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Thread #96551 Message #1889213
Posted By: Q (Frank Staplin)
20-Nov-06 - 03:55 PM
Thread Name: Lyr Add: Bird in a Cage (Jean Ritchie)
Subject: Lyr Add: Bird in a Cage (Ritchie)
LYR. ADD: BIRD IN A CAGE by Jean Ritchie
High on the mountain, Valley so low; All you can feel, dear, Is the cold rain and snow, Cold rain and snow.
Turn your back on me, Court whom you please; I can't forget you, Darlin', I can't get free, I can't get free.
I'm a bird in a cage, Love, Just a bird in a cage. Begging for freedom, And I'm dying a slave, Dying a slave.
Build up your walls, Love, Build them so high. Only let me see you, Darlin', as you pass by, As you pass by.
For I'm a bird in a cage, Love, Little bird in a cage. Begging for freedom, And I'm dying a slave, Dying a slave.
Jean Ritchie, 1971, "Celebration of Life," p. 52, with score (cf. "Down in the Valley"). "Bird in a Cage," copyright 1969, 1971, Geordie Music Pub. Co., Inc., NY.
There is a thread where these lyrics by Jean Ritchie were requested, but I can't find it now.