James Taylor
James Taylor
James Taylor
James Taylor
James Taylor
James Taylor
James Taylor
James Taylor
James Taylor
James Taylor
James Taylor
James Taylor
“Circle Round the Sun” is James Taylor’s adaptation of the traditional blues song “I Know You Rider”. In the 1934 almanac “American Ballads and Folk Songs” by John and Alan Lomax the notes state that
“An eighteen-year old black girl, in prison for murder, sang the song and the first stanza of thes...
Now, I love my baby and she's bound to love me some
Yes, I love my baby and she's bound to love me some
Now, she throws her arms around me just like a circle round the sun, yeah
I lay down last night, Lord, just to try to take my rest
Yes I lay down last night, Lord, I was tryin' to take my rest
But my thoughts they just kept wanderin' like them wild geese in the west, baby
Now I know that sunrise, sunrise it's gonna shine in my back yard someday
I said I know that sunrise, sunrise, sunrise it's gonna shine in my back yard someday, hey
And that wind's just bound to rise up gonna blow, blow all my blues away, yeah, hey, hey, hey, yeah
I love my baby and she's bound to love me some
Yes, I said I love my baby and she's bound to love me some
Now, she throws her arms around me just like a circle around the sun, yeah
Circle Round the Sun was written by Traditional.
Circle Round the Sun was produced by Peter Asher.
James Taylor released Circle Round the Sun on Fri Dec 06 1968.