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(Jean Ritchie) We learned it from both Jody Stecher and Jean Ritchie.

Recorded by Mike Seeger at home in Garrett Park, Md 1980

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O have you seen my dear companion
For he was all this world to me
I hear he's gone to some far country
And that he cares no more for me.

I wish I were some swallow flying
I'd fly to a high and lonesome place
I'd join the wild birds in their crying
Thinking of you and your sweet face.

O have you seen my dear companion
For he was all this world to me
But now the stars have taurned against me
And he cares no more for me.

O when the dark is on the mountain
And all the world has gone to sleep
I will go down to the fair broad waters
And I'll lay me down and weep.

O have you seen my dear companion
O have you seen my dear companion
O have you seen my dear companion
He was all this world to me.

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from Bowling Green, released January 1, 2008
Vocal duet
Mike-lead guitar
Alice-2d guitar

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Alice Gerrard Durham, North Carolina

A singer and songwriter, Alice’s recordings with Hazel Dickens during the 1960s and ’70s influenced a generation of women musicians from Laurie Lewis to the Judds. Nominated for a Grammy in 2015, she was inducted into the International Bluegrass Music Assoc. Hall of Fame in 2017. A documentary film about Alice, "You Gave Me a Song" premiered at the Full Frame Independent Film Festival in 2019. ... more

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