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Nathan Killed the Bell Cow

from The Sun Sits in My Hair by Annick Odom & Tiziano Teodori

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This song is one of the more serious, and mysterious, songs that Phyllis Marks taught Annick. There are differing opinions about how old the song might be, some suggesting it was a play song during from the Civil War. We were inspired by the dark undertones of the words and of the hunger and struggle apparent in the lyrics.

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Nathan killed the bell cow and fed the dogs the liver

And now we’re out of meat and we’ll hang the dogs forever.

We’ll hang the dogs forever, we’ll hang the dogs forever,

And now we’re out of meat and we’ll hang the dogs forever.



Oh the hawk shoots the buzzard and the buzzard shoots the crow

And we’ll wander through Blythe canyon and kill the buffalo
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We’ll kill the buffalo, we’ll kill the buffalo,

And we’ll wander through Blythe canyon and kill the buffalo

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Oh the maggots and the skippers, they do grow so very bold.

Been saving up your buttermilk, seven years old
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Seven years old, seven years old
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Been saving up your buttermilk, seven years old.

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from The Sun Sits in My Hair, released February 5, 2021

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Annick Odom Morgantown, West Virginia

Annick Odom is a Belgian-American double bassist and clarinetist. Her ongoing solo project, "West Virginia, My Home," explores the region of Appalachia in the United States through new commissions of pieces inspired by the area and by learning of (sometimes old and sometimes folk) songs from musicians still living in the region. ... more

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