Lovey Dove settin'
In the paw-paw tree -
Callin' to her sweetheart
Pretty as can be -
Wish I had somebody
Talk that way to me :
Wish I had a
Lovey Dove !
(Chorus)
Lovey Dove , Lovey Dove
Coo-coo-coo
Lovey Dove singin'
I miss you -
Lovey Dove , Lovey Dove
Coo-coo-coo...
Lovey Dove I miss you !
II
I used to have a Lovey Dove
But she flew away -
She just up an' left me
All alone one day -
She's flyin' with the Angels
Up above -
Lord, I miss my
Lovey Dove !
AFTER ALL THIS TIME
After all this time
She should be nothing but a memory:
A smile – a passing pleasantry;
I ask myself : Shouldn't she ?
And isn't it a fact
The brightest memories grow frayed,
And fade, and fade, and fade to gray ?
That's what they say – anyway....
So why does my tired heart do cartwheels
When somebody mentions her name ?
Shouldn't I shrug,and walk away ?
Wouldn't she – probably- do the same ?
After all
After all this
After all this time.
Lately I've been wandering
Golden fields of memory-
Where it's always a bright new morning
In a world made just for me:
The breath of Spring is on my cheek,
And there's no more tears or pain-
And the Great Blue Herons dance for me
In the early morning rain.
(Chorus)
Father Time, don't hurry me !
Let me sip the wine of memory-
It's my time to go
I won't be comin ' back again !
I want to be where mountain eagles fly-
Want to soar with them so free and high-
Want to be again where the Great Blue Herons
Are dancin' in the morning rain !
(2)
I met her by the millpond
At the very break of day :
She had come to watch the Herons dance
But she stole my heart away !
Oh, she's gone for almost thirty years
But in happy dreams I see
How the morning sunlight touched her hair
And the way she smiled at me.
My heart is in the mountains
That I left so long ago
Where the Red Shoulder soars
On the breath of the gods
Over green fields far below.
I hear the pine trees whisper
And the North Wind calls my name
And I wish I could fly
Soaring free, soaring high
To my mountain home again !
(Chorus)
Mountain home – far away
How I miss my mountain home !
And I pray that I'll return some day
To my dear old mountain home !
2
I left the mountains in my youth
On a search for wealth and fame-
But the long,bitter years
Have brought little but tears
And discredit to my name.
And now I'm in State's Prison
With its walls so grim and gray-
But in dreams I am free
And my heart carries me
To my home so far away.
(Chorus)
Mountain home – far away
How I miss my mountain home !
And I pray that I'll return some day
To my dear old mountain home !
The eagle calls !
Forsaking walls
My spirit leaps to join her
In the freedom of the skies.
Our golden eyes
Flash like summer lightning
As in mock attack we clash :
Talons locked, we pinwheel down -
How the air around us sings !
Until at last, our passions quenched
We spread our whistling wings
To soar, aloof
Above Man's lowly world of things.
But then – below- I see myself
Still trapped in mortal chains :
Never to know the secrets of the wind -
Or to drink the wine of Freedom
From the chalice of the rains.
Narration
To a place some call Manassas
And others call Bull Run
Marched two great armies – Blue and Gray
In the Spring of Sixty-One.
Two generals manuevered
And emplaced their heavy guns
Sullivan Potter's final thoughts
Were of Sarah and his sons.
(Music up)
I dreamed of you last night,dear wife-
Of our home so far away
Saw the dear children kneel by the fire so bright:
I could almost hear them pray.
But the grandfather's clock
That I bought for your birthday
It was silent: the hands stopped at Ten;
And I knew in my dream I had fallen in battle-
Ne'er would I see you again !
(Chorus)
Oh, if I should fall in battle, darling
Please promise not to cry:
The breath of Spring upon your cheek
Will tell you that I am still nigh:
Through blazing sun and through winter's cold
Till life itself is through-
When you reach the end of your long,long road
I'll be waiting, dear for you.
2
The bugles sound and the horses snort:
I must march with my brigade-
We must cross the bridge at Manassas Creek
Where the cruel games of war will be played.
I wish there were more time to tell you I love you
But I must go march with my men
I wish I could be home,my darling beside you
I just wish I could hold you again !
(Chorus)
Oh, if I should fall in battle, darling
Please promise not to cry:
The breath of Spring upon your cheek
Will tell you that I am still nigh:
Through blazing sun and through winter's cold
Till life itself is through-
When you reach the end of your long,long road
I'll be waiting, dear for you.
Narration
When the smoke of battle lifted
And everything was still.
Sullivan Potter and his dreams
Lay silent on that hill.
The centuries have come and gone
And there's no more Blue and Gray
But brave soldiers still write letters home
And brave families wait and pray.
(Chorus)
Oh, if I should fall in battle, darling
Please promise not to cry:
The breath of Spring upon your cheek
Will tell you that I am still nigh:
Through blazing sun and through winter's cold
Till life itself is through-
When you reach the end of your long,long road
I'll be waiting, dear for you.
(Tune : Londonderry Air / Danny Boy)
1.
I miss you , Love:
Sometimes in early morning
I stop and touch
Your empty rocking chair –
I know you’re gone
But sometimes I forget,dear,
And my heart aches
Because you are not there.
2.
Your shy sweet smile
Still calls me to your side, Love
As it once did
So many years ago –
And in my dreams
It sparkles like an ember
To warm me with
Its golden afterglow.
3.
I thank you, Lord
For all the years You gave us ;
She’s in Your hands :
I know it had to be –
Ease Thou my pain
And help me be deserving -
Until rejoined
We share eternity.
Chorus
So many years
We walked through life together:
The smiles, the tears,
The sunshine and the rain-
Had I but known
Someday you’d have to leave me
I tell you, Love :
I’d do it all again !
As I walked,long ago
Through the Valley of Shadows -
So cold and alone in my fear,
Oh, I heard a voice call me
“Come walk in green pastures-
Be not afraid, I am here.”
(Chorus)
Reach out your hand to me
Come and meet me half-way...
Fear not the terror that walks at night
Or the arrow that flieth by day.
2
In the air all around me
The bullets were howling -
All around me my brave comrades died;
But I reached out my hand
For the hand of my Shepherd
And we walked through that storm side by side.
(Chorus)
Reach out your hand to me
Come and meet me half-way...
Fear not the terror that walks at night
Or the arrow that flieth by day.
3
Many years have gone by
Since I walked through that Valley-
I am old and my time's drawing near:
Soon my Shepherd will call me
To eternal green pastures,
And I'll run to His side without fear.
(Chorus)
Reach out your hand to me
Come and meet me half-way...
Fear not the terror that walks at night
Or the arrow that flieth by day.
Deep in the Jersey Barrens
Outside the town of Leeds
There lived a lonesome widder-
No man to tend her needs.
Then, one All Hallows' Evenin'
When the moon was pale an' white
She cried : “I'd let ol Satan hisself
Come share my love tonight.”
Chorus
Keep to the middle of the trail,friend
When the moon is pale an' white-
An' build up the fire at the ol' campsite:
The Devil walks tonight !!
2
Ol' Scratch he come a courtin'-
Kept her dancin' till the dawn:
One year later to the day
The Devil's child was born !
Oh, when she saw that baby
The widder give a wail:
He looked just like his Daddy-
Complete with horns an' tail !!
(Chorus)
Keep to the middle of the trail,friend
When the moon is pale an' white-
An' build up the fire at the ol' campsite:
The Devil walks tonight !!
3
The moral of this story
Is easy fer to see :
The Devil's always willin'
To furnish company !
So, gentlemen be on your toes:
Better treat them ladies right-
Or that ol' Jersey Devil
Might take yer place some night !!
(Chorus)
Keep to the middle of the trail,friend
When the moon is pale an' white-
An' build up the fire at the ol' campsite:
The Devil walks tonight !!
She's a-runnin' through the Barrens
With a skillet in her hand:
Stop that jade ! Stop that jade !
An' things jest ain't a workin' out
The way the Deacon planned-
Stop that jade ! Stop that jade !
It's no use to call the Sheriff
Cause the rascal's outa town
An' the Deputy's in Chatsworth
Payin' court to Molly Brown-
So pass the jug around agin -
Mebbe then we'll run her down:
Deacon's yellin' “Go stop that jade !”
2
That jade she was indentured
To ol' skinflint Deacon Jones-
Stop that jade ! Stop that jade !
An' while his missus was in town
He tried to jump her bones
Stop that jade ! Stop that jade !
Oh, she waited till the Deacon
Had his britches round his knees,
Then she hit 'im with a skillet
Jest as nicely as you please:
Done left him with his wherewithal
A- coolin' in the breeze -
Deacon's yellin' “Go stop that jade !”
3
She's a- runnin' past the stillhouse
An' across the Treaty land
Stop that jade ! Stop that jade !
But I reckon we won't catch 'er
If we git too drunk to stand
Stop that jade ! Stop that jade !
It's no use to go a runnin'
When yer feet's all tangled up
She'll be halfway down to Quakertown
Before we sober up...
So pass the jug aroun' agin'
I'll try another cup !!
Deacon's yellin : “ Go stop that jade !”
