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Poor Little Turtle Dove

from Rabbits in the Moonlight by Marc Nerenberg

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“Poor Little Turtle Dove” is an old folk song that I’ve almost entirely rewritten, retaining only the original opening stanza (repeated at the end). The rest of the song now contains bits and fragments of the original verses reworked into an entirely different song. It seemed to me that the original song was a pastiche of “floating” song verses (that “float” between many folk songs). The opening stanza was great - but the rest of them seemed to have nothing in common with it. I’ve turned it into a song with a fairly clear narrative theme, fleshing out that wonderful opening.

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from Rabbits in the Moonlight, released September 24, 2022

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Marc Nerenberg Montreal, Québec

Marc Nerenberg is a veteran Montreal folksinger who plays old time banjo styles and blues harmonica. He has a narrative- centric repertoire, recounting stories in song and wrapping stories around songs. You may “be drawn in by a combination of Marc’s mastery of traditional banjo styles, his idiosyncratic singing, and [his] richly detailed ballads.” (Mike Regenstreif – Folk Roots/Folk Branches 2019) ... more

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