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www.timeriksen.net This old march tune first showed up with these words in "The American Musical Miscellany," 1798, printed by Andrew and Daniel Wright, who had a shop just about behind the tree (on Bridge St. in Northampton, if memory serves). I think it probably originated in a no longer extant play mounted by Ezra Stiles down in New Haven that predates Royall Tyler's "The Contrast," but I may be the only one who thinks that, and I can't remember why I do. It shows up in a number of 19th c. shape note and oblong hymn books, sometimes with the word "friendship" replaced with "Jesus." The only people I know who sing it now are some "Christian Harmony" singers in North Carolina and Alabama/Mississippi. It's one of my favorite songs, and I recorded it for the CD "Every Sound Below," the liner notes to which contain a bunch more about it, including a surreal experience I had stumbling upon two little punk girls playing it on a piano in Camdem, ME in 1997. The first asparagus was in on Sunday, and it's as good as always. A friend introduced me to the term "phenology," or noticing first appearances of things through the seasons. In music I'm often more interested in vestigial or liminal presences than in what's the latest, but in the natural world I guess I do love seeing things as they come in. Of course the seasons are old songs too. I'm standing down the hill from the Summit House, which is supposedly where Jenny Lind had her honeymoon. By the time I finished playing there was a little crowd of people, including somebody I've known through gigs for probably 15 years. Not the worst turn out I've had. Author: batfancy Keywords: northern roots alternative folk western massachusetts pioneer valley friendship fiddle andrew daniel wright american musical miscellany ezra stiles bidwell cordelia's dad asparagus summit house jenny lind connecticut river Added: April 24, 2008

YouTube version | MP3 I recorded a new song and video for y all! This song is all about social networking and how people are using the emerging social web to connect with each other, to communicate and in my case, to sing songs to my blog readers. When writing the song, I was thinking about facebook, twitter, MySpace, and all the social connections that are happening 24/7 - I find it extremely fascinating. Social Digital Global Shift by David Lee King I haven t seen her since high school never thought I d see her again but yesterday I got a facebook request she asked to be my friend so I took a little time to catch up browsed through her photobucket and blog I watched some funny videos of her kids and then I wrote this song cause it s a social digital revolution social digital relationship social digital communication it s a social digital global shift I have friends around the world they re growing globally some of them live in Saskatchewan while others live in D.C. Enjoy!