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Ola Belle Reed, vocal and banjo - Where the Wild, Wild Flowers Grow (Ola Belle Reed)

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

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Where the wild, wild flowers grow, cool clear waters flow,
There's the place I've always loved the best.
When at last I lay me down, final peace and rest I've found,
Take me home to my home and there I'll rest. (2)

When as a little child, hopes and dreams running wild
“Someday I'll live just like a queen upon a throne.”
Little did a poor girl know, how hard the way to go,
So I wandered, yes, I wandered far from home. (2)

Freedom was in the air, you could feel it everywhere
Don't be blinded, it's God's gift, can't you see?
Never lay your armor down ‘til peace and rest you've found,
Going home, going home to be free. (2)

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from Survey of Traditional Music, Vol. 3: Songs of Melancholy and Sorrow, released August 7, 2023
Recorded by Mark Wilson and Ken Irwin, Rising Sun, MD, 6/76.

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