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“When it’s time to meet my maker, come the fire or the hole” – the words “fire or the hole” come from a conversation I had with a woman who was the owner of a Vietnamese restaurant in Melbourne where my family and I went every Wednesday night for many years. When my mum passed away, Lisa, the lovely Vietnamese owner, asked me in broken English, “Does your mum have the fire or the hole?” meaning “will she be cremated or buried?”
I loved her humble way of asking, it was so heart-felt. It got me thinking about when it’s my time, will I have the fire or the hole? This song lets people know I’ve chosen the fire.

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When it’s time to meet my maker, come the fire or the hole
Please undertaker make me ashes, I won’t need my body, just free my soul
Mm’hm.

Then take a handful of my ashes, go out east far as you can go
Cast me to the deep blue yonder when that ol’ wind starts to blow
Mm’hm

When the full moon’s on the horizon rising yellow as can be
Take a handful of my ashes and cast me to the deep blue sea
Mm’hm

When it’s time to meet my maker, come the fire or the hole
Please undertaker make me ashes, I won’t need my body, just free my soul
Mm’hm, yeah just free my soul.

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from The Stars, If You Look Closely, track released April 18, 2024
Written by Nadine Budge

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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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