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DAVID. Recorded at Nobles, a Bar and Music Venue in Charlottesville, VA, in 1959. It is likely that this is an adaptation of an older song, as the subject matter would place the original writing during prohibition, and references Broodhollow’s own Switchwater, including many of the phrases used in advertising the drink. The multiple solo breaks and trading back and forth was not common practice for that time, so it is assumed that these were added during the adaptation.

KRIS. This recording reminds me a lot of the psychedelic rock band H.P. Lovecraft which formed in 1967. Odd to hear that type of sound in 1959...

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In the past I took time thinking on how things used to seem
I used to spend nights blissful, in an alcoholic's dream
I wandered near and far just to find some way back out
Didn't get no answers till I cam down south

I found this little town it's just as charming as can be
They handed me a bottle and that set me free

So raise up a glass to your watering hole
It's the old Switchwater from Broodhollow

My roaming days were over and I'd found some room to stand
There's nothin' gets me fired up the way intoxication can
So if your county's dried up and you're feeling a thirst
Set your sights south on a town that's west of Ichor Falls first

The brew these folks created, I can never get enough
They try to get me sated but I'm drinkin' till they're shut

So raise up a glass to your watering hole
It's the old Switchwater from Broodhollow

A branch, a twig, a stick, a sprig, from elder copses plucked
“It's brewed in glass and aged in brass”: a masterpiece that's drunk
This delightful distillation will grow hair upon your chest
so quaff your reservations and give in to the best

Switchwater, Switchwater, I've come to worship you
'Cause you're nine-tenth's irresistible, and that last tenth is too

So raise up a glass to your watering hole
It's the old Switchwater from Broodhollow

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from Broodhollow - Curious Little Thing, released May 10, 2014
©2014 David Graey and Kris Straub

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