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KITTY WELLS Sung by: Mrs. E.P.J. Garrott Recorded on 7/4/61 Click here to listen to the original recording Why he, like others, is not gay, What makes the tears roll down his cheeks From early morn ‘til close of day? Chorus: When the birds was singing in the morning, And the myrtle and the ivy were in bloom, And the sun o’er the hilltop was a-dawning- ‘Twas then they laid her in the tomb. (Comment by Mrs. Garrott: “And I don’t know what the next verse is, but . . . ) But death came in my cabin door, And took away my joy and pride, And when I found she was no more, I laid my banjo down and cried. (Chorus) (Comment by Mrs. Garrott: “Now there’s another verse in there, and the end, that I just don’t know. It comes in with “They buried my sweet Kitty Wells,” but I just don’t remember. Do you remember that?”) Also found in Brown, Vol. III, #411. |
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