4. Undone in Sorrow :: Ola Belle Reed (Grassy Creek NC/Rising Sun MD). A woman who has inspired so many with her songs, her banjo playing and her voice. She can put you in her songs the moment she sings that first line, and can leave you feeling like you ARE the song, you LIVED the song. This is the power of any kind of good music, and Ola Belle has given us that kind of inspiration. This is one of our favorite songs of hers that seems to help console even some of our deepest sorrows.
lyrics
Over yonder in that graveyard
Where the wildflowers grow
Oh there they lay my own true lover
She’s gone from me forever more
Fairer than the sweetest flower
Restless as the wildest wind
Born with a love deep as the ocean
This was the girl that I did leave
I left her there back in those mountains
To see the world, riches to gain
Oh when I returned no earthly treasures
Could ease this heart so full of pain
There so high up on that mountain
‘Neath that little mound of clay
Oh, the girl that I returned to marry
So still among the flowers she lay
I’ll go away and I’ll wander
I’ll lay aside my earthly gains
And I’ll not end the man with riches
Undone in sorrow I’ll remain
Over yonder in that graveyard
Where the wildflowers grow
Oh there they lay my own true lover
She’s gone from me forever more
credits
from Don't Let Your Deal Go Down,
released April 1, 2011
Sabra Guzmán – Guitar, Vocals
Chance McCoy - Fiddle
Ben Townsend - Banjo
Jake Hopping - Bass
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Great choice of music, expertly played and sung. Nicely produced. I hope to see The Onlies live, asap. This is an album I listen to over and over. Karamogo
supported by 5 fans who also own “Undone in Sorrow”
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