Monday Meditations with the Serfville Monad (Remastered)

by Pomegranate County Irregulars

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1.
Abr'am Boarded the Train 03:22
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Abr’am boarded the train, trusting the engineer Abr’am boarded the train, trusting the engineer Where I go. What I see, Engineer knows. Good enough for me Abr’am boarded the train, trusting the engineer Moses boarded the train, trusting the engineer Moses boarded the train, trusting the engineer Pharaoh behind. Red Sea Ahead Ah, the train don’t stop, it speeds up instead Moses boarded the train, trusting the engineer Who laid the track and built the bridge So we can climb from valley to ridge Who built the station, and lit the fire Driving His train to take us higher ‘Zekiel boarded the train, trusting the engineer ‘Zekiel boarded the train, trusting the engineer Rolling through endless sand and stone Said Glory Be to the dancing bones ‘Zekiel boarded the train, trusting the engineer Peter boarded the train, trusting the engineer Peter boarded the train, trusting the engineer Lost his faith, denied our Lord Repented sin and got back on board Peter boarded the train, trusting the engineer Who laid the track and built the bridge So we can climb from valley to ridge Who built the station, and lit the fire Driving His train to take us higher Driving His train to take us higher Driving His train to take us higher (Get on board)
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Danny Really Loves (Short'nin' Bread) 02:48
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Get in the kitchen. Gonna get fed Danny's gonna make some short'ning bread That's not all he's gonna do He's gonna cook up some chili too Danny is a guy who loves short'ning, short'ning Danny really loves that short'ning bread Danny is a guy who loves short'ning, short'ning Danny really loves that short'ning bread There's nothing doing. Just lying in bed I better get up, get some short'ning bread I need a job; gonna work til dead I need more moola for That short'ning bread Danny is a guy who loves short'ning, short'ning Danny really loves that short'ning bread Danny is a guy who loves short'ning, short'ning Danny really loves that short'ning bread I do, I do My bass is blue. My face is red I think I just ran out of short'ning bread Now on the day, the day I wed My bride better love me and love short'ning bread Mmmm, Danny is a guy who loves short'ning, short'ning Danny really loves that short'ning bread Danny is a guy who loves short'ning, short'ning Danny really loves that short'ning bread I tell you true
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Love Crazy 03:09
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Though the sun has just now come on up Last night a faded tune I want this day to rush on by I want to speed the Moon ‘Cause by last moon night’s shine Time and spirits out flew Held tight while moments did entwine I’m into something new Uh Oh, I’m a love crazy Uh Oh, I’m a love crazy Uh Oh, I’m a love crazy Love crazy about you, about you Why for you want to go on outside That world’s too cold, mm mm Stay in here, just to, please do, you know, you know Just love me big and bold Well Uh Oh, I’m a love crazy Uh Oh, I’m a love crazy Uh Oh, I’m a love crazy Love crazy about you, about you Tu connais what history should have taught me What two people can do Maintenant, je vois what loving can be. Je serais un fou to stay away from you Don’t you sit me down, I got to be running round I better not be lazy, it’s hard work being crazy Love won’t be fleeting till this heart stops beating Don’t ask me if I love you, it’s more than true Uh Oh, I’m a love crazy Uh Oh, I’m a love crazy Uh Oh, I’m a love crazy Love crazy about you Uh oh Uh oh Uh Oh, I’m a love crazy Uh Oh, I’m a love crazy Uh Oh, I’m a love crazy Love crazy about you, oh, about you Uh Oh, uh oh Mmm hmm hmm Love Crazy
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Long Lost Roving Tar 03:10
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It was in the town of Liverpool, all in the month of May I overheard a damsel, alone as she did stray She did appear like Venus or some sweet, lovely star She walked along the beach lamenting a long lost roving Tar Oh, William, gallant William, how could you sail away I have arrived at twenty-one, and I'm a lady gay I will man one of my father's ships and face the horrid war And cross the briny ocean for my long lost roving Tar Come all you jolly sailors and push the boat ashore That I may see my father's ships and see they are secure Provisions we have plenty, and lots of grog in store So drink good health you sailors to my long lost roving Tar She quickly jumped into the boat and merrily left the land And as the sailors rowed away, she waved her lily hand Farewell, ye girls of Liverpool, I fear no wound nor scar And away went pretty Susan to her long lost roving Tar 
So the sea town, Liverpool, lost it a daughter fair Through a foolish bravery. For there will be no William there Farewell, ye girls of Liverpool, I fear no wound nor scar And away went pretty Susan to her long lost roving Tar. Farewell, ye girls of Liverpool, I fear no wound nor scar And away went pretty Susan to her long lost roving Tar Farewell, ye girls of Liverpool, I fear no wound nor scar And away went pretty Susan to her long lost roving Tar
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Captain Jinks 03:18
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Drill Ye Tarriers, Drill 03:20
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Early in the morning at seven o'clock There are twenty tarriers talking at the dock The boss comes around and he says, Keep still What I want to hear is your cast iron drill. And drill, ye tarriers, drill Drill, ye tarriers, drill Well you work all day for the sugar in your tay Down beyond the railway And drill, ye tarriers, drill Now our new foreman was Jim McCann By blazes, he was a callous man Last week a premature blast went off And a mile in the sky went big Jim Goff. And drill, ye tarriers, drill Drill, ye tarriers, drill Well you work all day for the sugar in your tay Down beyond the railway And drill, ye tarriers, drill And when next payday came around Jim Goff a dollar short was found When asked the reason came this reply You were docked for the time you were up in the sky And drill, ye tarriers, drill Drill, ye tarriers, drill Well you work all day for the sugar in your tay Down beyond the railway And drill, ye tarriers, drill (All right, drill) And drill, ye tarriers, drill Drill, ye tarriers, drill Well you work all day for the sugar in your tay Down beyond the railway And drill, ye tarriers, drill On we go taming rough terrain Give sweat and soul for some damn train. Captains of industry and the like Will get full credit for driving each spike And it’s drill, ye tarriers, drill Drill, ye tarriers, drill Well you work all day for the sugar in your tay Down beyond the railway And drill, ye tarriers, drill
7.
Black Jack Davy 03:32
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Black Jack Davy came riding through the woods And he sang so loud and gaily Made the woods around him ring And he charmed the heart of a lady Charmed the heart of a lady How old are you my pretty little miss How old are you my honey She answered him with a silly little smile I’ll be 16 next Sunday Be 16 next Sunday Come go with me my pretty little miss Come go with me my honey I’ll take you cross the deep blue sea And you never shall want for money Never shall want for money Now, now now 
Come go with me my pretty little miss Come go with me my honey I’ll take you cross the deep blue sea And you never shall want for money Never shall want for money She pulled off her high-heeled shoes They were made of Spanish leather She put on those low-heeled shoes And they both rode off together They both rode off together As she rode away from her home She began to take the measure Of this strange sweet-singing man And of her new adventure Of her new adventure Last night I lay on a warm feather bed Beside my husband and baby Tonight, I lay on the cold, cold ground At the side of Black Jack Davy Side of Black Jack Davy Black Jack Davy came riding through the woods And he sang so loud and gaily Made the woods around him ring And he charmed the heart of a lady Charmed the heart of a lady Black Jack Davy
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Empathy Automaton 03:22
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The empathy automaton could not understand Shutting down on Friday night And when the operators planned a bash It would ask and beg, want an invite So with a cough, the operators shut it off Zero One One One Zero One One Oh One Empathy Automaton Zero One One One Zero One One Oh One Empathy Automaton Zero One One One Off On Off On Empathy Automaton The empathy automaton was coded well To decode just how you feel Though randomly it would say buzz off Its responses were just that real Once in a while, it would be in denial Just like a human. (Zero One One One Zero One One Oh One) (Zero One One One Zero One One Oh One) (Zero One One One) (Zero One One One Zero One One Oh One) Calculate, interrogate, determinate emotional state (Zero One One One Zero One One Oh One) If one greater than two, then how are you (Zero One One One) Oh, emotional automaton The empathy automaton became obsessed Are my emotions core or shell Why do the carbonists shun me Can I love, be lonely, will I die as well And so with a cough, the operators shut it off (off) Click, click, click, click Zero One One One Zero One One Oh One Empathy Automaton Zero One One One Zero One One Oh One Empathy Automaton Zero One One One Oh, Empathy Automaton Zero One One One Off On One Oh One (Zero One One Oh One) Empathy Automaton (Zero One) Interrogate, calculate (One One Zero One Oh One) determinate Empathy Automan (Zero One One One) If two greater than one, then, look a little sad Now, now now
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Cold Pomegranate 13 (Salvation) 03:17
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The wrong guy, the wrong night She wants one thing more I got her damn cigarettes At an all night druggy store Salvation, she had jammed the door The night time the right time To feel all alone To know what you’re missing To self-apply a stone Salvation, ain’t got no T-Bone An old man with a sign Starts yelling at you Maybe some repenting Is a thing to do Salvation, call me Deacon Blue. There’s a ghost: a pay phone Needs a Roosevelt dime A smartphone smartly answers You are past your prime Salvation, vodka calling lime To make that stitch in time You still need to sew The old man is calling for Tornadoes to blow Salvation, over the rainbow I go Salvation, over the rainbow I go
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Likes Likker Better Than Me 03:25
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Oh, I’m in love with a brown-eyed girl She’s in love with me But she’s in love with a whisky jug Likes likker better than me Seek her where the spirits flow Bring her back to me Bring her back my brown-eyed girl Likes likker better than me She invited me to a honky-tonk She asked and I wasn’t free She left me back and drank ‘em dry Likes likker better than me Seek her where the spirits flow Bring her back to me Bring her back my brown-eyed girl Likes likker better than me I gave that gal a brand new puppy As cute as cute can be With soulful eyes it whines that she Likes likker better than me Seek her where the spirits flow. Bring her back to me, Bring her back my brown-eyed girl. Likes likker better than me. Last night she came to see me again Last night she smiled on me But tonight she smiles on a whisky jug Likes likker better than me. Sometimes I think I’ll marry her I love her dearer than life But I know I’ll be shakin’ with fear Worried on a honky-tonkin' wife Seek her where the spirits flow Bring her back to me Bring her back my brown-eyed girl Likes likker better than me Bring her back, oh bring her back (Seek her where the spirits flow) Bring her back to me Oh, bring her back my brown-eyed girl Likes likker better than me
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You Can't Tell Her She's An Angel 03:44
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You can’t tell her she’s an angel She’ll just laugh and turn away She’s a girl of a thousand views In thin lights and gray pall A thousand views and all illusion So she waits up the hall You can’t tell her she’s an angel Steals your heart now every day She’s a girl of a thousand clues Since she’s seen it all A thousand clues and no conclusion So she waits for the fall You can’t tell her she’s an angel You can’t make her heaven with white paint And though it seems so funny and final Still you draw yourself as her saint You can’t tell her she’s an angel Not quite yet she’ll stop to say ’Til she’s paid a thousand dues And all her charms enthrall A thousand beaus and no seclusion Then she’ll take heaven’s all
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Engine 143 04:23
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Along came One Forty-Three, oh, the swiftest on the line Heading down the C&O road and thirty-two minutes behind Rolling on into Souville, headquarters were on the line You better get to the next station and you better be right on time Georgie's Mother came to him, a bucket on her arms. Saying to her darling son, be careful how you make this run Oh, many a man has lost his life trying to buy back lost time But if you run your engine right, you can do better the next time Up the road she darted, against the rocks she crashed 143 was upside down and Georgie's breast was smashed His head against the firebox door, oh the flames were rolling high I'm proud to be an engineer on the C&O road to die Well, the Doctor said to Georgie, my darling boy be still Your life may yet be saved, if it's the Good Lord's blessed will Oh no said Georgie, that will not do, I want to die so free I want to die with this engine I love, one hundred forty three Oh, the Doctor said to Georgie, your life cannot be saved Murdered upon a rail road laid in a lonesome grave His face was covered up with blood, his eyes no more could see And the very last thing that Georgie said was nearer my God to thee Georgie’s Mother came to him, sad with open arms Saying to her only son, you made your final run I know that’s true, oh Mother dear, what happened was meant to be Dying with this engine I love, one hundred forty-three
13.
Brennan on the Moor 03:47
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Of a highway man from long ago, a story I will tell His name was Willie Brennan and in Ireland he did dwell 'Twas on the Kilworth Mountains he began his wild career And many a noble man before him shook with fear And it's Brennan On The Moor, Brennan On The Moor Bold and doomed for cheating, Brennan On The Moor One day upon the highway as Willie went down He met the Mayor of Brigown, a mile outside of town The Mayor, he knew his features, and so, 'young man', says he You are a well-known scoundrel and, Brennan, you must come with me Now Brennan's wife had gone to town, provisions for to buy To see her husband captured was nothing she could abide Wille yelled, "Hand me that tenpenny", but even as Willie spoke His wife calmly pulled a blunderbuss from under her cloak Mary Caitlyn held the Blunderbuss, Willie regained some control He made the Mayor to tremble and he robbed him of his gold A hundred pounds was offered for his apprehension there So back to the mountains and a mistress Brennan did repair Brennan the outlaw stayed upon the mountain high With infantry and cavalry to catch him they did try By neither man nor arms was a mark upon him made Til the words of a scorned lass caused him to be waylaid They took Brennan to the crossroads, they hung him till he died There are some who say that, at night, you can still see him ride He appears with his wife’s blunderbuss, a shadow in the chill Up and down the King’s Highway, rides Willie Brennan still And it's Brennan On The Moor, Brennan On The Moor Bold and doomed for cheating was young Brennan On The Moor
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Rising Sun Blues 04:47
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There is a house in New Orleans, they call The Rising Sun With women, drink, and gambling, there’s something for everyone My father was a gambler, down in New Orleans He knew every angle, and near always got away clean I grew up to play chances, willing to take a game Like my father I cheated, we were so much the same Folks played with me and chased me from Arkansas to Houston Though it was my father’s town, I set up in The Rising Sun It was hours and hours of winning, nights of success there Then one night in The Rising Sun, my father pulled up a chair We both knew what we were doing, we truly gave it our all With every chip on the table, time to make his last call I laid my cards on that worn-out felt: four queens saying how do you do Four of his queens then joined them. He had cheated too Now when it comes to a courtroom, they say justice is blind Young men favored at pistols, leastways, that’s what I find I was the last one standing, it was the Sheriff who won He took all of my winnings, banned me from the Rising Sun I’ve got one foot on the platform, the other foot on the train My father dead, and empty pockets, I must seek a new game There is a house in New Orleans, they call The Rising Sun Women, drink, and killing, there’s something for everyone
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Poor Mourner's Got a Home At Last 03:43
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O, mourner, mourner, ain’t you tired of mourning Bow down on your knees and join the band with the angels No harm, no harm Go tell brother Elijah No harm, no Poor mourner’s got a home at last O, gambler, gambler, ain’t you tired of gambling Bow down on your knees and join the band with the angels No harm, no harm Go tell brother Elijah No harm, no Poor gambler’s got a home at last O, cheater, cheater, ain’t you tired of cheating Bow down on your knees and join the band with the angels No harm, no harm Go tell brother Elijah No harm, no Poor cheater’s got a home at last O, preacher, preacher, ain’t you tired of preaching Bow down on your knees and join the band with the angels No harm, no harm Go tell brother Elijah No harm, no Poor preacher’s got a home at last. O, sinner, sinner, ain’t you tired of sinning Bow down on your knees and join the band with the angels No harm, no harm Got tell brother Elijah No harm, no harm Poor sinner’s got a home at last Poor sinner’s got a home at last Poor sinner’s got a home at last Poor sinner’s got a home at last

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A remaster of our third album, originally released in 2019. The band continued to explore folk and other American strains of music and produce tracks that are Folk-Rock, but not in a throwback-nostalgia sense. There is an arc going from optimistic faith though calamity, perfidy, and murder, to end up in a place of faith combined with a clear-eyed view of the corrupted world.

In our studies of folk music, it seems clear to us that each singer is supposed to bring something new to the old songs. This album stands testament to our belief in that aspiration. In parody of a Star Trek meme, we often say "It's Folk-Rock, but not as we know it, Jim," and it may be no truer for us than for this collection.

A few of the songs have some 2021 performances. A third of these songs were also remixed and unfortunate choices have been replaced with, we hope, fortunate choices.

The album is a DIY effort, and was recorded in Laurel Canyon, Los Angeles, and at the home of our late friend John Ferriter. The album's original release was in March of 2019 and John thought it was pretty good.

Some of these tracks also appeared on a 2018 EP "The Serfville Monad Sing Songs of [TBD]".

I hope you enjoy.

Daniel Orias
Los Angeles, CA
December 2021

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released December 3, 2021

Backing Vocals on Empathy Automaton: Siobhan Carmean

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Pomegranate County Irregulars Los Angeles, California

Los Angeles based recording band, featuring the music of Daniel Orias. Dan has been a member of Santa Barbara '80s bands The Stingrays, In the Dark, and Celebrity City. He was a member of 90s Los Angeles bands The Totems, Driftwood Souls, and The Dark. The music has echoes of folk, country, blues, and rock. ... more

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