**Tempo:** Moderate-Fast (138 BPM) **Style:** Traditional Bluegrass with West Coast "Spacey" Dulcimer **Instruments:** Banjo, Fiddle, Mandolin, String Bass, Guitar, and Hammered Dulcimer **Vocals** Female ,70s California Folk, rich , clear contralto, very deep vibrato, similar in vocal mannerisms and musicality to such singers as Kate Wolf and Rosalie Sorrels --- **(INTRO: Instrumental)** *(Starts with a rhythmic thumping on the String Bass. The Hammered Dulcimer enters with a "twinkling" arpeggio, followed by a bluesy Mandolin lick.)* **VERSE 1** Folks say there ain’t much bluegrass in California ‘Least not the kind that’s grown in Old Kentucky Maybe just a golf course or some fancy lawns If you’re looking for the roots, you’ve got to be lucky But I’ve seen the Blue Ridge and the Appalachians They’re a beautiful sight, I will surely agree But to call them mountains—well, let’s be honest They don’t even come up to the Rockies’ knees. **PRE-CHORUS** Kentucky’s lakes and rivers are peaceful sights And there’s beauty in the East’s no-less-starry nights But my heart’s a compass pointing toward the setting sun Where the rivers and the redwoods have only just begun. **CHORUS** I’m a child of the West Coast, where the rivers run free From the Russian to the Gualala, down to the sea Where the Pacific is magnificent and the ocean views are wide And the Redwoods rise in awe with the turning of the tide But I still love that music that wakes the urge to dance Yeah, Bill Monroe’s "Blue Moon" is worth more than a glance. **(INTERLUDE 1: Instrumental)** *(Fiddle and Hammered Dulcimer harmony. The fiddle plays a long, sweeping melody while the dulcimer provides rapid-fire percussion.)* **VERSE 2** There’s no doubt the Carolina hill folk are "true folk" Their tunes are spun from the bottom of the heart And Shenandoah’s rolling waters have a magic A gentle kind of healing they impart But out here the Petaluma’s winding through the valley And the Sierras stand majestic against the blue We might not have the coal mines or the hollows But we’ve got the spirit of the music too. **BRIDGE** *(Tempo slows down; Guitar and Hammered Dulcimer only)* The blend of the banjo and the fiddle’s cry The string bass thumping like a heartbeat nearby The mandolin’s chop and the guitar’s flat-pick scar And that hammered dulcimer, bright and twinkling as a star. **(INTERLUDE 2: Instrumental)** *(High-speed Banjo solo, followed by a walking Bass solo that leads back into the full energy of the chorus.)* **CHORUS** I’m a child of the West Coast, where the rivers run free From the Russian to the Gualala, down to the sea Where the Pacific is magnificent and the ocean views are wide And the Redwoods rise in awe with the turning of the tide But I still love that music that wakes the urge to dance Yeah, Bill Monroe’s "Blue Moon" is worth more than a glance. **OUTRO (Instrumental)** *(Fiddle takes the "Blue Moon of Kentucky" melody and twists it into a California surf-style rhythm. The Hammered Dulcimer gets the final word with a sparkling high-note flourish.)*
