Name: Listen To The Mockingbird
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Description: Lyrics by Alice Hawthorne, Music by Richard Milburn, United States, 1855. Read more at www.folkswitch.com/journal/listen-to-the-mockingbird/

Listen To The Mockingbird

from Love Was The Cause Of My Ruin: Traditional Folk Songs From The American River Valleys by The Friday Night Drifters

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Lyrics by Alice Hawthorne, Music by Richard Milburn, United States, 1855. Read more at www.folkswitch.com/journal/listen-to-the-mockingbird/

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Last night I dreamed of my Halley,
Of my Halley, my sweet Halley,
Last night I dreamed of my Halley,
For the thought of her is one that never dies

She's sleeping now in the valley,
In the valley, my sweet Halley,
She's sleeping now in the valley,
And the Mockingbird is singing where she lies

Listen to the Mockingbird, listen to the Mockingbird,
Oh the Mockingbird is singing oe'er her grave,
Listen to the Mockingbird, listen to the Mockingbird,
Still singing where the yellow roses grow

How well do I yet remember,
I remember, I remember,
How well do I yet remember,
For the thought of her is one that never dies

It was in that sweet September,
In September, I remember,
It was in that sweet September,
That the Mockingbird was singing far and wide

Listen to the Mockingbird, listen to the Mockingbird,
Oh the Mocking bird still singing oe'er her grave,
Listen to the Mockingbird, listen to the Mockingbird,
Oh the Mockingbird still singing in the spring

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from Love Was The Cause Of My Ruin: Traditional Folk Songs From The American River Valleys, released May 8, 2019
Todd Atteberry, Vocal, Guitar, Whistling
Todd Lane, Vocal, Bass, Whistling
Teelin Atteberry, Brushes

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