A singable Irish folk ballad from Adam Sweet, based on tales his mother told of Grandpa Kielty, a handsome soldier who traded his lungs for his comrades' lives and sang right through the linen tent. Sergeant Kielty brought wit, song and a dapper spirit home to the valley from the Great War.

Buy & download for $1.50: https://vervemusic.bandcamp.com/track/the-ballad-of-sergeant-kielty

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This one's about Adam Sweet's great-grandfather, Duxbury's butcher and fire chief. He pulled an elder out of the ruins of a burning coastal mansion, hitched his horse back to the wagon and went on with his deliveries. When the town called him before the magistrate, he figured he was in trouble. He got a certificate instead, and the family still has it.

Fiddle, guitar and mandolin. $1.50 on Bandcamp: https://vervemusic.bandcamp.com/track/the-reluctant-hero-of-duxbury-another-verve-original

This time of year, families from all across the region come out to pick pumpkins for their porches and stoops. Adam Sweet wrote The Pumpkin Dance after one of those sunny mornings.

https://vervemusic.bandcamp.com/track/the-pumpkin-dance