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The Unquiet Grave (Child No. 78)
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Joan Baez
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(revised version sung by Joan Baez)
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Cold blows the wind to my true love,
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And gently drops the rain.
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I've never had but one true love,
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And in green-wood he lies slain.
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I'll do as much for my true love,
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As any young girl may,
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I'll sit and mourn all on his grave,
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For twelve months and a day.
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And when twelve months and a day was passed,
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The ghost did rise and speak,
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"Why sittest thou all on my grave
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And will no let me sleep? "
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"Go fetch me water from the desert,
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And blood from out the stone,
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Go fetch me milk from a fair maid's breast
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That young man never has known. "
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"How oft on yonder grave, sweetheart,
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Where we were want to walk,
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The fairest flower that e'er I saw
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Has withered to a stalk. "
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"A stalk has withered and dead, sweetheart,
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The flower will never return,
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And since I've lost my own true love,
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What can I do but yearn. "
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"When will we meet again, sweetheart,
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When will we meet again? "
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"When the autumn leaves that fall from the trees
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Are green and spring up again. "
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The Unquiet Grave (Child #78)
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Traditional Folk Song
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From "Joan Baez 5"
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Sung by Joan Baez (5), Frankie Armstrong
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(Lovely on Water), Ian Campbell, and Patons
Joan Baez ~ The Unquiet Grave
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