We’ve updated our Terms of Use to reflect our new entity name and address. You can review the changes here.
We’ve updated our Terms of Use. You can review the changes here.

When She Divides the Town

from Steel and Wool by Kim Beggs

supported by
kellylwalker
kellylwalker thumbnail
/

  • Streaming + Download

    Includes unlimited streaming via the free Bandcamp app, plus high-quality download in MP3, FLAC and more.
    Purchasable with gift card

      $1 CAD  or more

     

  • Buy the Full Digital Album

  • Full Digital Discography

    5
    releases

    Get all 5 Kim Beggs releases available on Bandcamp and save 30%.

    Includes unlimited streaming via the free Bandcamp app, plus high-quality downloads of Steel and Wool, Beauty and Breaking, Blue Bones, Wanderer's Paean, and Streetcar Heart. , and , .

    Purchasable with gift card

      $23.10 CAD or more (30% OFF)

     

about

freeze and thaw of northern river impact on love in community with no bridge

lyrics

When She Divides the Town
By Kim Beggs and Eryn Foster Key Eb 4/4 (capo 3 C shape)

Intro: 6m 6m 4 4 5 5 4 4

CHORUS
6m 6m 1 1
2m 4 6m 4 5 5

VERSE
6m 6m 4 4
5 5 4 4
6m 6m 4 4
5 5 4 4

In winter she freezes up, in spring she breaks apart
Which side of the river are you gonna be on, when she divides the town?

Twice a year for a month or more, you were stuck on the wilder side
You loaded up supplies from the town side, then said good bye
If you stayed at home, did you lose your job? If you worked in town, could you keep your love?
On a river, anything goes they say

In winter she freezes up, in spring she breaks apart
Which side of the river are you gonna be on, when she divides the town?

When I first moved in to the little cabin, on a good tip
All the lonely fellas came calling with gifts of courtship
He brought morel mushrooms when he came knockin’
A feral man, he made me wild, then I moved in with him

In winter she freezes up, in spring she breaks apart
Which side of the river are you gonna be on, when she divides the town?

In November and April windows, I had to work in town on a crew
Over the river our hugs and kisses blew
Until the ice was thick or the ice was gone, and it was safe to cross
Absence makes the heart grow fonder sometimes

In winter she freezes up, in spring she breaks apart
Which side of the river are you gonna be on, when she divides the town?

But the second winter all those days had come and gone without kisses
Deep inside my bones was a heartsick missus
I was the first to cross, way too soon, knives in my pockets in case I went through
I walked across thin ice for him

I got home safe but he did not greet me with a lover’s torch
He moved me right out of his heart, out the back porch
While I was working and pining, he went knockin’
Another Morel mushroom courtship of another sweet heart in the little cabin

In winter she freezes up, in spring she breaks apart
Which side of the river are you gonna be on, when she divides the town?
Which side of the river are you gonna be on, when she divides the town?
Am

credits

from Steel and Wool, track released April 2, 2022
Kim Beggs
Bob Hamilton
Andy Slade
Lonnie Powell
Brian Kobayakawa

license

all rights reserved

tags

about

Kim Beggs image

Kim Beggs Yukon

11 time music award nominee and ne’er a winner!

With 2018 Independent Music Award 2018; 2018 Western Canadian Music Award plus 6 more; & 3 Canadian Folk Music Awards

"Ranked #1 on my [2014 & 2011] Polaris Music Prize ballot is Kim Beggs... Focused. Universal. Canadian." says
FERVORCOULEE
ROOTS MUSIC OPINION ... more

contact / help

Contact Kim Beggs

Streaming and
Download help

Shipping and returns

Report this track or account

If you like Kim Beggs, you may also like:

Bandcamp Daily  your guide to the world of Bandcamp

On Bandcamp Radio

Featuring Riley Pinkerton (aka The Rat Queen) from the theatrical NYC rockers, Castle Rat.
listen now