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Double​-​single release

by The Stetson Family

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All my life I’ve been a travellin’ man, I’ve never had a home Had no front door to cross through, no bed to call my own, See, my daddy was a drinkin’ man, a heart as cold as steel And my mama not too far behind, he kept her down at heel My brothers and sisters, haven’t seen since I was five And I wonder what they look like now or If they’re still alive This picture I carry all faded with time’s all I have of my childhood and that family of mine I guess I was too young to know or even question why, Why they left me with a stranger, never heard ‘em say goodbye As days turned into weeks and months and years just passed on by Not a word from my daddy or that family of mine So now the sky is my blanket, the moon is my light And this river bank it gently rocks me at night The trees tell me stories and kiss me goodnight But I dream of my mama’s arms holding me tight I left the home and joined the railways, rode those rails for 20 years Took up drinkin’ like my daddy to drown out all my fears But no amount of whisky could wash away the tears And give me back those years, with that family of mine So now the sky is my blanket, the moon is my light And this river bank it gently rocks me at night The trees tell me stories and kiss me goodnight But I dream of my mama’s arms holding me tight
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Brother don’t go, Brother don’t go Into the Haunted Hills ‘Cause old Jack Quidon, he’s 97, But he remembers the date way back in ‘38 It was the 16th of May and to this very day No-one can say what took ol’ Diamond away So brother don’t go to the hills tonight There’s a ghost on the wind and somethin’ ain’t right There’s a howl in the trees, I’m beggin’ you please Don’t go to the Haunted Hills Then six years later there was young Jimmy Slater He had a newspaper round in the very next town He waved to his mama, said “I’ll be home by supper” He rode off up the track, but he never came back So brother don’t go to the hills tonight There’s a ghost on the wind and somethin’ ain’t right There’s a howl in the trees, I’m beggin’ you please Don’t go to the Haunted Hills There’s rumours around ‘bout a man leaving town There’s stories been told he went out huntin’ gold Now his horse can be seen runnin’ hungry and mean Through them old hills at night, when the moon’s shinin’ bright So brother don’t go to the hills tonight There’s a ghost on the wind and somethin’ ain’t right There’s an ill wind blowin’, and these old bones are knowin’ Don’t go to the Haunted Hills. Brother don’t go Brother don’t go Into the Haunted Hills Brother don’t go Brother don’t go Into the Haunted Hills

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released November 1, 2014

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The Stetson Family Melbourne, Australia

The Stetson Family walk the line between alt-country and bluegrass with their free-wheeling, spirited songs, awash with soaring harmonies. Described as "champions of fresh bluegrass but with a bedraggled soul of rock and roots," the band takes their audience on a journey down life's crooked highway.

"They blend like one of the legendary bluegrass or country families…” American Songwriter
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