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    SIMPLE SENTENCES (1992)
    Solo recording of original songs by Aubrey Atwater. An album of original works by Aubrey, released in May 1992. She dedicated it to the students and staff of Dorcas Place Parent Literacy Center in Providence, RI, where she worked at the time.

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In the Springtime
Words and Music by Aubrey Atwater, ©1988 Rabbit Island Music

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It's hard when all your friends are gone
You've lived so late and for so long
It's hard to only have the young
for friends and consolation

Here in my soft, white downy chair
I think of my house and my land out there
I remember the pebble roads
We had horses before the cars came

And in the Springtime I'll be ninety-one
I've lived so long; my work is done
I've seen so much;
I's time to move on

This land has been in the family
for seven generations
I was twenty in the first World War
In town we had a single store

And now it seems I've lived so long
I've seen four wars and a son die young
Kids raised in front of the TV
Computers at the bank

In the Springtime I'll be ninety-one
I've lived so long; my work is done
I've seen so much;
I's time to move on

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Now, I see myself in this shadowy room
The winter sun will be setting soon
I'm smaller than I used to be
And my face no longer looks like me

I have so little energy
To do the things I've always loved
I'm alone in this old house
The young are too busy

In the Springtime I'll be ninety-one
I've lived so long; my work is done
I've seen so much;
I's time to move on

It's hard when all your friends are gone
You've lived so late and for so long
It's hard to only have the young
for friends and consolation

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from Simple Sentences 1992, released May 9, 1992
Aubrey Atwater: vocals, guitar, tin whistle
Elwood Donnelly: guitar

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Aubrey Atwater and Elwood Donnelly, present delightful programs of traditional American and Celtic folk songs, a capella pieces, old-time gospel songs, dance tunes, and original works, blending gorgeous harmonies with guitar, Appalachian mountain dulcimer, mandolin, tin whistle, harmonica, banjo, bones, spoons, limberjacks, and Appalachian clog dancing and French Canadian footwork. ... more

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