Craig stared after him. He finally laughed and shook his head, got into his own car, and headed back into Cloud County.
SONG CREDITS
All song lyrics are original except the following, which are all public domain:
“When Love Gets You Fast in Her Clutches” (composed 1795; words by Thomas Morton, music by Dr. Samuel Arnold [1742–1802])
“On My Journey Home” by Isaac Watts (July 17, 1674– November 25, 1748)
“John Barleycorn” (traditional English folk song)
A version of the song is included in the Bannatyne Manuscript of 1568.
http://www.pdmusic.org/folk/John_Barleycorn.txt
“Wildwood Flower,” aka “I’ll Twine ’Mid the Ringlets” (composed approximately 1860; words by Maud Irving, music by Joseph Philbrick Webster)
http://www.pdmusic.org/webster/jpw60itmtr.txt
Final verse modified from the traditional by the author
“Shady Grove” (traditional; eighteenth-century American variation of the seventeenth-century English ballad “Matty Groves”)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shady_Grove_(song)
“Cripple Creek” (melody, lyrics, and chords from p. 232 [#118] from The Folk Songs of North America: In the English Language by Alan Lomax)
http://www.pdmusic.org/folk/Cripple_Creek.txt
Modified from the traditional by the author
“Rye Whisky” (traditional folksong)
Mentioned in American Ballads and Folk Songs by John A. Lomax and Alan Lomax (Dover, 1994; originally Macmillan, 1934)
http://www.pdmusic.org/folk/Rye_Whisky.txt
Modified from the traditional by the author
“The White Cockade” by Robert Burns (1759–1796)
http://www2.bc.edu/~hafner/lmm/music-articles/white_cockade_ryan.html
http://www.contemplator.com/scotland/whitcock.html
“The Bird Song” by Carrie Jacobs Bond (composed 1899)
http://www.pdmusic.org/bond/cjb99tbs.txt
Modified from the original by the author
“The Grave of Gentle Annie” written by William Shakespeare Hays (1837–1907) (composed 1858)
http://www.pdmusic.org/hays/wsh58tgoga.txt
Modified from the original by the author
“Mercy’s Dream” by Septimus Winner (1827–1902) (composed 1854)
http://www.pdmusic.org/winner/sw54md.txt
Modified from the original by the author
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
Special thanks to Rev. Jacqueline Sharer Robertson, Dr. Elizabeth Perry, James Travis, Jen Cass, Kate Campbell, Sjolind’s Chocolate House, Schubert’s Diner, Marlene Stringer, Paul Stevens, and Valette, Jake, and Charlie.
BOOKS BY ALEX BLEDSOE
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The Hum and the Shiver
Review
“This powerful, character-driven drama, set forth in superbly lucid prose, occurs against an utterly convincing backdrop and owns complications enough to keep everybody compulsively turning the page. A sheer delight.”
“With a deep love for the mountains embedded in his language, the author crafts a deceptively simple story of family and community, laced throughout with the music and beliefs of a magical reality…. Elegantly told, this series opener calls to mind the Silver John tales of the late Manly Wade Wellman and should attract a wide readership beyond genre fans.”
About the Author
ALEX BLEDSOE grew up in West Tennessee, but now lives in Wisconsin. He is also the author of the Eddie LaCrosse novels, The Sword-Edged Blonde, Burn Me Deadly, Dark Jenny, Wake of the Bloody Angel, and the upcoming He Drank, and Saw the Spider.
Copyright
This is a work of fiction. All of the characters, organizations, and events portrayed in this novel are either products of the author’s imagination or are used fictitiously.
THE HUM AND THE SHIVER
Copyright © 2011 by Alex Bledsoe
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