{"id":11015,"date":"2012-06-05T12:12:16","date_gmt":"2012-06-05T20:12:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thelefortreport.com\/blog\/?p=11015"},"modified":"2012-06-05T12:17:50","modified_gmt":"2012-06-05T20:17:50","slug":"watch-more-anais-mitchell","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thelefortreport.com\/blog\/2012-06\/watch-more-anais-mitchell\/","title":{"rendered":"Watch More Anais Mitchell"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>We wrote last about <a href=\"http:\/\/anaismitchell.com\/\"><strong>Anais Mitchell<\/strong><\/a>.\u00a0 And then we tried to move on.\u00a0 But we could not.\u00a0 Check out Mitchell performing one of the highlights off her latest album (<strong>Young Man in America<\/strong>), the harrowing song <em><strong>Shepherd<\/strong><\/em>.\u00a0 The song is based on a story written by Mitchell&#8217;s father.\u00a0 The lyrics are below the video.\u00a0 This one&#8217;s gonna hurt.\u00a0 Word to the wise.\u00a0 Heed the call.<\/p>\n<p>http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=Oekziw9M7L4&#038;feature=channel&#038;list=UL<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>SHEPHERD<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p>Said the shepherd to his wife \/ \u2018The crop of hay is cut and dried<br \/>\nI\u2019ll bale it up and bring it in \/ Before the coming storm begins\u2019<br \/>\n\u2018Go\u2019 she said \u2018and beat the storm \/ And then there is another chore<br \/>\nToday the baby will be born \/ You\u2019ll take me to the hospital\u2019<br \/>\nSaid the shepherd \u2018if it\u2019s true \/ Twere better if I stayed with you<br \/>\nI\u2019d rather let the harvest go \/ And hasten to the hospital\u2019<br \/>\n\u2018Nay\u2019 she told him \u2018I\u2019ll be fine \/ We both have laboring to do<br \/>\nYou do yours and I\u2019ll do mine \/ And the babe will wait till the work is thru\u2019<br \/>\nThe shepherd rode the yellow rows \/ The clouds above and the fields below<br \/>\nUntil the bales had all been tied \/ Then homeward turned to find his wife<br \/>\nThe sweat was wet upon her brow \/ Her breath it cameth laboredly<br \/>\nAnd then the rain was coming down \/ Upon the fields of yellow hay<br \/>\nSaid the shepherd, \u2018it\u2019s no use \/ The rain will surely win the race<br \/>\nTwere better if we let it fall \/ And hurry to the hospital\u2019<br \/>\n\u2018Go\u2019 she said \u2018and work with haste \/ And bring the bales into the barn<br \/>\nElse the crop will go to waste \/ The babe will wait till the work is done\u2019<br \/>\nThe shepherd drove into the storm \/ And to and from the yellow barn<br \/>\nTill half the bales were safely in \/ Then went to find his wife again<br \/>\nHow many times her name he called \/ But no replying would she make<br \/>\nHer breath it cameth not at all \/ She would not rise from where she lay<br \/>\nThe storm was o\u2019er within the hour \/ The shepherd saw the sun come out<br \/>\nThe shepherd\u2019s wife saw ne\u2019er again \/ He buried her and the babe within<br \/>\nHe turned the seed into the ground \/ He brought the flock to feed thereon<br \/>\nHe held the cleaver and the plow \/ And the shepherd\u2019s work was never done<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We wrote last about Anais Mitchell.\u00a0 And then we tried to move on.\u00a0 But we could not.\u00a0 Check out Mitchell performing one of the highlights off her latest album (Young Man in America), the harrowing song Shepherd.\u00a0 The song is based on a story written by Mitchell&#8217;s father.\u00a0 The lyrics are below the video.\u00a0 This [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-11015","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-music"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thelefortreport.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11015","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thelefortreport.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thelefortreport.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thelefortreport.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thelefortreport.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=11015"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.thelefortreport.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11015\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thelefortreport.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11015"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thelefortreport.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=11015"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thelefortreport.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=11015"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}