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The Unquiet Grave (Child No. 78) - Joan Baez



     
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Cold blows the wind to my true love
And gently drops the rain
I've never had but one true love
And in green-wood he lies slainI'll do as much for my true love
As any young girl may
I'll sit and mourn all on his grave
For a twelve months and a dayAnd when twelve months and a day was passed
The ghost did rise and speak
Why sittest thou all on my grave
And will no let me sleep?Go fetch me water from the desert
And blood from out the stone
Go fetch me milk from a fair maid's breast
That young man never has knownHow oft on yonder grave, sweetheart
Where we were wont to walk
The fairest flower that e'er I saw
Has withered to a stalkA stalk has withered and dead, sweetheart
The flower will never return
And since I've lost my own true love

What can I do but yearnWhen will we meet again, sweetheart
When will we meet again?
When the autumn leaves that fall from the trees
Are green and spring up again

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Joan Baez, born on January 9th, 1941, is an American folk singer and a songwriter who is of mixed Mexican and Scottish descent. Baez rose to prominence in the early '60s with her stunning renditions of traditional balladry.

In the late '60s and early '70s, Baez came into her songwriting own, penning many songs (most notably "Diamonds & Rust," a nostalgic piece about her ill-fated romance with Bob Dylan, and "Sweet Sir Galahad," a song about sister Mimi Fariña's ( of Richard & Mimi Fariña fame) second marriage, and continued to meld her songcraft with topical issues. She was outspoken in her disapproval of the Vietnam war and later the CIA-backed coups in many Latin American countries.

She was also instrumental in the Civil Rights movement, marching with Dr. Martin Luther King on many occassions and being jailed for her beliefs. In 1963, her performance of "We Shall Overcome" at the Lincoln Memorial just prior to Dr. King's famous "I Have A Dream..." speech helped confirm the song as the Civil Rights anthem.

In December 1972, she traveled to Hanoi, North Vietnam, and was caught in that country's "Christmas Campaign," in which the U.S. bombed the city more times than any other during the entire war. While pregnant with her only son, Gabriel, she performed a handful of songs in the middle of the night on day one of the 1969 Woodstock festival. She is considered the "Queen of Folk" for being at the forefront of the 1960s folk revival and inspiring generations of female folksingers that followed. Over fifty years after she first began singing publicly in 1958, Joan Baez continues to tour, demonstrate in favor of human rights and nonviolence, and release albums for a world of devoted fans.

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