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Thread #90939 Message #1726960
Posted By: Janie
25-Apr-06 - 10:58 AM
Thread Name: Lyr Req: Down on the Riverbed (Los Lobos)
Subject: Lyr Req: 'Down on the Riverbend'
On the 4/22 broadcast of "A Praire Home Companion," Jearlyn Steele sang a song called "Down on the Riverbend" that I cannot find more information about. I'm wondering who wrote it. Also, she indicated a good friend of hers had recorded it but didn't say who. Los Lobos has recorded a song with the same or a similar name, but I doubt it is the same (and can't find lyrics for their song to confirm anyway.)
The chorus is:
Down on the Riverbend Down on the Riverbend Down on the Riverbend I asked my lover to take (hold) my hand
Verses include something about a church on the hill, a red-tailed hawk in the sky, a train....