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24 Nov 03 - 03:20 PM (#1060049) Subject: New Michael Smith From: Chris in Wheaton Michael and Jamie O'Reilly are doing their concert show, The Gift of the Magi, around Chicago. Their cd has just been released - should be great. See |
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24 Nov 03 - 03:57 PM (#1060070) Subject: RE: New Michael Smith From: Joe Offer The trouble with a man like Michael Smith is that people have to wonder WHICH Michael Smith you're talking about. This is not the one who makes a lot of money on gospel music. This is the one who writes wonderfully quirky songs like "Dead Egyptian Blues." His Website is http://www.michaelsmithmusic.com. -Joe Offer- |
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03 Apr 23 - 03:45 PM (#4169165) Subject: ADD: Panther in Michigan (Michael Peter Smith) From: Joe Offer https://michaelpetersmith.com/lyrics/panther.shtml PANTHER IN MICHIGAN (Michael Peter Smith) There's a panther in Michigan Don't that make your Halloween There's a panther in Michigan Although he is seldom seen And he's following the water And the ways of the Indian And he's crossing the border To Indiana There's an awful lot of cover Down along the Raisin River We would set up on the one side He'd show up on the other I know people used to wonder Why we couldn't catch the panther There's an awful lot of cover Down along the Raisin River When a farmer in Manchester called me I was there in minutes Following a trail of feathers Thru the high grass when he screamed Thirty-four years in law enforcement I'd never been so scared I could see where he was going By the way the grass was moving There's a panther in Michigan Don't that make your Halloween There's a panther in Michigan Although he is seldom seen And he's following the water And the ways of the Indian And he's crossing the border To Indiana Now, people who know panthers say That they are lazy hunters And will take a prey that's wounded Over one that's healthy And they might mistake some child Playing in a sandbox For some kind of wounded critter Down along the Raisin River Test drivers saw the panther At the Chrysler proving grounds It was during hunting season He was out there on the track And he knew if he went in there That he'd be safe from hunters He's an uncanny animal There's a panther in Michigan Don't that make your Halloween There's a panther in Michigan Although he is seldom seen And he's following the water And the ways of the Indian And he's crossing the border To Indiana https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3ugUJpTr26Q https://folkways.si.edu/michael-smith-and-pat-flemming/panther-in-michigan/american-folk/music/track/smithsonian Somebody sang this today to the tune of Whiskey in the Jar, but it doesn't sound like that to me at all. |