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Celebrate The Crop

from Up Against The Sky by Dave Gunning

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We live out in the country and we love it. We're fortunate that we can buy lots of local quality food and local quality beer around our area. My favourite time of the year is the fall and I love the celebratory feeling around harvest season. There's certainly an even greater buzz around harvest season in Canada now :) Anyway, after reading a story about the ‘old days’ and having a little harvest season party of my own one night, I was inspired to write this tune.

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Celebrate The Crop
Dave Gunning

They were the poorest of the poor didn't even have a pot
Didn't know any different didn't give it a thought
Got married in June had a bath in May
She carried pretty flowers and stayed in the shade
She carried pretty flowers and stayed in the shade

Far up on the roof it's raining cats and dogs
Papa's in bed he sleeps like a log
Filled up the tub mom and daddy went first
Finally the baby you could lose him in the dirt
Finally the baby you could lose him in the dirt

The bacon's hanging up everyone's coming over     
And we'll share all that we've got 
Preachers drinkers smokers poets lovers jokers
All gathered there to celebrate the crop
All gathered there to celebrate the crop 

If you had a dirt floor you were dirt poor 
Lay down the straw all the way to the door
The kettle was on when the cookstove was hot
Scrape it all together and throw it in the pot
Scrape it all together and throw it in the pot

Stompin' up the dust when the fiddle rings
Dancing in the darkness pounding on the strings
Sneaking round the corner and lovin' clumsily 
Never having much and sharing everything
Never having much but sharing everything 
   ……    sometimes too much

Drank the whiskey down from a poison cup
Passing out so hard never waking up
Sleeping in the cold that's why I don't believe in hell
Someone's in the graveyard listening for the bell
Someone's in the graveyard listening for the bell

The bacon's hanging up everyone's coming over     
And we'll share all that we've got 
Preachers drinkers smokers poets lovers jokers
All gathered there to celebrate the crop
All gathered there to celebrate the crop

Stompin' up the dust when the fiddle rings
Dancing in the darkness pounding on the strings
Preachers drinkers smokers poets lovers jokers
All gathered there to celebrate the crop
All gathered there to celebrate the crop

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from Up Against The Sky, released March 8, 2019
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Dave Gunning Pictou, Nova Scotia

With a career spanning over two decades and 13 albums, Dave has gained a reputation for being a great storyteller and engaging performer who has the profound ability to take listeners on a musical journey through his songs. Much of his material is about the underdogs, heroes, family, the heart and reflects the messaging of social justice and carrying about the world around us. ... more

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