Cold mountain water
The jade merchant's daughter
Mountains of the Moon, bow and bend to me
Hi ho the carrion crow
Folderol de riddle
Hi Ho the carrion crow
Bow and bend to me

Hey Tom Banjo
Hey a laurel
More than laurel
You may sow
More than laurel
You may sow

Hey the laurel
Hey the city
In the rain
Hey, hey,
Hey the white wheat
Waving in the wind

Twenty degrees of solitude
Twenty degrees in all
All the dancing kings & wives
Assembled in the hall
Lost is a long & lonely time
Fairy Sybil flying
All along the all along
The mountains of the Moon


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Mountains of the Moon Lyrics as written by Robert C. Hunter Jerome J. Garcia

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    I don't know the full meaning of the song but Tom Banjo refers to Tom Azarian - a banjo player who lives in Vermont and used to play with David Grisman who often played mandolin with Jerry..a good review of the song can be found arts.ucsc.edu/GDEAD/AGDL/moon.html

    sugErspunon July 07, 2006   Link

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