She Wears A Red Robe (feat. Jon Hicks on melodica)
C. Strøm
She Wears A Red Robe (feat. Jon Hicks on melodica)
by
C. Strøm
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Tape-recorded 2008; Ellingsøya, Norway; & enhanced in Virginia.
Jonathan Hicks on melodica and backup guitar.
Re-contexualization of the ancient song 'the Rose'
as sung by Georg Vinton Graham.
She wears a red robe
like the daintiest queen
all gleaming in jewels of dew
Down in a green valley
all purple and gold
The morning came dewy and bright
I stood at my window to see them unfold
Their buds at the kiss of de light
So sing me a song of the rose
a song that is tender and true
She wears a red robe
like the daintiest queen
all gleaming in jewels of dew
Now late in the evening
when my labours are o'er
The shadows grow
long o'er the leaves
The breath of the roses
come in through my door
as though they were speaking to me
So sing me a song of the rose
a song that is tender and true
She wears a red robe
like the daintiest queen
all gleaming in jewels of dew
[No beautiful palace have I on the hill
No picture to hang on my wall
But there is no painter
who can match with the skill
all the roses that bloom on my wall]