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Lady Gay

from The Space Between by Janam

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U.S., traditional, from Alan Lomax, “Golden Kisses” by Juliana Graffagna
A southern ballad with underlying themes of infanticide and witchcraft.

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There was a lady and a lady gay,
Of children she had three,
She sent them away to the North Counteree
For to learn their grammaree


They'd not been there very long,
Scarcely six months and a day,
‘Til death, cold death, came hasting along
And stole those babes away.


It was about old Christmas time
Nights being cold, nights being clear.
She looked and saw her three little babes
Running home to her.


She set a table long and wide,
On it she put bread and wine,
"Come eat, come drink, my three little babes,
Come eat, come drink of mine."


"We want none of your bread, mother,
Neither do we want your wine,
For yonder stands our Savior dear,
And to Him we must resign."


"Green grass grows over our heads, mother,
Cold clay is under our feet,
And every tear you shed for us,
It wets our winding-sheet."


Give you my love soft golden kisses
Sunshine on eyelids and candlelit wishes

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from The Space Between, released January 1, 2015
With Dan Cantrell

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Janam Oakland, California

Janam (My Soul) blends Balkan and American roots and original music, creating rapturous acoustic textures, whirling rhythms and stunning vocal harmonies. Janam features: Dan Auvil, percussion and voice; Tom Farris, laouto and guitar; Juliana Graffagna, voice and accordion; Gari Hegedus, oud, saz and mandocello and mandolin; and Shira Kammen, violin, harp and voice. ... more

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