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about
Malke Rosenfeld, a delightfully creative dancer, asked Cindy to make a song to accompany a dance she wanted to invent. She gave her vague instructions: “something to do with a circle,” and this is what happened.
“Sally” is a Southern Indiana tune we learned from our fiddling neighbor, the late Joe Dawson. The proper name for the tune is, “Sally’s Got a Meatskin Laid Away to Grease Her Wooden Leg Everyday.”
lyrics
When I rouse my sleepy head what do I do
In the morning, morning, such a brave morning
In the maze and the muddle, so much that’s new
In the morning, morning
How did the sun rise, where did the moon fly
All around the heavens all so defined
Comes a circle, circle, such a great circle of time
(In the heavens all so defined)
When I rise my body, where do I go
In the morning, morning, still a bright morning
In the slosh and the swishing of the ebb and flow
In the morning, morning
Swirl in the wind, backwash in the tide and
All around this tender earth so defined
Comes a circle, circle, such a great circle of time
(In the heavens all so defined)
Just like a button, like a wheel
Like a ball of cotton, like a seal's nose
How does it kind of make you feel
To go where the tumble of the seeds blow
When I rest my sleepy head, what do I dream
In the evening, evening, such a dark evening
All my weary worn worries all now unseen
In the soft down evening
Wheel of the stars wend where time won't end
All around the power of peace of mind
Comes a circle, circle, such a great circle of time
(In the heavens all so defined)
Just like a button, like a wheel . . .
credits
from Welcome Day,
released September 15, 2015
Cindy Kallet: vocal
Grey Larsen: piano, Irish flute, fiddle
"Great Circle of Time" words and music by Cindy Kallet, Sleepy Creek Music, BMI
"Sally's Got a Meatskin" is a traditional American tune from southern Indiana.
Produced by Grey Larsen and Cindy Kallet
Recorded and mixed by Grey Larsen at Sleepy Creek Recording, Bloomington, Indiana USA
Mastered by Grey Larsen at Grey Larsen Mastering, Bloomington, Indiana USA
Mixing and mastering consultation by Mark Hood
Photographs by Alison Shaw
Graphic Design by Marty Somberg
Cindy and Grey are each well-known and loved for their decades of music making, as solo performers as well as in
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