@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.
Where have all the great singers gone? Where indeed. Where are all the new singers with this grade of talent?
airnut52 1 week ago
@blackwillow27 accurate
kateevon84 3 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 3 weeks ago
nick cave made a fantastic cover of this as well. btw we are all slaves and always been ! wakey wakey...
Unplugged1977 4 weeks ago
@lauranickerson well, wiki says that a slave had to take care of her masters child while her own child died of neglect.
blackwillow27 2 months ago 2
@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 3 months ago
picking out its eyes? oh my god i wouldn't sing that to a child!
lauranickerson 3 months ago
best version of this song on youtube. thank you...she does a traditional song justice, don' you think?
kcrehkopf 4 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