Name: Market Day
Duration: P00H03M09S
Description: 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!

Market Day

by Nathan Smith

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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!

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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

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released January 17, 2020
Nathan Smith - guitar, lead vocals
Emilyn Stam - fiddle, vocals
Hannah Naiman - banjo, vocals
Anh Phung - mandolin, vocals
Alan Mackie - bass, vocals

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Nathan Smith Toronto, Ontario

Nathan Smith is a fiddle player and singer in Toronto, ON, Canada. His upbeat and soulful original songs and fiddle tunes evoke bluegrass and old-time combined with his upbringing playing traditional Canadian fiddle music. Nathan also plays with Toronto Bluegrass band The Barrel Boys. ... more

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