Alex Martin - Appalachian Fall

10. Appalachian Fall
The lyric of this concluding track is another short gem of a poem that required very little work on my part to become a song, beyond deciding which part to bring back as a refrain. In it, my father is perched high an apple tree in the Henegers’ yard, overlooking the valley. The panorama of his neighbors’ fields gives him a feeling of plenitude and belonging in this world that he adopted, and that adopted him. Gabby’s banjo contributes to the celebration.