Lass Of The Low Country - Lyrics - Odetta
Odetta Holmes , known as Odetta, was an American singer, actress, guitarist, songwriter, and a civil and human rights activist, often referred to as "The Voice of the Civil Rights Movement". Her musical repertoire consisted largely of American folk music, blues, jazz, and spirituals. An important figure in the American folk music revival of the 1950s and 1960s, she was influential to many of the key figures of the folk-revival of that time, including Bob Dylan, Joan Baez, Mavis Staples, and Janis Joplin. Time included her song "Take This Hammer" on its list of the All-Time 100 Songs, stating that "Rosa Parks was her No. 1 fan, and Martin Luther King Jr. called her the queen of American folk music."
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She was a lass of the low country
and he was a lad of a high degree
She loved his lordship so tenderly
Sing sorrow
Sing sorrow
For she sleeps in the valley where the wild flowers nod
Nobody knows she loved him
Save herself and God
One day when the sun was o'er the mead
He passed her on a milk white stead
She waved as he passed
but he paid not heed
Sing sorrow
Sing sorrow
For she sleeps in the valley where the wild flowers nod
and nobody knows she loved him
Save herself and God.
If ye be a lass of the low country
Don't love a lord of a high degree
He ain't got no heart and no sympathy
Sing sorrow
Sing sorrow
For she sleeps in the valley where the wild flowers nod
and nobody knows she loved him
Save herself and God
