a musical companion
to Horace Kephart's
classic book,
"Our Southern Highlanders"
Now, the soundtrack score to Bonesteel Films The Mystery of George Masa!
By Daniel Gore
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Peter Rowan
Tim O'Brien
Jim Watson
Scott Huffman
Craig Smith
Rickie Simpkins
Jack Lawrence
Tony Williamson
and others
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The Killing Of Hol Rose
Lyrics:
With the apple in its fall
There's a spoiling of the fruit
Where the flesh takes spirit in the worm
With the pomace in the barrel
There's a hardening of the juice
Ere the work of the lord is done
When the spirit's in the man
And the bottle's in his hand
The heart of the devil overflows
When the whiskey's in the blood
And there's fear inside the heart
There's a killing of Hol Rose
To the young man born into highland clan
Comes a blockader's stock and trade
There a line is drawn down to who distills
And to who the tax is paid
When the reckless bravo serves
To keep the laws enforced
Ambition oversteps his post
When the finest sport
Of the law is hunting man
There's a killing of Hol Rose
There's a woman out tonight
Frightened and forlorn
In her desolated mountain home
Her desperate husband's
Up the Brush Creek laurel
Where the posse's hounds have gone
In her dooryard is a horror
A murdered sheriff in the dark
O pity her poor broken heart!
Where Brush Creek tumbles
Off Ruby Ridge
Dissension's in the hollows
When zealots violate
The public trust
They'll injure their own cause
When the government does evil
In the name of good
The hand of the devil is exposed
When the agents make a search
Not a warrant in the hand
There's a killing of Hol Rose
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