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[dramyhsturgis]

Halloween 2022: Day 8

Song: "Little Margaret"

Quote:

Is Little Margaret in her room Or is she in the hall? Little Margaret's in her coal-black coffin With her face turned toward the wall.

Listen to the performance of Sheila Kay Adams...

[unpunny]

I saw a great Boograss band last night

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[mirandacountry90]

How many of you remember our 2004...

How many of you remember our 2004 "BooGrass" in Cincinnati? And who's ready for Halloween 2017?! #posterarchives #boograss #halloweenposter #chatnoir #imalumberjackandimok #emporiumpresents @sherpaconcerts

[whatsammysays]

@saqeef sent me a new buddy to jam with! Death has made him less confederate, which is great, but we played this song to illustrate the changes he's gone through. #banjo #halloween #bluegrass #boograss #death #changeisgood

[dramyhsturgis]

Halloween 2022: Day 25

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...

[dramyhsturgis]

Halloween 2022: Day 22

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...

[dramyhsturgis]

Halloween 2022: Day 20

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.

Read the complete lyrics.

Listen to the performance of The Grascals...

[dramyhsturgis]

Halloween 2022: Day 14

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.

Read the complete lyrics.

Listen to the performance of Breaking Grass...

[dramyhsturgis]

Halloween 2022: Day 12

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.

Read the complete lyrics.

Listen to the performance of Bluestone County Bluegrass...

[dramyhsturgis]

Halloween 2022: Day 9

Song: "Ghost of Norma Jean"

Quote:

When you see another cross

By the road where she is lost,

You'll know that she has some company.

Listen to the Steep Canyon Rangers' performance...

[dramyhsturgis]

Halloween 2022: Day 2

Song: "Knoxville Boy"

Quote:

When the moon is high the Knoxville boy Goes prowling out to kill. We don't know why so many die To give that boy a thrill. A handsome lad with a wealthy dad And eyes of bluebird blue, He's killed before, he'll kill some more, And the next one could be you. When the fog rolls into Knoxville And the river's on the rise, Don't go near the Knoxville boy There's murder in his eyes.

Listen to Larry Stephenson's performance...

[dramyhsturgis]

Halloween 2022: Day 1

October is here! This year for my Halloween countdown, with the invaluable assistance of my husband (and resident expert on all things Appalachian), I will be bringing you a spooky, Halloween-appropriate song with a twist of mountain flavor. I've chosen one version of each of these songs to share, but some have been recorded and reinterpreted many, many times.

If you like "Boograss" (or Spooky Bluegrass), Southern Gothic tales, traditional murder ballads, ghost stories, and/or Halloween chills, I hope you will enjoy each day's post!

Song: "O Death"

Quote:

O Death, O Death in the morning,

O Death, spare me over 'til another year.

Listen to Rhiannon Giddens' performance...

[dramyhsturgis]

Halloween 2022: Day 28

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.

Read the complete lyrics.

Listen to the performance of Roscoe Holcomb...

[dramyhsturgis]

Halloween 2022: Day 26

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...

[dramyhsturgis]

Halloween 2022: Day 24

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.

Read the complete lyrics.

Listen to the performance of the Kossoy Sisters...

[dramyhsturgis]

Halloween 2022: Day 21

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...