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Fair Beauty Bright

from Carve That Possum by Tom, Brad & Alice

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An old traditional ballad about thwarted love, where the parents lock the girl up so she won't marry the guy, and she dies. Tom learned from a 1965 recording of Kathy (Larisch) & Carol (McComb).

lyrics

I once love and courted a most fair beauty bright
I courted her by day and I courted her by night
Her parents said ‘no’ they never would agree
They locked her in a tower and threw away the key.

Then to the wars, to the wars I did go
To see if I’d forget my beauty bright or no
For 7 long years I served there in vain
For 7 long years till I returned again.

Then to her parents I was forced to go
To see if I could wed my own true love or no
Her mother saw me coming, she wrung her hands and cried
My daughter loved you dearly and for your sake she died.

Then I was struck like a man that was slain
Tears from my eyes fell like showers of rain
My grief like a mountain is more than I can bear
My true love’s in her grave, and I wish that I was there.

credits

from Carve That Possum, released January 1, 2005
Brad-lead vocal, fiddle EDAE
Tom-harmony vocal, banjo g#EF#BE
Alice-harmony vocal, 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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