Down in the Valley
(source: "Rise Up Singing", Peter Blood and Annie Patterson, 1992.)
- Down in the valley, the valley so low,
- Hang your head over, hear the winds blow.
- Hear the winds blow, dear, hear the winds blow.
- Hang your head over, hear the winds blow.
Down in the valley, walking between,
- Telling our story, here's what it means.
- Here's what it means, dear, here's what it means,
- Telling our story, here's what it means.
Roses love sunshine, violets love dew,
- Angels in heaven know I love you;
- Know I love you, dear, know I love you,
- Angels in heaven know I love you.
Build me a castle forty feet high,
- So I can see him as he rides by;
- As he rides by, dear, as he rides by,
- So I can see him as he rides by.
Writing this letter, containing three lines,
- Answer my question, "Will you be mine?"
- "Will you be mine, dear, will you be mine,"
- Answer my question, "Will you be mine?"
If you don't love me, love whom you please,
- Throw your arms round me, give my heart ease.
- Give my heart ease, dear, give my heart ease,
- Throw your arms round me, give my heart ease.
Throw your arms round me, before it's too late;
- Throw your arms round me, feel my heart break.
- Feel my heart break, dear, feel my heart break.
- Throw your arms round me, feel my heart break.