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Pilot Mound Fir Tree

from Answer The Bell by Carey J. Buss

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My grandfather grew up on a farm in a town known as Pilot Mound. A while back, at a family dinner, I discovered that he had once had a stillborn sister, and as stillborns couldn't be buried in the cemetery in Pilot Mound, they buried her on the farm, and planted a fir tree over where she lay. My grandfather continued to go and visit this tree on a semi-regular basis, to pay his respects. This song is written from his perspective, and is dedicated to him, his wife(Gramma Z!), and his family.

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(Chorus) Oh my sister, she was born dead, we buried her that day.
Planted a young fir tree in the ground where she lay.
As the years go by, I remember that tree now.
Rooted in the farmyard down the creek from the mound.

Well I was just a young boy growing fast on the farm,
swimming in the creek and never doing no harm.
Loved my two sisters, ma said a third was on the way.
But when it came time, the babe had already passed away.

(Chorus)

Now I am a father with two daughters and a son.
Thought I am a busy man, I’ll not forget where I am from.
Can’t imagine losing what my parents did back then.
But I know now that fir tree has my sister’s soul within.

(Chorus)

Now I am an old man and my children all have grown.
Left my lovely wife and I here living on our own.
So I took another trip back home, where I saw in shock.
My sister’s tree was dead; another friend that I have lost.

(Chorus)

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from Answer The Bell, released April 16, 2015
Carey J. Buss - Guitar, Vocals
Logan Picton - Fiddle
Chloé Carpenter - Backing Vocals, Vocal Harmony

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Carey J. Buss Winnipeg, Manitoba

Guitarist and Singer from Winnipeg, influenced greatly by Fleet Foxes, Kim Churchill, and Kaki King.

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