The Jerry Garcia Acoustic Band – Oh, The Wind And Rain
November 4, 2009 in Audiosmoker
While I look for a job, I plan to become reacquainted with my music collection. Today I had the following discs shuffling on the hi-fi: Dave Brubeck (Ken Burns Jazz compilation), Jerry Garcia Acoustic Band (Almost Acoustic), Lucinda Williams (Honey Bee), James Brown (In The Jungle Groove), and R.E.M. (Eponymous). Anywho, I wanted to share this song from JGAB with you all. To me, it’s beautiful and morbid, all at the same time. The video is from a Garcia and David Grisman show.
Oh, The Wind And The Rain
Lyrics: Traditional
Music: Traditional
There were two sisters came walkin’ down the stream
Oh the wind and rain
The one behind pushed the other one in
Cryin’ oh the dreadful wind and rain
Johnny gave the youngest a gay gold ring
Oh the wind and rain
Didn’t give the oldest one anything
Cryin’ oh the dreadful wind and rain
They pushed her into the river to drown
Oh the wind and rain
And watched her as she floated down
Cryin’ oh the dreadful wind and rain
Floated ’till she came to a miller’s pond
Oh the wind and rain
Mama oh father there swims a swan
Cryin’ oh the dreadful wind and rain
The miller pushed her out with a fishing hook
Oh the wind and rain
Drew that fair maid from the brook
Cryin’ oh the dreadful wind and rain
He left her on the banks to dry
Cryin’ oh the wind and rain
And a fiddlin’ fool come passing by
Cryin’ oh the dreadful wind and rain
Out of the woods came a fiddler fair
Oh the wind and rain
Took thirty strands of her long yellow hair
Cryin’ oh the dreadful wind and rain
And he made a fiddle bow of her long yellow hair
Oh the wind and rain
He made a fiddle bow of her long yellow hair
Cryin’ oh the dreadful wind and rain
He made fiddle pegs of her long finger bones
Oh the wind and rain
He made fiddle pegs of her long finger bones
Cryin’ oh the dreadful wind and rain
And he made a little fiddle of her breast bone
Oh the wind and rain
The sound could melt a heart of stone
Cryin’ oh the dreadful wind and rain
And the only tune that the fiddle would play
Was oh the wind and rain
The only tune that the fiddle would play
Was oh the dreadful wind and rain
A studio version of the song, but I don’t think it has the same soul:
