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American Shanty

by Scythian

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    15 original tracks featuring many guests, such as Grammy-award winner Jim Lauderdale, Jeff Mosier, Neal Anderson, the Asheville Horns, and more... Enjoy!

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    Hey everyone! We're excited to release our latest studio album "American Shanty". 15 original tracks featuring many guests, such as Grammy-award winner Jim Lauderdale, Jeff Mosier, Neal Anderson, the Asheville Horns, and more... Thanks for the support and enjoy!
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1.
Dance All Night ( Danylo and Alexander Fedoryka) Melody: Trad. French-Canadian/D. & A. Fedoryka Seen more troubles than a gamblin' man Been broke more times than a gypsy van Seen my gold all turn to rust Seen more roads than a Greyhound bus Hold me darlin', closer Stay with me tonight Dance all night by the firelight Come sun up and I'll be gone Lost more time than a busted clock Learned to fight 'fore I learned to walk Broke my back workin' on the rail Hid from the law in the county jail Dance with me by the firelight We don't got long but we got all night To wash all the years away Don't hold back don't break a step No time to worry, no need to fret Just blow me a kiss goodbye at the break of day Drank my fill from an empty glass Saw my future lookin' in the past Almost drowned standing on dry land Tasted honey in the desert sand Bounced more trains than a rubber tramp Saw my face on a postage stamp Seen fine ladies and pretty sights But I ain't seen nothin' like you tonight
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Cubicles and Tylenol (A. Fedoryka) Screaming clock, crooked walk, ungodly hour Curse the man as you stand in the shower Wondering how you ever landed the subscription To punching clocks and wearing socks and office friction As you snake, brake, make your way through traffic You see the SOB’s in HOV are laughing Run the hall, to your stall, all perspired You find you’re late, it’s half past eight, and you’re fired Cubicles and Tylenol Slave away the day Pass the glass, make the moment last Tomorrow’s just a day away Pass the glass, make the moment last Tomorrow’s just a day away Like a drone, on the phone, taking orders Hide in bathrooms and wander in the corridors Pleading, begging as the seconds pass like hours For salvation from the clock’s sadistic power Afternoon, as you swoon, at your desktop Jump online, wasting time, feel your brain stop Suffer endlessly from your boss’ mood swings As you think about your drink when the bell rings Five long days in an office space You wonder where the years have gone If this isn’t just a white collar prison Tell me, where did the promises go wrong?
3.
Corrina 05:52
Corrina (M. Ounallah) Corrina Corrina Hey------ hey, hey, hey Corrina Corrina (walking in the mid day sun) Corrina (tell me when she's gonna come) Hey------ hey, hey, hey Corrina Well my complete lack of furniture seems to cause you much distress And the band cases in the kitchen keep you up without rest Now my thrift store clothes seem to bother you but honey I'm trying so hard Now the nights grow longer and the days seem short, my apologies for wrecking the car I'm so sorry to have that party, but the people just wouldn't go home It was an all night session on the back porch, and the good times they did roll I know the neighbors complained and yelled at you to no end They ripped off the mailbox and shot at the dog, could it be it was all heaven sent I know I've made a few mistakes and snuck in a time or two But it's hard when the life of the party has to wake up now before noon I know your mama would not approve, of my brokedown beauty on the lake But In the end it's all justified to run and never look back
4.
Jack Dempsey 04:00
Jack Dempsey (A. Fedoryka) Well my father was a drunkard And my stepma was a nag And life in the streets of Dublin Was nothing about to brag With the work lines getting longer And hunger on the breeze Met a carney from Killarney And he sang these words to me Hey ho diddle-ee dee If it’s free you want to be Jump the ship to Boston Fight a Yankee in the ring Well I grew up as a fighter My teacher was the streets Where the taste of blood in your mouth Was never out of reach These fists were made of iron But never made to steal So I followed the words of a carney And to Boston I did sail So I slept under bridges And jumped a train or three An honest day’s work Won't take a Mick like me I surely couldn’t dance And hell if I could sing But I’d pistol whip a Yankee If you just put me in the ring The brawlin’ turned to fightin’ And the bruises turned to gold The hunger turned to pride As the wins began to roll And I think about the carney Who sang the distant chord If you go and fight the Yankees You’ll be champion of the world!
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Hultsulka Ksenia (D. Fedoryka/ Ukrainian Traditional) Темна нічка гори вкрила Полонину всю залила А вній постять сніжно білу Гуцул Ксеню він пізнав Він дивився в очі сині Тихо спершись на соснині І слова ніжні любови Він до неї промовляв Chorus: Гуцулко Ксеню Я тобі на трембіті Лиш одній в цілім світі Про свій жаль роскажу Душа страждає Звук трембіти лунає А що серце кохає Бо гаряче мов жар Вже пройшло гаряче літо Гуцул любив іншу скрито А Гуцулку чорно-бриву Він в остатну ніч прощав В Черемоші грають хвилі Сумували очі сині Тільки вітер на соснині Сумну пісню вигравав
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As The Dust Falls (M. Ounallah) Instrumental Section Irish Reel: Drowsy Maggie/ Morning Dew Yea, yea, yea Yea, yea, yea Yea, yea, yea Yea, yea, yea Well there seems to be trouble And I can't tell what's wrong or right There's a man over there seeing double And he won't make it through the night Things fly by when you are living Faster then you ever have before Everyone out here is given Something but we still want some more Now we'll sit here and wait With our ears to the ground Waiting on the word To march on this town And her voice lights up the dark As the dust falls As the dust falls As the dust falls Raglan Road I miss my home in the city I miss that morning sunrise It's a shame and a pity But it comes as no big surprise Now we'll sit here and wait With our ears to the ground Waiting on the word To march on this town And her voice lights up the dark As the dust falls As the dust falls As the dust falls Raglan Road
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Hey Mama Ya 04:41
Hey Mama Ya (A. Fedoryka) Hey mama ya mama hey mama yo Save me from hell 'fore the rooster's crow Hey mama do mama hey mama dee Just a dead man's letter from the potter's field Hey mama ya mama yo mama don't Lose me like you found me under yonder stone Stay with me a while longer til the new moon Free me from the curse of a creole tomb Hey mama ya mama yo mama sing Take me to the place where the church bells ring Let me float on a boat through the bayou Where I once was a boy before I had to choose Hey mama ya mama yo mama stop Don't let me get caught on the gravedigger's watch Lead me through this limbo to the promised land Release me from the grip of the evil hand Hey mama ya mama yo mama light A lantern that will save me from this endless night I've wandered in the company of other lost souls Looking for a door that was never closed Hey mama ya mama yo mama row Take me in your ferry to the other shore The debt's been exacted, I've paid for my sins I'm ready for the preacher's promise to begin
8.
Song of Sacrifice (A. Fedoryka) Feel the clock beat on your back As you pack your bag You wonder if your sanity Is something you ever had And you wonder how the darkness Panting at your door Could drive a man to turn his back And run for other shores Pull your coat around your throat But you just can’t fight them back The guns, the tears, the whistling fears As the future fades to black And the things you love begin to fade Though you try to hold on As you grip the sands with aging hands Til all that’s left is gone When you can’t go home No matter what you say Can’t go home They’ve gone and took it all away Can’t go home To taste the dirt is what I yearn For the ones who’ve gone, let’s sing a song Never to return Think on friends and families And you wonder how they fared Torn apart forever By the things you'll never share Feel the sweat roll down your neck As you bend from the toil From white to blue, it’s what you had to do For a grave on foreign soil Of the things we've lost and the things we've gained The losses fly off the scale But it's the things we've lost are what haunt us most The price of distant prison without bail When you can’t go home No matter what you say Can’t go home They’ve gone and took it all away Can’t go home To taste the dirt is what I yearn For the ones who’ve gone, let’s sing a song Never to return
9.
The Ocean 04:59
The Ocean (D. Fedoryka) When I was a boy, I wanted to go sailing Live out on the sea, with harpoon I'd go whaling Oh to get away, to sail the open waters The breakers and wind they would spell out my fate Walk into my dream, I dreamt I was a captain Searching for a place that had never been found Sailed to distant shores, in all the ports and harbors I'd find a place that reminds me of home Now I am a man, and never have I wandered Somehow I let my dreams slip away But every now and then, I slip into a slumber And find my way back to the ocean again
10.
Lagan Love 01:41
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Girl Named You (A. Fedoryka) Well the day I met you The Mississippi turned blue No I never did knew Things could be so true Well I know it’s been said This ole mining town been bled But I swear it turned red When I kissed your sweet head Where did you come from, what’d you do? Kicked the black dust off my shoes and made them new Six days a week was all I knew Til you showed me the seventh when I fell for a girl named you Six days in the hole Make a young man old These walls of black coal You’ve gone and turned it all to gold On the Riverboat Queen It all looks so green As the winter turn to Spring You’re the reason I sing
13.
Dead Army 05:05
(M. Ounallah) Woke tonight from my sleep, In a restless hell Chains lying cross the floor, Outside a distant yell Eyes stare straight in front of me, A dream I can't return On this dead end street in Tennessee, A trip I soon will learn That what I thought was an escape, A chance to get away Could all come rushing to a halt, Slow down and live today But don't find yourself alone, And staring down at the road Hear the cries of battle lullabies, And the dead's solemn load As I stared into his eyes, He said rise from this bed The wheel's roll slow outside, It's the crawl of the dead To them the war is raging, Lee's last battle call Has stirred them from their endless sleep, Tonight they will not fall Look now son the scene out front, As they move into the night No one's told them their time is up, And they'll march on to fight But don't find yourself alone, And staring down at the road Because the preacher won't save you from a devil's fate, And the dead's fading load One soul's stuck down on the rail Pushing and a pulling in the night time air Everyone's stuck down on the rail Waiting on the word that takes him home One soul's stuck down on the rail Pushing and a pulling in the night time air Everyone's stuck down on the rail Waiting on the word that takes him home I can remember what kept me, Alive and well today As the mist broke way for the army, To find solace on their way Was not the peace of this Tennessee home, Or a life I'd left behind But words coming from the glass eyes, Of a shackled man in time Could make me see what they'd lost, By handing over their rights To the tongue of a judge and jury, Who made sure they'd always fight But don't find yourself alone, And staring down at the road Because one man's freedom could mean a curse, On the dead's final load One soul's stuck down on the rail Pushing and a pulling in the night time air Everyone's stuck down on the rail Waiting on the word that takes him home One soul's stuck down on the rail Pushing and a pulling in the night time air Everyone's stuck down on the rail Waiting on the word that takes him home Waiting on the word that takes him home Waiting on the word that takes him home
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The Last One 04:06
(M. Ounallah) Ever since I was a kid I knew I'd find a way To hit the country see the sights live each and every day Know the trees from the forest, shine the light in my eyes Don't try to hide me, my highway never dies Set to find the place I knew I'd seen before In dreams as a young kid, fables of war Found on the hillside scattered through the land Where people played and fought delivered final stands Scenes of old stories now flood back to life Old man's fading heart lost to his wife Young man's glory shelved and filed away Lose that gun at the riverside you'll be better off today So spin the wheels and strum the lies You gotta look close you can see it their eyes The time is now there are no goodbye's (As we sing) This can't be the Last One (As we sing) This can't be the Last One There will never, no never come a time When this is the Last One Far from where I left him old traveler down the road Stopped me short in the pouring rain ditched his heavy load Told me tales of reckless times old crossroads at night Lost old lullabies songs out of sight Like the legend of John Hurt and the deal that he made Showed his cards to the world changes everyday Lost memories remembered heroes unsung We live and grow old but I will stay young So spin the wheels and strum the lies You gotta look close you can see it their eyes The time is now there are no goodbye's So spin the wheels and strum the lies You gotta look close you can see it their eyes The time is now there are no goodbye's (As we sing) This can't be the Last One (As we sing) This can't be the Last One There will never, no never come a time When this is the Last One

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released June 7, 2011

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Named after Ukrainian nomads, Scythian is "what happens when rock star charisma meets Celtic dervish fiddling," says Nashville's Music City Roots. iHeartRadio's Arroe Collins praises new album Jump at the Sun for "reinvent[ing] folk rock in America." Scythian merges thunderous energy, technical prowess, and storytelling songwriting, beckoning crowds into a barn-dance, rock concert experience. ... more

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