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  1. eldritchhobbit
    Song: “Caleb Meyer”
    Quote:
    I drew that glass across his neck,
    Fine as any blade,
    Then I felt his blood pour fast and hot
    Around me where I laid.
    Caleb Meyer, your ghost is gonna
    Wear them rattling chains,
    But when I go to sleep at night
    Don’t you call my name.
    Read the complete lyrics.
    Listen to the performance of The Greencards…

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  2. eldritchhobbit
    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…

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  3. eldritchhobbit
    Song: “Wind and Rain”
    Quote:
    So she pushed her into the river to drown.
    Oh, the wind and rain!
    And watched her as she floated down…
    Oh, the dreadful wind and rain!
    Read the complete lyrics.
    Listen to Crooked Still’s performance…

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  4. eldritchhobbit
    Song: “Old Tom’s Restless Bones”
    Quote:
    Old Tom on the front porch smoked his cigarette,
    And when he was done, another one he lit.
    “Hey, now,” Old Tom said,
    “You’re the reason that I’m dead.”
    Listen to the performance of David Norris…

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  5. eldritchhobbit
    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…

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  6. eldritchhobbit
    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…

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  7. eldritchhobbit
    Song: “Pretty Polly”
    Quote:
    Polly, Pretty Polly, your guess is about right:
    I dug on your grave the biggest part of last night.
    Read the complete lyrics.
    Listen to the performance of Ralph Stanley & Patty Loveless:

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  9. eldritchhobbit
    Song: “The Ghost of Eli Renfro”
    Quote:
    Can’t you hear? Can’t you hear?
    When the moon is bright and clear
    From time to time,
    It’s old Eli dragging chains
    And moaning people’s names.
    I just hope and pray he never thinks of mine.
    Read the complete lyrics.
    Listen to The Nashville Bluegrass Band’s performance…

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  10. eldritchhobbit
    Song: “Long Black Veil”
    Quote:
    Oh, the scaffold is high and eternity’s near.
    She stood in the crowd and shed not a tear.
    But late at night, when the north wind blows,
    In a long black veil, she cries o'er my bones.
    She walks these hills in a long black veil.
    She visits my grave when the night winds wail.
    Nobody knows. Nobody sees.
    Nobody knows but me.
    Read the complete lyrics.
    Listen to Gillian Welch’s performance…

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  11. eldritchhobbit
    Song: “Murder of the Lawson Family”
    Quote:
    It was on last Christmas Evening,
    A snow was on the ground,
    His home in North Carolina
    Where this murderer he was found.
    His name was Charlie Lawson
    And he had a loving wife,
    But we’ll never know what caused him
    To take his family’s life.


    Listen to The Carolina Buddies’ performance…

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  12. eldritchhobbit
    Part 1:
    Song: “Bringing Mary Home”
    Quote:
    But 13 years ago today in a wreck just down the road
    Our darling Mary lost her life, and we still miss her so.
    So thank you for your trouble and the kindness you have shown;
    You’re the 13th one who’s been here bringing Mary home.


    Listen to The Country Gentlemen’s performance…


    Part 2:
    Song: “I’ve Come to Take You Home”
    (Note: This song is a direct response to the song I posted above, “Bringing Mary Home.”)
    Quote:
    Though his life is swiftly fading, a memory remains
    Of that chilly, ghostly evening while driving in the rain.


    Listen to Seldom Scene’s performance…

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  13. eldritchhobbit
    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…

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  14. eldritchhobbit
    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…

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  20. eldritchhobbit
    Dark Academia
    I’m delighted to share the details of my Fall 2022 online Dark Academia class at Signum University!
    I’m also thrilled to add that 3 of the brilliant authors whose works we’ll be studying in the Dark Academia course will be holding live Q&A sessions with the class!
    I’m thrilled to add that 3 of the brilliant authors whose works we’ll be studying in the #DarkAcademia course will be holding live Q&A sessions with the class!
    Peadar Ó Guilín for THE CALL (‘16)
    Elisabeth Thomas for CATHERINE HOUSE ('20)
    R.F. Kuang for BABEL ('22).

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  25. eldritchhobbit
    Watch Now: Race Massacre graves researchers need DNA, genealogies to tie burials to victims
    Utah Cold Case Coalition Intermountain Forensics is seeking DNA help from anyone who may have relatives from the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre.
    Researchers think DNA is the best chance for the case known for now as “burial 27” to be the first conclusively identified victim of the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre.
    In a project update Wednesday with reporters, University of Oklahoma archaeologist Kary Stackelbeck expressed optimism the team’s efforts could possibly have “successfully located the first victim of the massacre” after a young Black man was exhumed with two bullets from a potter’s field corner of Oaklawn Cemetery.

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