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Sweet Dreams and Kerosene

from Sun, Moon and Stars by Clary Croft

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Sweet Dreams and Kerosene
Lyrics and music by Betty Belmore
Doseydotes Music [BMIC]

Sometimes I can hear the brook that ran down by the camp,
My mother spreadin’ clothes out in the sun.
And the smoky, yellow chimney of a kerosene lamp,
Takes me back to that summer ’51.

Chorus:
When the rhythm of the mill stamped out good times all around,
The pickaxe and the steel were swingin’ time,
And every day my daddy would go down underground,
With a bucket bringin’ gold up from the mine.

When the shift whistle blew we’d listen for the sound,
And run up on the hill so we could see,
We’d sit out on the doorstep while the sun was going down,
Daddy’s barefoot babies on his knee.

Chorus:

The hard rock miner’s laughter while he stepped a fiddle tune,
Shakin’ dust from the floorboards to the beams,
Thigh slappin’, foot tappin’ pounding in the room,
And my mother’s songs would filter through my dreams.

Chorus:

Last time I saw the brook it was dryin’ in the sun,
Weeds were tangled our cabin door,
And that mill has just been standin’ since that summer ’51,
And the miners don’t come don’t the hill no more.

But once the mill was stampin’ out good times all around,
The pickaxe and the steel were swingin’ time,
And everyday my daddy would go down underground,
With a bucket bringin’ gold up from the mine.

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from Sun, Moon and Stars, released April 20, 2021

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Clary Croft Nova Scotia

Clary is a folklore researcher, author and recording artist. His newly published memoirs, Clary Croft: My Charmed Life in Music, Art, and Folklore, chronicles a career spanning over fifty years. His work with the traditional music from the Creighton Collection, has caused Clary to be called, “the acknowledged master of one of the richest repertoires in Canada.” [Halifax Mail Star] ... more

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