@Unplugged1977 yes, i love nick's cover. i remember our nanny singing this song to me as a child. being born and raised in small town mississippi, i know all of these beautiful songs all too well.
@lauranickerson It's a dark song, to be sure. It's about a slave women singing this to her master's child, while her own child is sold, and possibly dead. So incredibly sad.
nick cave made a fantastic cover of this as well. btw we are all slaves and always been ! wakey wakey...
Unplugged1977 2 weeks ago
@Unplugged1977 yes, i love nick's cover. i remember our nanny singing this song to me as a child. being born and raised in small town mississippi, i know all of these beautiful songs all too well.
kateevon84 1 week ago
picking out its eyes? oh my god i wouldn't sing that to a child!
lauranickerson 2 months ago
@lauranickerson It's a dark song, to be sure. It's about a slave women singing this to her master's child, while her own child is sold, and possibly dead. So incredibly sad.
Dreamer00 2 months ago
@lauranickerson well, wiki says that a slave had to take care of her masters child while her own child died of neglect.
blackwillow27 1 month ago 2
@blackwillow27 accurate
kateevon84 1 week ago
best version of this song on youtube. thank you...she does a traditional song justice, don' you think?
kcrehkopf 3 months ago 2
Fantastic! I haven't heard this since I had it on 8 track LOL - Many thanks!!
cactustree505 10 months ago
Thank you for uploading this beautiful melody by Joan Baez.
PantarheiRuten 1 year ago