Story Behind The Song
First person account of the Trail of Tears.
Song Description
First person account of the Trail of Tears.
| Song Length |
2:24 |
Genre |
Folk - Contemporary, Folk - General |
| Tempo |
Medium Slow (91 - 110) |
Lead Vocal |
Duet Male/Female |
| Mood |
Depressing, Heartbreaking |
Subject |
Regret, Sorrow |
| Similar Artists |
Bob Dylan |
Language |
English |
| Era |
1800 - 1899 |
| |
Lyrics
Shallow Grave
Words and music by: Daryl J. Yearwood
A shallow grave is all that's left
to mark the way we came.
Hard-packed earth and mounds of stone,
they all appear the same.
A once proud people laid to waste
by fears and hate and shame.
A shallow grave is all that's left
and mine will be the same.
A stand of pines and running deer;
fog upon the glade.
Nevermore will I see these sites,
but my memory will never fade.
Now disease has come to take
the old ones and the lame.
A shallow grave is all that's left
and mine will be the same.
A shallow grave is all that's left
and mine should be the same.