Tablature birds were singing of you - The Carter Family

          



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  Date: 2/5/98; 3:56:24 PM

  From: JohnWbanjo@aol.com

  Subject: THE BIRDS WERE SINGING OF YOU by The Carter Family

  

  This is a Carter Family original that they recorded in 1930 and has been

  included in Rounder's collection entitled "Worried Man Blues" (Rounder CD

  1067). I learned it by ear from Kay Justice at the Augusta Heritage Arts

  Workshops in 1994, and my interpretation is somewhat of an amalgam of Kay's

  version and the Carters'. The original recording, and Kay's interpretation,

  both had guitar accompaniment. I play banjo with it. Both work smoothly. It's

  a sweet love song that lends itself to some compelling harmonies.

  

  --John

  Chicago, IL

  

  THE BIRDS WERE SINGING OF YOU by The Carter Family

  	    A						D

  Last night the pale moon was shining

  	    A				    E7

  Last night when all was still

  	     A			   D

  I wandered alone in sadness

  	    A		E7		    A

  Out among the woodland hills.

  

  I heard the birds a-singing

  Out among the trees and views

  And every bird, my darling

  Was singing, was singing of you.

  				   D					  A

  Chorus:	Was singing, singing of you, my love

  										   E7

  			Was singing, was singing of you

  				  A				 D

  			And every bird, my darling

  				  A				E7		   A

  			Was singing, was singing of you.

  

  I think of you in the daytime

  I dream of you at night

  I wake and wish you were here, love,

  And tears are blinding my sight.

  

  The flowers that slumber so sweetly

  The stars above the blue

  Oh heaven itself, my darling

  Is thinking, is thinking of you.

  

  Chorus:	Is thinking, is thinking of you, my love

  			Is thinking, is thinking of you

  			Oh heaven itself, my darling

  			Is thinking, is thinking of you.

  

  I open my window so gently

  And look on the dreamy view

  The world itself, my darling

  Is sighing, is sighing for you.

  

  Chorus:	Is sighing, is sighing for you, my love

  			Is sighing, is sighing for you

  			The world itself, my darling

  			Is sighing, is sighing for you 


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 Birds were singing of you, de The carter family 

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