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How Now Brown Cow

from Sun to Sun by Alice Gerrard

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about

This is a true story from life, about two married friends of mine. He told me how he decided to get married: because he was at loose ends and decided he should either” get a wife or a cow” to help get him on track. His wife turned to him and said, “I think it’s time for the other option.” I made it her story instead of his.

lyrics

I left my home when I was 16
Rambled the country around
A little of this and a little of that
Never could settle down.
Now that’s ok when you’re sweet 16
And you ain’t got a care in the world
But when you hit 35 and your future’s on ice
You gotta make a change somewhur.

So I said to myself and myself agreed
(Girl) you got to have stability
Up in the morning, to sleep at night
And some kind of daily routine
A sense of purpose is what you need
Then it came like a voice from on high
Find you someone to be your day to day pal
Your companion in day to day life.

Someone to help take care of you
Someone you can care for too
Someone to give you reason for settling down
To talk to when you’re feeling blue.
Confusion reigned for a little while
As I sorted all the options out
And when the fog cleared, 2 choices remained
Either get a man (wife) or a cow.
How now brown cow
Don’t you know I love you I do
You’re a bony old critter with a mean old tail
But your heart is always true.
How now brown cow
Don’t you know I love you I do
You come thru in the morning and again at night
And I doodle y do love you. You come thru in the morning and again at night / and I doodle y do love you

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from Sun to Sun, released October 20, 2023
lyrics & music ©2021 Alice Gerrard, Agate Hill Pub. BMI; recorded and mixed by Joseph ‘joebass’ Dejarnette at Studio 808A; Marcy Marxer recorded by Cathy Fink at Community Studio Silver Spring, MD
Rhythm guitar lead vocal: Alice Gerrard
Fiddle, harmony vocal: Tatiana Hargreaves
Mandolin, harmony vocal: Reed Stutz
Bass: Hasee Ciaccio
Banjo Cello: Marcy Marxer

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Alice Gerrard Durham, North Carolina

A singer and songwriter, Alice’s recordings with Hazel Dickens during the 1960s and ’70s influenced a generation of women musicians from Laurie Lewis to the Judds. Nominated for a Grammy in 2015, she was inducted into the International Bluegrass Music Assoc. Hall of Fame in 2017. A documentary film about Alice, "You Gave Me a Song" premiered at the Full Frame Independent Film Festival in 2019. ... more

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