Pretty Saro
from Waiting For The Word by Kevin Adams
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about
A song from the Appalachians. Learned from Pete Morton in exchange for a toothbrush.
Thanks to Robin Mackenzie for the illustration.
robinmackenzie.co.uk
Thanks to Robin Mackenzie for the illustration.
robinmackenzie.co.uk
lyrics
Pretty Saro
Way down in the valley in some lonesome place
I can think of no other pastime than to be with my love
But she says she won’t have me and as I understand
She wants some freeholder while I have no land
If I were a merchant and could write some fine hand
I would write my love a letter that she may understand
And I’d send it by the river where the waters do flow
And I’ll think on pretty Saro wherever I go.
If I were a blackbird and had wings to fly
Straight to my lover’s window there I would draw nigh
And I’d lay there beside her my head on her breast
And there til the morning would I take my rest
Way down in the valley in some lonesome place
I can think of no other pastime than to be with my love
But she says she won’t have me and as I understand
She wants some freeholder while I have no land
traditional
Way down in the valley in some lonesome place
I can think of no other pastime than to be with my love
But she says she won’t have me and as I understand
She wants some freeholder while I have no land
If I were a merchant and could write some fine hand
I would write my love a letter that she may understand
And I’d send it by the river where the waters do flow
And I’ll think on pretty Saro wherever I go.
If I were a blackbird and had wings to fly
Straight to my lover’s window there I would draw nigh
And I’d lay there beside her my head on her breast
And there til the morning would I take my rest
Way down in the valley in some lonesome place
I can think of no other pastime than to be with my love
But she says she won’t have me and as I understand
She wants some freeholder while I have no land
traditional
credits
from Waiting For The Word,
released June 23, 2006
Trad. Arr. Kev Adams
illustration by Robin Mackenzie
Printmaker and Illustrator
robinmackenzie.co.uk
Trad. Arr. Kev Adams
illustration by Robin Mackenzie
Printmaker and Illustrator
robinmackenzie.co.uk
license
all rights reserved
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about
Kevin Adams Milton Keynes, UK
Blending traditional folk music with a love of other genres- classical, jazz, folk-rock, prog-rock, pop… music, music, music…
discography
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contact / help
Kevin Adams recommends:
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My collaborator Dave Makins - check him out.
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