Songcatcher - Pretty Saro - Iris Dement (with Lyrics)

Another song from The Songcatcher soundtrack. These songs came from Europe originally then were kept in their original form due to our remote mountains. We here in the US had more traditional versions than the versions found in England. That is the premise of the movie and is also the premise of the song historians today. Enjoy!

LYRICS for Little Saro as sung by Iris Dement: Traditional

When I first come to the country in eighteen and forty-nine,
I saw many fair lovers but I never saw mine.
I viewed it all around me, saw was quite alone
Me a poor stranger and a long way from home.

Well, my true love he won't have me and it's this I understand,
For he wants some free holder and I have no land.
I couldn't maintain her on silver and gold
But all of the other fine things that my love's house could hold.

Fair thee well to ol' mother, fair thee well to father too.
I'm going for to ramble this wide world all through.
When I get weary, I'll sit down and cry.
Think of my Saro, pretty Saro, my bride.

Well, I wished I was a turtle dove had wings and could fly,
Far away to my lover's lodgings tonight I'd draw neigh.
And there in her lily white arms I'd lay there all night
And watch through them little winders for the dawning of day