Her Foul Friend (Single)

by The Fox and the Feather

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Written from the perspective of the "fowl" friend.
Recorded in the Woodsman's Cabin at Paul Smith's College in front of a fire crackling with balsam needles.

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Crocodiles watching me
Man with a gun on his knee
Pretty lady wants me
On top of her hat for all the world to see

Please don't take me away!
These babies
They need me

Come to take what you see
Adeline* writes to me
It's the beauty of my feathers that they want
Unique and chic for the ladies that you meet
Hearts worn on the palms of their hands
Takin' what they can!

I have grown to know
My home is here
And I'll be damned if you
Take me

In a dearth
You left me
How am I to survive?

*reference to environmentalist Adeline Knapp, who wrote a letter to John Muir in 1899 enlisting his help:

"Some of us hope to persuade certain of the women's clubs to take action in the matter."
She asked Muir to write "a few lines on the subject" for an "article with interviews etc. from some of our bird lovers."
She added,
"The milliners say that not in 20 years have birds been used for trimming as they are this winter. We need to strike hard and quickly just now, to make an impression."

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released February 27, 2014

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The Fox and the Feather New York

The Fox and the Feather sprang out of the February snow of upstate New York’s Adirondack Park in 2013, playing banjo, accordion, glockenspiel, violin, mandolin, guitar, bass, washboard and a drum kit made out of a blue suitcase.

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