The Mudcat Café TM
Thread #135457 Message #3866296
Posted By: Joe Offer
15-Jul-17 - 05:21 PM
Thread Name: Rhiannon Giddens/Carolina Chocolate Drops
Subject: ADD: Come Love Come (Rhiannon Giddens)
You'll find this song in the TED talk I linked to above.
COME, LOVE, COME
(Rhiannon Giddens)
Come, love, come, the road lies low
The way is long and hard I know
Come, love, come, the road lies free
I'll wait for you in Tennessee
When I was four, my loving mam
Was cornered by the boss's man
She turned her head, and got struck down
They buried her in the cold, cold ground
Come, love, come, the road lies low
The way is long and hard I know
Come, love, come, the road lies free
I'll wait for you in Tennessee
When I was twelwe, my father dear
Was strong of arm and free of fear
Until the day he raised his hand
Then he was sold to Alabam'
Come, love, come, the road lies low
The way is long and hard I know
Come, love, come, the road lies free
I'll wait for you in Tennessee
When I was sixteen, found my bloom
And found my man, we jumped the broom
We pledged each other the rest of our lives
And on Saturday nights we were man and wife
Come, love, come, the road lies low
The way is long and hard I know
Come, love, come, the road lies free
I'll wait for you in Tennessee
When I was eighteen, bugles called
And boys in blue came o'er the wall
I took my chance, and followed free
They led the way to Tennessee
Come, love, come, the road lies low
The way is long and hard I know
Come, love, come, the road lies free
I'll wait for you in Tennessee
So here I sit, in a tiny shack
With thirteen others at my back
I've sent you word, so all I can do
Is wait, and wait, and wait... for you
Come, love, come, the road lies low
The way is long and hard I know
Come, love, come, the road lies free
I'll wait for you in Tennessee
I'll wait for you
I'll wait for you
I'll wait for you
I'll wait for you
from the album Freedom Highway (2017)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W-DTNHh-iA0