CRY OF THE WHIPPOORWILL

"Cry of the Whippoorwill" has it all: young love, the lonesome wail of a nightbird, a dark and windy night and two lovers lost forever. What else do you need for a bluegrass song? How about some great vocals and expert playing? Rhonda gives all that and more on the opening track to her album The Storm Still Rages (Rounder #0474; 1 Camp St., Cambridge, MA 02140; Ph: 800-768-6337; Web: www.rounder.com).

Words & Music by Rhonda Vincent & Terry Herd [c] Sally Mountain Publishing / Sparkinator Publishing / BMI

CHORUS: Now listen close and you can hear
Their mournful cries ring through the darkness
Lovers lost and all alone
Spirits, too, forever gone

Like a nightbird's wail when the wind is still
The sound of a river and a whippoorwill
Like the driving rain on a roof of tin
Her words of love call out to him

In the chill of the night through the falling snow
Two hearts run wild, no where to go
Crossing hills and valleys wide
To meet once more on the other side

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It's a bitter wind that sings her song
'Bout a love so right and yet so wrong
And promised hearts where passions dwell
No one can see, no one can tell

Souls lost in time, they were never found
Frozen in silence on the cold hard ground
Forever one, forever free
Wrapped in the arms of eternity

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