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    "The Martin Gilmore Trio" is the newest release from Martin Gilmore. The trio is Martin Gilmore, Nick Amodeo, and Ian Haegele. Folk and Bluegrass music from Denver, Colorado.

    The record features harmony vocals from Tim O'brien, Courtney Hartman, and Mollie O'Brien.

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    Art Layout by Shari Solheim

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This is a song all about being sad. And also about the Ohio river.

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His father had given him a guitar
his mother had taught him how to sing
he sat by the river as an old man
dreaming of young love blooming in the spring
He sang a song about a girl that he loved dearly
too early she was taken away
and the song that he sang was so sorrowful with pain
that even the hardest heart would break

And he watched that Ohio river roll
As he sat there on the shore
And he sang a song so sad for the love he'd had
That he longed to see once more

He sang a song about a dream of a journey
He'd heard her singing in the night
Across a broad and flowing river
he went to be by her side
He found her way out in the forest
Asked her to follow as he led on
But when they got to the clearing at the riverside
he turned to look and she was gone

Chorus

Now you can sometimes hear him singing in the distance
when the leaves don't rustle in the trees
sitting there by the river side
at the place he lost his love in his dream

Chorus

credits

from The Martin Gilmore Trio, released January 26, 2021
Martin Gilmore: Vocals, Octave Mandolin
Nick Amodeo: Mandolin
Ian Haegele: Bass

Harmony Vocals: Courtney Hartman


Written by: Martin Gilmore (Timtomtodd Music, ASCAP)

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Martin Gilmore is a singer, songwriter, guitarist, mandolinist and recording artist from Denver, Colorado. He is an instructor of folk and bluegrass music at the University of Northern Colorado and at Swallow Hill Music Association.

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