Originally Posted by John Hunt
Thank you for the kind words! I notice you live in Alabama now. I grew up in a rural area east of Montgomery and had a pretty healthy respect for the swampy parts there - there were snakes, alligators, and in fact also a broken-down tin-roof shack on posts in the middle of a flooded area covered with scummy, black water, which terrified me as a kid - I had no idea if anyone still lived there then and if so, who. (And that's what I was thinking of when I wrote the song)


WOW! That's a pretty terrifying scene! Interesting, I mentioned previously that I'm an author in addition to a songwriter. I'm three chapters away from finishing a historical fiction tha\t is set very close to where you said you grew up. It's a fictitious town about 40 miles south of Selma. It would be near the area between what is now Camden and Alberta. I did six months of research of that area and its history before writing a single word. I live in Priceville, AL,which is adjacent to Decatur. I'm originally from St. Louis, MO. I've been here 11 years and still can't make "yes" a three-syllable word!

Very interesting!

Again, I enjoyed your song very much. BTW, here are lyrics to that song I told you about in my initial reply:


Midnight In The Swamp
© January 2007 Alan D. David, BMI
All Rights Reserved

((Music Intro)

(v1)
It always makes me nervous
When I look into the sky
I see that full moon rising
As the daylight starts to die
That Loosi-ana Bayou
Takes on a whole new face
As shadows and black magic
Take o’er that haunted place

(v2)
Your skin will crawl with goose bumps
Your hair will stand on end
Static charges through the air
As the midnight sun sets in
The swamp takes on an aura
Like no man could ever know
As the Mistress of the Darkness
Casts her spell of ebb and flow

(Chorus)
Moonlight weaving shadows
As the critters play and romp
Bayous all flow backwards
When it’s midnight in the swamp
When evil spirits moan their chant
Their sonnets chill and daunt
No mortal man should be there
When it’s midnight in the swamp

(v3)
Nothing like you’ve ever heard
Wind passing through the threads
Plays its arcane symphony
On the silken spider webs
The swamp goes spooky silent
Just before it starts to shake
And in a pirogue left behind
Alligators dance with snakes

(v4)
When the moon starts falling
‘Fore night breaks into day
A hush spreads cross the bayou
As the magic fades away
The eerie frolic ceases
As the daylight filters in
But it’s just a few short hours
‘Til the madness starts again

Repeat Chorus

(Music Outro)





Until next time:

Alan

Last edited by Al-David; 08/21/25 03:08 PM.
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