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Down in the Valley
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Album: Songs of the South: Bagpipes and Banjos
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Traditional
This song is thought to have originated in the British Isles centuries ago. It appeared in the Southern mountains, populated by English, Scotch and Irish immigrants, around 1803. Later on the song was sung by the people traveling westward over the mountains of Tennessee and Kentucky into Arkansas and Missouri. The song was passed down through the generations by memorization, in the true folk-song tradition, and has remained popular through the years.
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Down in the valley, the valley so low
Hang your over, hear the wind blow
Hear the wind blow love, hear the wind blow
Hang your over, hear the wind blow
Roses love sunshine, violets love dew,
Angels in Heaven know I love you.
Know I love you dear, know I love you;
Angels in Heaven know I love you.
If you don't love me, love whom you please;
Throw your arms 'round me, give my heart ease.
Give my heart ease, love, give my heart ease;
Throw your arms 'round me, give my heart ease.
Writing this letter, containing three lines,
Answer my question, "Will you be mine?"
Will you be mine, dear, will you be mine?
Answer my question, "Will you be mine?"
Write me a letter, send it by mail;
Send it in care of Birmingham jail.
Birmingham jail, love, Birmingham jail;
Send it in care of Birmingham jail.
Down in the valley, valley so low,
Hang your head over, hear the wind blow.
Hew the wind blow, love, hear the wind blow,
Hang your head over, hear the wind blow.
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