Down In The Valley
(later version)
Words & Music:
Traditional American
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Down in the valley, valley so
low. Hang your head over, hear the wind blow.
Hear the wind blow, dear, hear
the wind blow.
Hang your head 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.
Down in the valley, walking
between, telling our story, here's what it sings:
Here's what it sings, dear,
here's what it sings,
Telling our story, here's what
it sings:
Build me a castle forty feet
high. So, I can see her as she
goes by,
As she goes by, dear, as she
goes by. So, I can see her as she
goes by.
Bird in a cage, love, bird in
a cage, dying for freedom, ever a slave;
Ever a slave, dear, ever a
slave, dying for freedom, ever a slave.
Write me a letter, send it by
mail, send it in care of the Birmingham jail.
Birmingham jail, love,
Birmingham jail, send it in care of the Birmingham jail.
Writing this letter,
containing three lines,
Answer my question, "Will
you be mine?"
"Will you be mine, dear,
will you be mine?Ó
Answer my question, "Will
you be mine?"
If you don't love me, love
whom you please,
But, throw your arms round me,
give my heart ease.
Give my heart ease, dear, give
my heart ease.
Throw your arms round me, give
my heart ease.
Down in the valley, valley so
low. Hang your head over, hear the
wind blow
Hear the wind blow, dear, hear
the wind blow
Hang your head over, hear the
wind blow.
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Hang your head over, hear the
wind blow.