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Zara Spooked My Jitterbug

from Cassandra, Cursed by Walter Ehresman

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This is the album's first venture into the acoustic side of Walter Ehresman's songwritng, which we know from past albums will always turn up eventually to be an important part of any solo release. There's a real back porch feel to this one, with Ehresman deftly handling acoustic guitars, acoustic bass, 6-string banjo and acoustic mandolins. It's also the funniest song on the album, with tongue firmly in cheek through the various inuendos, with lines like "When we were young you would buzz my bait, down at the tank in the summertime."

Ehresman remembers: "I had a dream about bass fishing, which has got to be a first for me (I loved it as a kid, but haven't gotten to do it in many moons.....), and woke up with this idea for a break-up song that uses the names of famous freshwater fishing lures throughout......Win valuable prizes if you can spot all 12! (and bonus points if you can find the reference to a venerable fishing lure company in there)."

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Zara Spooked My Jitterbug
(©2022 Walter Ehresman)

When we were young, you would buzz my bait;
Down at the tank in the summertime;
Devil’s horse, built to agitate;
Chugger just tryin’ to keep in line.

Seasons passed, and we learned the map;
Down in the dark, where the worms crawl through;
Tried not to hang up in those hidden traps;
Tried not to snag out so far from view.

[chorus]
Zara spooked my jitterbug;
Hula popped my pico perch;
When you said you wouldn’t fish with me,
you left my heart in the lurch;
Now I’m Heddon down to the waterside--
gonna toss one in;
See the devil dare once more;
Watch the beetle spin.

Ain’t havin’ fun with my Texas rig,
now that I’m fishin’ alone;
Lazy Ike and the lukewarm six—
no substitute, now you’re gone.

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from Cassandra, Cursed, released October 17, 2023
Walter Ehresman: vocals; acoustic guitars; acoustic mandolins; acoustic bass guitar; 6-string banjo; sampling.

Produced & engineered by Walter Ehresman at Snipe Bog Studios, San Miguel de Allende, Mexico.

p. 2023 Walter Ehresman. All rights reserved. Snipe Bog Records.

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Walter Ehresman San Miguel De Allende, Mexico

Called "the quintessential Austin DIY artist" by famed local disc jockey Charlie Martin , Walter Ehresman was an eccentric presence in the Austin music scene from the '80s until his 2015 move to Mexico. A prolific songwriter, multi-instrumentalist and recording artist...and a restless musical spirit, always looking for something new, expressed with fearlessly honest, socially-conscious lyrics. ... more

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