Mighty steamer on the Tombigbee
On its maiden pleasure cruise
The brand new calliope
And the classiest revues
All the people of the valley
The fashions of the day
Now they're resting at Odd Fellows
Souls a'restless, so they say
Figures on fire
Figures on fire
Cling to the trees
All the way home
Some years later I saw Eliza
On the river still in flames
Now I'm looking for survivors
Calling out their names
James McCrory is a'roaming
Captain Stone's greeting guests
Emmet Calhoun's at the tables
Placing hundred year old bets
Far away
Far away
Waves up in flames
All the way home
Ghostly steamer on the Tombigbee
On its maiden pleasure jaunt
You can still hear the calliope
On the river that it haunts
Eliza Battle on the river
Oh the river's on fire
Now they're calling it an omen
On the telegraph wire
With their blend of playfulness and graduate-level instrumentation, Dorcha deftly prove that improvisational zeal and conservatory-level precision aren't mutually exclusive. Bandcamp Album of the Day Nov 16, 2020