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Staggering motion

from Swell the Sound by Voicebeat

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Shaker song known as “Black Bill’s Wonderment”, published 1847 in Canterbury, New Hampshire.

lyrics

Why I wonder you don't laugh a little,
Laugh a little and laugh a little,
Why I wonder you ain't a-reeling
Backwards, forwards, sidewards and downward.

Why, I wonder you can go so straight,
And keep such a slick and curious shape,
For of Mother's wine I've got a small portion,
It sets me into a staggering motion.

Well, well, I'm willing to stagger,
Stagger, stagger away from bondage
Well, well, I'm willing to reel, reel, reel,
reel into freedom.

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from Swell the Sound, released November 17, 2012

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Voicebeat Glasgow, UK

Voicebeat is Glasgow’s world music community choir, and anyone can join. Based in the West End of Glasgow, we sing songs from around the world in unaccompanied harmony, often in foreign languages, in an informal, supportive atmosphere.

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