Yellow-Haired Girl

Story Behind The Song

This song was inspired by the Appalachian sci-fi mysteries of Manly Wade Wellman, who wrote the "John the Balladeer" stories.

Song Description

An eerie, ancient-sounding ballad about witchcraft.

Song Length 2:51 Genre Country - Bluegrass, Folk - Bluegrass

Lyrics

Yellow-Haired Girl (c) 2005 Brandi Hart, Betty Troublesome Music (ASCAP), All rights reserved.

Yonder spy that yellow-haired girl,
bended down so low,
churnin', churnin' a love charm
to fetch her a green-eyed beau.

"Oh, bring me a dying blackbird,
bring me a fiddle fern,
bring me a flame-red lump of coal
to make my true love burn.

"Go away to the cold, dead graveyard.
Go away to drowning creek.
Go away and bring me a green-eyed boy
to kiss me on the cheek.

"Oh, bring me a four-leaf clover.
Bring me a fiddle fern.
Bring me a flame-red lump of coal
to make my true love burn."

"Where'd you learn such wicked charms
to make your mother cry?"
"I learned 'em from that old Rush' Hart,
who witched the deep wells dry.

"Go away to the cold, dead graveyard.
Go away to drowning creek.
Go away and bring me a green-eyed boy
to kiss me on the cheek.

"I've walked the greenest valley,
all lavished thick with rain.
Not even the sweetest wildwood flower
could ease this heartache's pain.

"I've searched the pine-dark hollows
when day was growing dim.
I've climbed the highest mountain top,
but I've never set eyes on him.

"Go away to the cold, dead graveyard.
Go away to drowning creek.
Go away and bring me a green-eyed boy
to kiss me on the cheek."

Lyrics Brandi Hart Music Brandi Hart & Buddy Woodward
Producer Buddy Woodward Publisher Betty Troublesome Music (ASCAP)
Performance Vocals, footstomps: Brandi Hart, All other instruments: Buddy Woodward

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