Name: The Blind Man's Song
Duration: P00H02M55S
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Buell Kazee, vocal and banjo - The Blind Man's Song

from Survey of Traditional Music, Vol. 3: Songs of Melancholy and Sorrow by Field Recorders' Collective

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’Mid sorrow, ’mid sadness I am destined to roam,
Forlorn and forsaken I wander alone.
For all the works of nature are hidden from my view.
The pleasures of life I must ever bid adieu.

I can hear the merry laughs while gathered in the throng,
When friends greet friends as they hurry along
In groups on their way for some pleasure to find.
Oh, God, what affliction it is to be blind.

I can hear the babbling brook as it rolls on its way,
Reflecting its waters on bright summer days.
Its sweet and low murmurs are pleasant to me.
Its bright and sparkling waters I never more can see.

I can feel the gentle breeze as it sweeps o’er the field,
Bringing in sweet fragrance the flowers do yield.
Their sweet and fragrant odors are pleasing to me.
Their bright and gay colors I never more can see.

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from Survey of Traditional Music, Vol. 3: Songs of Melancholy and Sorrow, released August 7, 2023
Recorded by Mark Wilson, Winchester, KY, 3/1973. Previously unissued.

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