"I would send it by the river where the water's overflow, And I'll dream of Pretty Saro, where ever I go," on our last CD. You can listen to it here: http://www.bluegrassmessengers.com/songlist.html Click on Pretty Saro; I got the lyrics from my grandfather's collection. Doesn't sound much like bluegrass though.
PRETTY SARO Bluegrass Messengers from "Farther Along"
(Guitar)
Down in some lonesome valley, in such a lone place, Where the wild birds do whistle, their notes to increase; Farewell Pretty Saro I bid you adieu, And I'll dream of Pretty Saro, where ever I go.
I came to this country in eighteen forty-nine, I saw so many lovers, but I never saw mine; I looked all around me, and I saw I was alone, And me a poor stranger, a long way from home.
(Fiddle Solo)
My love she won't have me, so I, I understand, She wants a freeholder who owns house and land, I can not maintain her with silver and gold, Or buy all fine things a big house can hold.
I wish I were a poet and could write some fine hand, I would write her a letter that she'd understand; I would send it by the river where the water's overflow, And I'll dream of Pretty Saro, where ever I go.
(Guitar)
Farewell Pretty Saro I bid you adieu, And I'll dream of Pretty Saro, where ever I go.