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The Oregon Trail

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Rumors of rich farmland in the west started a migration across the country in the 1840's. Many of the prospective settlers were not prepared for the journey, or aware of the dangers. Seattle songwiter K. W. Todd wrote this tribute, which was the title track on his first album.

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The Oregon Trail
© K. W. Todd - Jaywalker Music

Here's a health to the Deveneaux, Jones and O'Malleys
Who rode from the east on a slow turning wheel,
Who forded wide rivers, crossed mountains and valleys,
To lose their young lives on the Oregon Trail.

Where the river ran, there was no ferry,
So the captain bade carry a line to the shore.
A young man of twenty named Michael J. Deveneaux
Stepped forward to swim to his final reward.

Where the mountains rise, the wagons got heavy,
So the ox teams were doubled to lighten their load.
It snapped the yoke shackle while Darcy Jones was droving.
She landed in pieces so far down below.

Where the black brush grows, and miles they are many
Were water is scarcely a dream in your mind.
Big Johnson O'Malley went fetching to find some,
But the water he found us was tainted with lye.

So my story's told. The people were many
Who lived and who died by the light of their dreams.
We lay down beside them our love for their journey,
And with it a curse on the Oregon Trail.

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from Tania Opland, released March 17, 2009
Tania Opland (voice, guitar)

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Tania Opland Suquamish, Washington

"A superb fiddle player, and no slouch either on recorder, cittern, guitar and hammered dulcimer,
she is also in possession of a voice of gentle strength that adapts well to suit various vocal styling."
-Rock 'n' Reel Magazine

A tapestry of melodic and lyrical textures blend cross-cultural influences, with powerful vocals, five-string violin/viola, ocarina, cittern, clarseach, hurdy gurdy... ... more

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