I’m glad there are poets who can put my feelings into words

I’m a stone’s throw from the mill
And I’m a good walk to the river
When my workin’ day is over
We’ll go swim our cares away
Put your toes down in the water
And a smile across your face
And tell me that you love me
Lovely, Lady May

Now I ain’t the sharpest chisel
That your hands have ever held
But, darlin’, I could love you well
Til’ the roll is called on high
I’ve seen my share of trouble
And I’ve held my weight in shame
But I’m baptized in your name
Lovely, Lady May

Lord, the wind can leave you shiverin’
As it waltzes o’er the leaves
It’s been rushin’ through my timber
Til’ your love brought on the spring
Now the mountains all are blushin’
And they don’t know what to say
‘Cept a good long line of praises
For my lovely, Lady May

Now, I ain’t the toughest hickory
That your ax has ever felt
But I’m a hickory just as well
I’m a hickory all the same
I came crashin’ through the forest
As you cut my roots away
And I fell a good long ways
For my lovely, Lady May

#tfh

Book 10 of 2023

I’m about halfway through and really enjoying this. It reads like a really good museum or gallery description next to important photos in that it tells you the story from the moment the things are happening but with added detail and accounts that were clearly written in the years after.

It’s quite procedural without needing too much work to understand and stay quite intensely interested.

The location and era feel so tangible despite it being so far away from our current reality.

Just wonderful writing I think and seems a good thing for Scorsese to have picked up.

I downloaded it a few months ago because I heard a whisper from the internet that Isbell was involved in a film being made and now I’m reading it the same month it’s in the cinemas.

We’ve been very busy but I really want to finish it so I can go and see the film on a big screen with big absorbing sound. It’s been a while since I’ve been excited about a film coming out.