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Voice, guitar, fiddle and electric viola - Steve; Bass - Burr Johnson. With drum samples. Co-produced.

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There's cobra in the grass and she's dancing very fast
To keep her skirt up
It doesn't do much good cuz she drank more than she should
And it's nearly sun up
The people all around are shoutin very loud
And it's a stampede
But she can't get excited cuz last night she confided
A heedless ... need

So she dances in the moonlight and those who saw the sight
Were astounded
As the cobra began to lift and his head began to shift
She seemed so grounded
And she didn't hesitate to wake the mighty snake
From his slumber
As they began to weave what the witnesses believed
To be the rhumba

As they began to weave what the witnesses perceived
To be the ... rhumba
...

Some insights into the writing of this song:
I started noodling with a chord progression over a rhumba rhythm. I wrote down what I found, polished it and almost left it at that.

But then I threw some lyrics at it. That first line literally was like splashing paint on a canvas. With that danceable engine I followed each image to the next.

To put a little color on it:

"There's a cobra in the grass and she's dancin very fast to keep her skirt up." Where did that come from? Cobra? Maybe India. She's dancin... Where are we? "...she drank more than she should"... Is this a party? Are we talking traditional India or a music festival? The people start shouting and there's a stampede. I committed to that word. But she's different. She confided to our narrator that she has a... a what? A "heedless need". So we've set up the story for a climax, something she and the snake are going to do together.

As the electric viola comes in it gives the song a slightly discordant weave. The snake is bringing something to this ... conversation.

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tags: humorous jazz blues India-party snake-dance rhumba

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from Rhymes with Folly Sampler (album), released June 16, 2015

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Stephen Scholle Hartsdale, New York

Picked up guitar in 1967. Began writing songs in 09 after a breakup. TY to Fred Gillen, Burr Johnson, Peter Calo and the Ashokan music community for supporting my passion. I write from the chord voicings and I write from the voice inside. Some songs channel moments. Sometimes words just sound good. I like to let the song speak and I like to work with others on that. If you'd like, get in touch. ... more

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