Name: Gris-Gris Girl
Duration: P00H02M48S
Description: A lighthearted romp through the southern swamps! I've had the good fortune to live with and get to know folks who were serious practitioners of Voudoun, and I found it to be a beautiful and benign system of belief, largely centered around love and respect for one's ancestors and for nature. It's a tradition with a lot of colorful folklore, too, for sure.

Gris-Gris Girl

from The Word From The Swamp by Beowulf Kingsley

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A lighthearted romp through the southern swamps! I've had the good fortune to live with and get to know folks who were serious practitioners of Voudoun, and I found it to be a beautiful and benign system of belief, largely centered around love and respect for one's ancestors and for nature. It's a tradition with a lot of colorful folklore, too, for sure.

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GRIS-GRIS GIRL

I got a girl so fine and pretty
Dressed up in those gypsy clothes
She’s got a thing goin’ on right now
I think that everybody knows

I had to go and do it
Yeah, I had to go and do it
I had to go and do it,
Go and get with the Gris-Gris Girl

People say that I’m crazy
Talkin’ all out of my head
She got a lock of my hair in a knot
And it’s hidden underneath the bed

I had to go and do it
Yeah, I had to go and do it
I had to go and do it,
Go and get with the Gris-Gris Girl
Well, I’m not saying I’m not happy
Not about to cut and fly
And the shrunken heads on the mantlepiece
They’re tellin’ me I better not try

The amulets around her neck
Protecting me from harm
But she says if I mess around
I’m goin’ down to the zombie farm

I had to go and do it
Yeah, I had to go and do it
I had to go and do it,
Go and get with the Gris-Gris Girl

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from The Word From The Swamp, released October 30, 2021
Todd/Beowulf, Vocals & Upright Bass; Brian Fullen, Drums, Jack Pearson, Resophonic Guitar; TJ Klay, Harmonica

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Beowulf Kingsley Grass Lake Charter Township, Michigan

Todd was here before. Perhaps you recognize him from back then. He looked different then, though. If you think he owes you any money, he was probably some other guy. Those other guys are gone now. We think they may be in Guam, or possibly Kansas.

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