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Thread #761   Message #2313
Posted By: rich r
17-Feb-97 - 02:31 PM
Thread Name: Lyr Req: Lonesome Road (from Paul Clayton)
Subject: Lyr Add: LONG LONESOME ROAD (from Ian & Sylvia)
LONG LONESOME ROAD
From: IAN & SYLVIA - Four Strong Winds (Vanguard)

Look up and down that long lonesome road.
Hang down your head and cry, my lord,
Hang down your head and cry.

I wish to the Lord I'd never been born,
Died when I was a baby, my lord,
Died when I was a baby.

I wouldn't be eatin' this cold cornbread,
Soppin' this salty gravy, my lord,
Soppin' this salty gravy.

I wish I had some fine young man
To tell all my troubles to, my lord,
To tell all my troubles to.

'Cause this young feller that I'm goin' with
Tells everything I do, my lord,
Tells everything I do.

Look up and down that long lonesome road.
Hang down your head and cry, my lord,
Hang down your head and cry.

Look up and down that long lonesome road,
Where all our friends have gone, my lord,
And you and I must go.


This version is notable (perhaps?) because, except for solos, Sylvia usually sang harmony and Ian the melody. On this Sylvia sing melody straight thru with Ian as harmony.

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