This song might need some explaining. It is a conversation between a small-town farmer and a small-town banker who have been lifelong neighbors and friends. The farmer, Burley Coulter, and the banker, unnamed here, are both inhabitants of Port William, Kentucky. The community and its characters are fictional; but they come fully alive through dozens of books and short stories that Wendell Berry has been writing for well over fifty years. It is the banker who is singing the song.
The song — ‘Burley Coulter In The Bank’ — is here<– https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FGQMJphviLY&feature=youtu.be
The lyrics of the song can be found separately —here<– https://www.folkmusic.com/ghostlightlyrics.html
The song is written by John McCutcheon, and was posted on Youtube about two years ago. As of this posting, it registers a total of 515 views. It is probably not going viral, though I don’t think it would hurt if it did.
If you’d like to know more about songwriter, you can read about him here:
<–https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_McCutcheon
— rh 1-Apr-2020
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