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Barndance

from Red Yarn's Old Barn by Red Yarn

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    This limited-edition 'Red Yarn's Old Barn' CD comes in a full color gatefold wallet with elaborate photography (by Aaron Hewitt) featuring a custom-built barn facade (by Ryan Bruce), neon sign (by the Tiny Spoon), and puppet tableau of an epic barn dance (with puppets by Faerin Millington, Matthew Hopkins and more). The CD also includes a 16-page booklet with handwritten lyrics, credits and behind the scenes photos.

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    'Red Yarn's Old Barn' 12" vinyl record comes in a full color gatefold jacket with beautiful photography on the front and back covers and an elaborate tableau inside. Also includes a small 16-page booklet with lyrics and credits, as well as a download card.

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about

An anonymously-composed cowboy poem from the 1800s, published in John & Alan Lomax's 'Cowboy Songs' (1938), with original lyrics by Andy Furgeson/Red Yarn

lyrics

Come all you woolly critters
Let’s go to Red Yarn’s ranch
The fiddlin pigs are comin
We’re gonna have a dance
The cow roped her piano
And drug it to the barn
Tonight we’re gonna pay off
The mortgage on the farm

Yippy ti yi yippy tippy yi tippy yea, yippy ti yi yippy tippy yea…

Such a dance we’re havin
Has never been had yet
Ol Smelly Jim will be there
He’s gonna call the sets
Goosey plays the washtub
A goat will bang the drum
So slick up in your grease paint
Get ready for some fun

Yippy ti yi yippy tippy yi tippy yea…

Shorty Sheep might show up
To chaperone the romp
To see his sister steppin
To “The Stumptown Stomp”
But you needn’t fear that Shorty
Will try to stop your fun
If you’re decent with your dancin
And leave your shears at home

Yippy ti yi yippy tippy yi tippy yea…

Bill the Horse is comin
With them trottin feet of his
He can do the two-step
Just like nobody’s biz
Rooster does the Charleston
The cats will come from town
Red’s gonna build a new barn
So we’ll burn the old one down

Yippy ti yi yippy tippy yi tippy yea…
Skunk in the barnyard, P U!

credits

from Red Yarn's Old Barn, released April 27, 2018
Co-produced by Red Yarn, Dean Jones & Adam Selzer

Engineered & mixed by Adam Selzer at Type Foundry

Red Yarn aka Andy Furgeson on vocals & acoustic guitar

Dean Jones on organ

Jessie Eller-Isaacs on vocals

Dan Hunt on drums

Paul Brainard on dobro

Annalisa Tornfelt on fiddle

Simon Flory on upright bass

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Red Yarn Portland, Oregon

Red Yarn is a Texas-born, Oregon-based family performer who weaves folksongs & puppetry into engaging shows for all ages. With his energetic performances and lush folk-rock recordings, Red Yarn reinvigorates American folklore for younger generations.

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