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Wild Bird in a Purple Plum

from In My Heart I am Dancing by Lorraine Duisit

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This song was inspired by an old woman in a wheelchair in a nursing home in West Va where Trapezoid was performing. After our clog-dancing finale, she came up to the dancer and said "Ill bet you thought you were up there dancing alone, didn't you? I was right up there with you. In my heart I am dancing" Originally recorded in the '80s with Trapezoid, this new version is re-imagined with a new chord structure, touches of mbira, and pedal steel from outer space.

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Wild bird in a purple plum
In my heart I am dancing
Red leaves glowing as the evening comes
Wild bird song in the heart of a purple plum tree

Anna sits for she cannot rise
In my heart…
The glow of an evening in her eyes
Wild bird song…

It’s the old woman’s face, the young girl’s smile
It’s the song of evening, sweet and wild

In the green below, the children run
Anna waltzes in the treetops with the evening sun

Deep purple finds the summer’s last wild flowers
Hold them like a torch through the chilly winter hours

Wild bird in a purple plum
Peace, the work of a day well done

credits

from In My Heart I am Dancing, released September 1, 2020
Lorraine Duisit: vocals, guitar, mandolin, bass
Forrest Marquisee: pedal steel
Smiggy Smith: mbira

Recorded by Smiggy Smith, Spyder Mountain Studio
Edited, mixed, and mastered by Bobby Read, Small World, Music, Charlottesville VA
Thanks to Rappahannock Association for the Arts & Community & a grant from the Claudia Mitchell fund
©Lorraine Duisit, Strange News Music, BMI
lduisit@earthlink.net

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Lorraine Duisit Washington, Virginia

Former member of Trapezoid...“an enchanting singer and writer of songs that sneak up out of old traditions and surprise you with new twists"
(Washington Post)
“ethereal vocals, acoustic instruments and intriguing melodies that mix folk, jazz, pop, and other strains…an impressively original talent”
(Billboard)
- featured on Prairie Home Companion, Voice of America, All Things Considered
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