Roscoe Holcomb
Roscoe Holcomb
Roscoe Holcomb
Roscoe Holcomb
Roscoe Holcomb
Roscoe Holcomb
Roscoe Holcomb
Roscoe Holcomb
Roscoe Holcomb
Roscoe Holcomb
Roscoe Holcomb
Roscoe Holcomb
Roscoe Holcomb
Roscoe Holcomb
Roscoe Holcomb
Roscoe Holcomb
Roscoe Holcomb
Voice and banjo. Roscoe was reminded of this song by Dillard Chandler’s performance, “Awake, Awake” on Folkways FA 2309. Roscoe’s version is only a fragment – and is interesting in that it combines elements from several ballads; although the impetus of recollection was from the Awake, Awake song wit...
If I was some little swallow
Had little wings and I could fly
I'd light in the arms of my own true lover
And if any courting there I'd be by
If I were a little sparrow
Had little wings and I could fly
I would alight by the side of my own true lover
And there I'd sit till the day I die
I'd 'light up in some weeping willow
Weep for weeks, for months and years
I wouldn't eat nothing but weeping willow
And what I'd drink would be my tears
Willow Tree was produced by John Cohen.
Roscoe Holcomb released Willow Tree on Fri Jan 01 1965.