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Her Eyes Were Green

from Wildflowers by Jonathan Byrd

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Once I loved a farm girl only seventeen. She was old enough for me. She would bring me water from her daddy's spring to my shanty down in Cherokee.

Once her daddy found out she was coming 'round. I never did see her again. I tried to send a letter. I walked it into town. I tried to send a message by a friend.

Her eyes were green. Her eyes were green, green as the moss by a mountain stream. I see her always in my dreams and her eyes were green.

In the darkness of the nighttime, in the heat of the day, in the damp of the early morning dew, I miss you so badly, I love you so true. I weep and mourn, I weep and mourn for you.

Early one morning, I came to my door. There was a basket waiting there for me. Wrapped in a shawl that my lover wore, a pretty baby boy in Cherokee.

His eyes were green. His eyes were green, green as the moss by a mountain stream. My darling son, my wildest dream, and his eyes were green.

In the bottom was a letter, a desperate plea, "Take my boy and go to Tennessee. My father and my uncles will come to Cherokee. Go to Knoxville, my love, and wait for me."

Out by the springhouse it was half past ten. Her daddy heard somebody in the night. He shouted his warning. He shouted again. He took his aim and then he took her life.

Her eyes were green. Here eyes were green, green as the moss by a mountain stream. I see her always in my dreams and her eyes were green.

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from Wildflowers, released January 1, 2001
Bill Hicks on fiddle

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Jonathan Byrd Chapel Hill, North Carolina

Preacher's kid, Gulf War veteran, award-winning songwriter, Youtuber, teacher, and creativity coach from North Carolina.

“One of the top 50 songwriters of the last 50 years. ” — Chicago Tribune

“...a folk singer with the heart of a rock 'n' roll band.” — K. Oliver, Free Times. ... more

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