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Gad Harvey

from Sincerely, Dorothy by Dear Herman

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Down by the wharf on a boat in the water
Lives a man with a spiteful face
Some say the devil for his soul made a barter
And left him a blight on the race
But his name’s Gad Harvey
He’s just an old man with a grudge

He sings “Evangeline, Evangeline,
Oh my long lost grace, Evangeline”


Back in the day when old Gad was a dandy
He fell in love with Noland’s sister
His love was a fire and his poems smelled of brandy
And one night on the wharf he kissed her
“Hands off, Gad Harvey”
Noland rolled him in the mud


He said, “Evangeline, Evangeline,
Harvey’s a disgrace, Evangeline.”


Now he rents fishing boats for 25 dollars
To the tourists every year
When he comes to town you can hear him holler
“Noland Mains better not be here!”
Children run from Harvey
He’s an angry old cuss with a grudge


He sings, “Evangeline, Evangeline
My long lost grace, Evangeline.”

When Tom was junior he would fish by the water
And Harvey, he would bait him,
But the son of that Noland didn’t side with his father
By the summer it was kin against kin
Tom called his Auntie
He brought up the old grudge

He said, “Evangeline, Evangeline
You’re still Harvey’s grace, Evangeline”

So she met him on the wharf in the sweetest yellow dress
Old Harvey he had showered
When Evie took his hand, life was kind in her caress
He knew he’d always been a coward
He had no kind thing to offer
She took the train to Santa Fe.

He sings, “Evangeline, Evangeline
My long lost grace, Evangeline.”

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from Sincerely, Dorothy, released October 24, 2013

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Dear Herman is Crystal Davy and Melissa Taylor. We are sisters. An autopsy after our deaths will reveal that our backbones are forged with mountain rock. Our hearts' last beat was the oompha of mariachi music. And our tendons are actually quotations from Jane Austen ... more

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