From the recording MoonFall
“Sour Mash,” is a bold, gritty tale that blends dark humor with old-school Americana vibes. This lively track is a collaboration with Michael Ferenci and was produced by Tempa, Naor, and Michael. It features Tempa on lead vocals, Naor on acoustic guitar, and Michael Ferenci on guitar, mandolin, bass, and drums.
With toe-tapping rhythms, haunting melodics, and foot-stomping energy, "Sour Mash" captures the raw spirit of bluegrass and folk.
Lyrics
Papa played bass
Mama played fiddle
I played mama
Hey diddle diddle
Jake sang low
Daisy sang high
But I’m the one
Made Daisy cry
I gotta secret
way out back
Liquid lightning
in a hoochie shack
Had me a dog
Good ole Fred
Drank my mash
It killed him dead (killed my dog dead)
Fred lies now
in the shady hills
in the piney woods
by a copper still
Grayley played hambone
on his missing leg
ever since Fred
stole his mumbly peg
Sheriff Dan Grandy
stanky breath
Ham handed dandy
meaner than death
Dandy Dan
brought his handy axe
Broke my still
with forty whacks
Hey nannie nannie
sha na na
Got me a shotgun
shot the law
Got me a shovel
Made him a bed
Dandy Dan sleeps
next to good ole Fred
Flatt and Scruggs
on the radio
A girl’s got ta know
when it’s time to go
Hey diddle diddle
and a digeridoo
Point me down the middle
County Rd Thirty Two
Gave Daisy a ring
and he kissed her slow
Said come on baby
We gots ta’ go
Daisy got a pup
His name is Blue
She held him like a baby
And away we flew (on down the road)
Jugs and washboard
Hoot and holler
Jars of shine
Pigs in the waller
Jake sang low
Daisy sang high
But I’m the one that made Daisy cry
Jake sang low
Daisy sang high
But I’m the one that made Daisy cry
Jake sang low
Daisy sang high
But I’m the one that made Daisy cry
I’m the one that made Daisy cry
I’m the one that made Daisy cry