Nancy Kerr 2014
Written for Rich Arrowsmith’s 40th birthday. Middle 3 verses emphasizing forty not subsequently recorded.
Nancy Kerr: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=unx1HqUBxlE
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=unx1HqUBxlE
Chorus Hand me down some changing rhyme Some embraces never bind Oh hand me down your dancing line Then I’ll know I’m home Then I’ll know I’m home When I arrived in this old town Hand me down oh hand me down When I arrived in this old town Some forty voices they gathered round And I was coming home I was coming home There’s forty acres in freedom’s field / And forty summers will bless the yield There’s forty nations upon the sea / and forty horsemen will ferry me Sing forty verses around the bar / With forty beers but not too far Some go ahead, some stay behind / We navigate by the souls we find I’m navigating by one more star / It’s shining bright to show I’ve come this far