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Marjorie Kelting & Ronnie Feinberg - The Water's Edge [HD]

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Channel: Gary Larson · 2018 · People & Blogs

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Marjorie Kelting & Ronnie Feinberg sing 'The Water's Edge' from their 2005 album 'Adirondack Rail'. The lyrics are listed below with some notes on bluegrass music such as this song. 

Note: I believe these singers are popular bluegrass performers in upstate New York. The visual element of this song inspired me to do the video.

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The Water's Edge

Singers - Marjorie Kelting & Ronnie Feinberg

Meet me down by the water's edge
Where you held me tightly there 
Where you touched me lovingly
Oh, meet me, there I will be

I remember the day that we met
We were down here by the water's edge
A glass of wine, love was in the air
Oh, darling, I thought that you had cared

Meet me down by the water's edge
Where you held me tightly there 
Where you touched me lovingly
Oh, meet me, there I will be

I recall, dear, the day that you said
That you loved me and we would be wed
How was I to know the vow would break
And I would be left alone instead

Meet me down by the water's edge
Where you held me tightly there 
Where you touched me lovingly
Oh, meet me, there I will be
Oh, meet me, there I will be

Songwriters:  Marjorie Kelting, Ronnie Feinberg

[Lyrics transcribed by Gary Larson]

Wikipedia states:

Bluegrass music is a form of American roots music that is influenced by the music of Appalachia. Bluegrass has mixed roots in Irish, Scottish and English traditional music, and was also later influenced by the music of African-Americans through incorporation of jazz elements.

Settlers from Britain and Ireland arrived in Appalachia during the 18th century, and brought with them the musical traditions of their homelands. These traditions consisted primarily of English and Scottish ballads—which were essentially unaccompanied narrative—and dance music, such as Irish reels, which were accompanied by a fiddle. Many older bluegrass songs come directly from the British Isles. Several Appalachian bluegrass ballads, such as "Pretty Saro", "Cuckoo Bird" and "House Carpenter", come from England and preserve the English ballad tradition both melodically and lyrically. Others, such as "The Two Sisters", also come from England; however, the lyrics are about Ireland. Some bluegrass fiddle songs popular in Appalachia, such as "Leather Britches", and "Pretty Polly", have Scottish roots.
 
In bluegrass, as in some forms of jazz, one or more instruments each takes its turn playing the melody and improvising around it, while the others perform accompaniment; this is especially typified in tunes called breakdowns. This is in contrast to old-time music, in which all instruments play the melody together or one instrument carries the lead throughout while the others provide accompaniment. Breakdowns are often characterized by rapid tempos and unusual instrumental dexterity and sometimes by complex chord changes.

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