song: "Sad Wind Sighs"
Quote:
Now the sad wind sighs in the lonesome graveyard.
The cold rain falls, and the trees bow down.
I can hear my darlin' softly callin',
But she's asleep in the cold cold ground.
Listen to the performance of The Grascals...
Song: "Matty Groves"
Quote:
So Matty struck the very first blow, and he hurt Lord Orland sore.
Lord Orland struck the very next blow, and Matty struck no more.
And then Lord Orland took his wife, and he sat her on his knee,
Saying, "Who do you like the best of us, Matty Groves or me?"
And then up spoke his own dear wife, never heard to speak so free,
"I'd rather a kiss from dead Matty's lips than you or your finery."
Lord Orland he jumped up and loudly he did bawl,
He struck his wife right through the heart and pinned her against the wall.
"A grave, a grave," Lord Orland cried, "to put these lovers in,
But bury my lady at the top for she was of noble kin."
Listen to the performance of Alela Diane and Alina Hardin...
Song: "Blackadders Cove"
Quote:
And the rain it did pour and the wind it blew cold
As I dug her a grave in Blackadders Cove
Way back in the hills where nobody goes.
Listen to NewFound Road's performance...
Song: "Little Omie Wise"
Quote:
Little Omie, little Omie, I'll tell you my mind:
My mind is to drown you and leave you behind.
Listen to Doc Watson's performance...
Song: "Banks of the Ohio"
Quote:
I held a knife against his breast
As into my arms he pressed.
He cried, "My love, don't murder me!
I'm not prepared for eternity."
Listen to the performance of Gangstagrass Feat. Alexa Dirks:
Song: "Witches of Harlan"
Quote:
I've heard the stories since I was a kid:
Witches of Harlan haunt Black Mountain Ridge.
Some say at midnight they roam the mountainside
Searching for anybody that isn't safe inside.
No, I hear 'em whisper in the pines,
I hear 'em calling to me
To come on outside.
Listen to the performance of Breaking Grass...
Song: "Caleb Meyer"
Quote:
I drew that glass across his neck,
Fine as any blade,
Then I felt his blood pour fast and hot
Around me where I laid.
Caleb Meyer, your ghost is gonna
Wear them rattling chains,
But when I go to sleep at night
Don't you call my name.
Listen to the performance of The Greencards...
Song: "Bluestone Mountain"
Quote:
Sometimes I wonder if God watches.
And sometimes life can turn in cruel ways,
'Cause on a cold autumn day in late October
Little Jacob wandered in Scott Hollow Cave.
Now the caves of West Virginia run forever
Like a maze of black ribbon through the ground.
Cora went to search for little Jacob,
But neither Jake nor Cora would be found.
Listen to the performance of Bluestone County Bluegrass...
Song: "Wind and Rain"
Quote:
So she pushed her into the river to drown.
Oh, the wind and rain!
And watched her as she floated down...
Oh, the dreadful wind and rain!
Listen to Crooked Still's performance...
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