The Last Night of Dana (a song of Massachusetts history by Eddie Biggins)

#Quabbin #singersongwriter #Massachusetts The Last Night of Dana (Eddie Biggins) Jacob's harmonica sang plaintively low The saddest song he'd ever know While Joshua's fiddle and Annie's guitar played along Each note hung in the air like drizzling rain The mist of memory, hope and pain The neighbors embraced as they swayed to an old favorite song [chorus] And with most of the populace already gone And the last few stragglers packed up to move on The band kept on playing right up until dawn On the last night of Dana Silent, the laborers heard all the sobs But times were hard, men needed jobs For most of them there was no choice but to take what they could Although they sympathized with their neighbors' plight All had grown too tired to fight And Jacob, he played for them, nodding like he understood [chorus] The state came along and took over their land To build the new reservoir So four little towns were displaced by the waters Finally everyone said their goodbyes With heartfelt h