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August and Hildegard

from 'Bout Time by Chris Huff

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True story; a love song.

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Out in Lee County, Texas, with late winter on the run, a silent night was shattered and a simple deed was done / Rifle fire split the night, a faithful heart lay dead / In the time it takes to say goodbye, love’s misery found its end / (Chorus) So long to old August, Hildegard the same / Is there any point in wondering why, is there anyone to blame? / To die for love is noble, to live for pain, a sin / If you can tell the right from wrong, you’ve played this game to win / August owned a mercantile, ran cattle on the side / There were no kids to carry on, just Hildegard, his wife / She’d watched him slowly dying ‘till he stood the pain no more / She said, “I can’t live without you”…he said “I’ll take you when I go.” / (Repeat chorus) So this will end the story, there’s not much else to say / Old August and Hildegard lay peaceful in their graves / Plastic flowers mark the spot in case you’re passing by / On the highway of desperate love, a full moon shines tonight /

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from 'Bout Time, released May 30, 2020
Gene Elders, fiddle; Don Bacoch, bass; Chris Huff, vocals & guitar

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Chris Huff Los Angeles, California

Chris Huff, plays original songs influenced by the likes of Guy Clark, John Prine, and Townes Van Zandt. Chris cut his musical teeth on the Austin bar circuit, opening for Butch Hancock, Bill & Bonnie Hearne, Shake Russell, Townes Van Zandt, Blaze Foley, Junior Brown, and others. He was selected twice to play in the Kerrville Folk Festival New Folk Concerts and is currently based in Los Angeles. ... more

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