Appalachian Song - Dan Cunningham
Track 10
TOY TRUCK is a Christmas song set in 1950’s Appalachia. The original inspiration came from the 1964 CBS documentary called CHRISTMAS IN APPALACHIA (the video below dates the film as 1965, but it aired in December 1964). Coupled with my own experiences and observations, the story of this song almost wrote itself. The chord structure is a little out of the ordinary for songs of this type, but the typical old-time style did not seem to fit.
here are the lyrics:
Red sky darkens 'cross the hills
wood smoke hanging in the trees
pilgrims on the mountainside
track the white and icy sea
We gather at the church
Greet the neighbors and we pray
We feast and sing carols
On this night of Christmas day
A burst of color on the wooden floor
Finest metal red and blue
Preston pushed his store-bought truck
So shiny and so new
An orange ,gloves and walnuts too
My stocking surely full
A yellow hat from grandma's hands
A gift of warmest wool
My thoughts, they wouldn't stay at home
With Christmas lights, and cookies too
Preston got a store-bought truck
So shiny and so new
Sleep won't come so easy
I toss and kick the sheet
I see Preston's truck roll along
an imaginary street
© 2012 pickndawg music ASCAP
words and music by Dan Cunningham
Dan Cunningham: guitar, vocal
Libby Eddy: fiddle
recording info :
guitars: Yamaha LJX6C - Larrivee SD50
Mics: Rode NT-1 (rebuilt) - RodeNTK
preamp: Art Digital MPA Gold
recorded in the BOOM CLOSET Morgantown WV
mixed and mastered at Zone 8 Studio Morgantown WV by Mark Poole