The Mudcat Café TM
Thread #18213   Message #2222230
Posted By: GUEST,Keigh
25-Dec-07 - 12:30 AM
Thread Name: Lyr Add: Appalachian Round
Subject: RE: Lyr Add: Appalachian Round
The round is one sung by the Idleman Sisters in WV. George Furse heard their "Welcome, Welcome" and wrote the words to the traditional melody.

Take me back, oh hills I love;
Lift me from this lonely bed.
Light my way with stars above;
Curl soft winds about my head.
Wash my feet in crystal streams;
Cradle My arms in boughs of oak.
Breathe the scent of pine for dreams;
Wrap me tight in earthen cloak.

Maddie MacNeil has recorded this on her cd "Songs of Earth and Sea"