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Red Forest 1918

by JShogren Shanghai'd

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This new song is off the WyoFolk album--a gathering of 14 wild and wonderful Wyoming singer-songwriters --the full album is posted here on BANDCAMP too

wyofolk.bandcamp.com/album/the-wyofolk-project

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Red Forest 1918
J Shogren
(Oct 2022)

I was out back
Splitting wood
Just like every October
Mail train came by
Spitting out sparks
You could feel the heat on your shoulder

The season was dry
The slash piles were high
Swamps long drained and level
I wish you coulda heard the wind that day
It sounded like the work of the devil

Air smelled of smoke
Hills a red glow
You could see the flames at the trestle
But the log mills rolled on
All the men had jobs
The Timekeepers kept them on schedule

The season was dry
Our boys were all at war
Many things in this world do collide
We sang the Old Rugged Cross from the river that night

I made a lot of promises
when we first met
Most of them I meant
But to love you more when the times got hard
Well, that’s the one I’ve kept

Wake up the children
House to house
The flames they were jumping
I wish you coulda heard the wind that night
It sounded like the Second Coming

Feel the heat as
We ran across the fields
Hope we could make it to the river
The Perssons they waved
From root cellar graves
All will be forgiven

The season was dry
Our boys were all at war
Many things in this world don’t seem right
We sang the Old Rugged Cross from the river that night

On a hill-far away-stood an old rugged cross
On a hill-far away-stood an old rugged cross

credits

released April 7, 2023
Most everything written, music, and mixing was me, except:
Mastered by Jim Wilson
Art Design by Seadar Rose Davis, Tim Ruland
Cover Photo by Aaron Davis

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JShogren Shanghai'd Centennial, Wyoming

Catawampus American Music
- new songs played through a dissonant transmitter

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