Heather and Juniper - Joanne Cooper / Bob Buford
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Heather and Juniper Joanne first posted info about this song in her FAWM 2017 thread. Please see that posting for more information. She wanted help turning her lyics into a John Denver or Emmylou Harris style folk-country song.
I rewrote her original lyrics to fit more closely to something I thought John might do. I also created the music using an Ovation Elite (circa 1985) tuned to low-D, similar to the Ovation Adamas John used on "I'd Rather Be A Cowboy" on Youtube.
Joanne provided the melody and lead and harmony vocal tracks to accompany the music. I mixed it all down in Reaper and here's the result. Hope you enjoy what we did here.
****** Song Summary *************
Title: Heather and Juniper
File:Heather and Juniper.SGU
Key=D , Tempo 75, Length (m:s)=4:17
8 bar intro, 71 bar chorus, from bar 9 to bar 79. Repeat x1 chorus
No Melody
No Soloist track.
Song is saved with Volume, Pan, Reverb, Chorus, Bank0,
Song is saved with bar changes for Time signature,
Style is _FID16BF.STY (16ths Fiddle Folk-Pop )
RealTracks in style: 1759:Bass, Electric, Pop16ths Ev 085
RealTracks in style: 1766:Mandolin, Rhythm Pop16Sync Ev 085
RealTracks in style: 1761:Guitar, Acoustic, Strumming Pop16ths Ev16 085
RealTracks in style: 1760:Fiddle, Background Pop16ths Ev 085
RealDrums in style: NashvilleBrushesBalladPushEv16: a: Sidestick, Brushes b: Brushes
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LYRICS:
Heather and Juniper
( 8 bar instrumental intro )
(Verse 1)
Long ago in sweet dreams
Their fragrance I recall
The heather and the juniper
Grew wild past our back wall
But times so often change
And the elders of our town
Decided in their wisdom
To spread Conifers around
(Verse 2)
Father loved the Heather
And the Juniper so green
But Conifers he hated
And he vowed to change that scene
He woke us up one dark night
With a shovel in his hand
Then off to the offending field
To make his rebel stand
(Verse 3)
Dare I uproot the Conifers,
So tender and so small?
My heart would not allow it
And my tears began to fall
I worked at doing nothing
Though my father did not see
And the Conifers remained there
Their fate known just to me
(Chorus)
Oh the lovely fields of heather
Lying purple in the sun
Embraced by fragrant juniper
By nature there to run
For every choice you make
There is something dear to lose
So what you get eventually
May not be what you choose.
(8 bar instrumental turnaround)
(Bridge)
In all the years that passed
I forgot that fateful night
Until one day by accident
I chanced upon the sight
A field of purple Heather
Entwined with Juniper
Amid a lovely stand so tall
Mighty Conifers
(Chorus)
Oh the lovely fields of heather
Lying purple in the sun
Embraced by fragrant juniper
By nature there to run
For every choice you make
There is something dear to lose
So what you get eventually
May not be what you choose.
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