For Anne Hartman: bread baker, banjo maker, and a person of great passion. One wintry day, Anne taught Emilyn, Alan, and me to make sourdough, and we played fiddle and banjo tunes while the bread rose. The three of us have been baking regularly ever since! Thank you Anne!
lyrics
Sun’s still sleeping, I wanna stay down
Gravity pulls a little harder right now
But I gotta get up, you know, I can’t sleep late
Gotta make bread for Market Day
Let it rest, let it rise
Every little good thing takes its time
Pick a little banjo while I wait
Wait for the bread on Market Day
Flour in the bucket, flour in the bowl
Flour in my hair, flour in my soul
A little bit of leaven goes a long, long way
When you’re making that bread for Market Day
I get my water from back in the woods
Salt makes bread taste like it should
Mix it all together and it’s bubbling away
Becoming my bread for Market Day
Bread for the fathers, bread for the mothers
Bread for the saints and bread for the others
Bread for the young and the old and grey
It’s busy down here on Market Day
Market Day, that’s when I see
These southern hills have been good to me
Give a little smile and a loaf and a wave
To the folks in line on Market Day
credits
from Let It Rest, Let It Rise,
released February 14, 2020
Nathan Smith - guitar, lead vocals
Emilyn Stam - fiddle, vocals
Hannah Shira Naiman - banjo, vocals
Anh Phung - mandolin, vocals
Alan Mackie - bass, vocals
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