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09 Nov 12 - 11:32 PM (#3434000) Subject: Lyr Req: Roscoe Holcomb-Weeping Willow From: GUEST,Cap The first verse of this goes "If I was a little Swallow Had little wings and I could fly I'd lie in the arms of my own true lover _______ ________ _________ _________? sounds like something about courting but I can't quite make it out. Anybody else know? The next verse is similar, but is easier to understand "If i were some little sparrow had little wings and I could fly I would lie by the side of my own true lover and there i'd sit till the day I die" Thanks! |
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09 Nov 12 - 11:34 PM (#3434001) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Roscoe Holcomb-Weeping Willow From: GUEST,Cap song is actually called "Willow Tree" on "The High Lonesome Sound" |
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10 Nov 12 - 01:09 AM (#3434010) Subject: Lyr Add: WILLOW TREE (Roscoe Holcomb) From: Jim Dixon The lyrics are given in the album's liner notes, which you can see here: http://folklife-media01.si.edu/liner_notes/folkways/FW02368.pdf. I listened on Spotify, and made some very small corrections: WILLOW TREE As sung by Roscoe Holcomb on "The High Lonesome Sound" (Folkways Records, FA2368, 1965) If I was some little swallow, Had little wings and I could fly, It's I'd light in the arms of my own true lover, And if any courting there, I'd be by. If I were some little sparrow, Had little wings and I could fly, It's I would light by the side of my own true lover, And there I'd sit until the day I die. I'd light up in some weeping willow, Weep for weeks, for months and years. It's I wouldn't eat nothin' but weeping willow, And what I'd drink would be my tears. |
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10 Nov 12 - 08:51 AM (#3434114) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Willow Tree (Roscoe Holcomb) From: GUEST,Cap THANKS A BUNCH! Song makes sense now! |