Not Your Regular Folksong

by Verna Cole Mitchell

Have you been in the valley,
The valley so low?
Have you hung your head over
And heard the wind blow?
Well, listen, my friend, here,
The reason is clear:
You're out of the sunshine,
And shadows live here.

Does the way seem so gloomy
Within this dark glen?
Is the pathway obscured and
Can't see where you've been?
Can't tell where you're going,
Don't know what's around?
Just feel like you're falling
Still deeper on down?

No need to stay down here
And suffer alone.
Look up to the Father.
Your sadness He's known.
His eye's been upon you.
He's watched as you grieved.
He longs to draw near you,
Your sorrow relieve.

Just call out to Him now.
New comfort He'll give.
Then walk close beside Him
As long as you live,
And then in the valley
Or on mountain steep,
He'll give you His joy, and
Your soul will He keep.

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Poems are Part I of every song with lyrics. Choose a song you love, and re-write the words. Can be a Broadway tune, a pop or country song, even a Christmas carol -any song at all! But whatever it is, you'll help yourself in the polls if you also post a recorded version of the original song when you post the new-and-improved lyrics/contest entry by you. (Because the voters might not be familiar with the tune, so giving them a chance to listen to it will help them "hear" yours!)

Lyrics to Down in the Valley by Jimmie Carlton

Down in the valley, the valley so low,
Hang your head over, hear the winds blow.
Hear the winds blow, dear, hear the winds blow.
Hang your head over, hear the winds blow.

Down in the valley, walking between,
Telling our story, here's what it means.
Here's what it means, dear, here's what it means,
Telling our story, here's what it means.

Roses love sunshine, violets love dew,
Angels in heaven know I love you;
Know I love you, dear, know I love you,
Angels in heaven know I love you.

Build me a castle forty feet high,
So I can see him as he rides by;
As he rides by, dear, as he rides by,
So I can see him as he rides by.

Writing this letter, containing three lines,
Answer my question, "Will you be mine?"
"Will you be mine, dear, will you be mine,"
Answer my question, "Will you be mine?"

If you don't love me, love whom you please,
Throw your arms round me, give my heart ease.
Give my heart ease, dear, give my heart ease,
Throw your arms round me, give my heart ease.

Throw your arms round me, before it's too late;
Throw your arms round me, feel my heart break.
Feel my heart break, dear, feel my heart break.
Throw your arms round me, feel my heart break.

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Not Your Regular Folksong

by Verna Cole Mitchell

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