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Thread #58663   Message #931560
Posted By: Jim Dixon
11-Apr-03 - 11:35 PM
Thread Name: Lyr/Chord Req: The Winding Stream (Carter Family)
Subject: Lyr Add: THE WINDING STREAM (Carter Family)
Carter Family lyrics should always be welcome here.

Lyrics copied from http://www.icdc.com/~fmoore/carterfamily/winding_stream.htm

THE WINDING STREAM
(The Carter Family)

Oh, give to me a winding stream--
It must not be too wide--
Where waving leaves from maple trees
Do meet from either side.
The water must be deep enough
To float a small canoe,
With no one else but you.

CHORUS: Do not disturb my waking dream:
The splendor of that winding stream,
Flower in my canoe.
Her eyes they looked me through.
A maiden fair with golden hair
Is very much like you.

The sparkling trout beneath the bank
Does leave his hiding place.
Kingfisher from the bough above
So eager to give chase.
The spreading branches overhead,
The sunlight peeking through,
When looking, dear, at you.

[Recorded 10/13/32 Camden, NJ.]