Where the Whippoorwill Is Whis-Loudon Wainwright III

[ti:Where the Whippoorwill Is Whis] [ar:Loudon Wainwright III] [al:High Wide & Handsome - The Charlie Poole Project] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]Where the Whippoorwill Is Whis - Loudon Wainwright III [00:13.14]When the sun sets far away beyond the mountains [00:17.40] [00:19.37]And the silvery moon is peeping through the trees [00:23.89] [00:26.04]Shadows gently gather round the old plantation [00:30.78] [00:32.40]While the bells are chiming softly on the breeze [00:37.16] [00:39.36]Then in dreams I wandered back to home and mother [00:43.59] [00:45.71]Where daisies turn the meadow green to white [00:49.91] [00:51.85]And the mockingbirds will greet me in the morning [00:56.30] [00:58.02]And at eve the whippoorwill bids me goodnight [01:02.67] [01:04.87]Where she's sleeping now the whippoorwill is calling [01:09.39] [01:11.09]O'er her grave the flowers are blooming fair and bright [01:15.51] [01:17.33]Pearly dewdrops on the ivy leaves are falling [01:22.21] [01:23.51]Where the whippoorwill is whispering goodnight [01:28.57] [01:56.41]Round that door the same old ivy vine is clinging [02:00.80] [02:02.53]Now sweet daisies in the meadow are in bloom [02:07.04] [02:08.97]In the treetops I can hear those night-birds singing [02:13.36] [02:14.90]But the old homestead is wrapped in silent gloom [02:19.43] [02:21.12]By the fireside one familiar face is missing [02:25.60] [02:28.06]That tender smile no longer greets my sight [02:32.23] [02:34.27]In that quaint old-fashioned home tonight I'm listening [02:38.82] [02:40.33]Where the whippoorwill is whispering goodnight [02:45.45] [02:47.33]Where she's sleeping now the whippoorwill is calling [02:51.80] [02:53.51]O'er her grave the flowers are blooming fair and bright [02:57.99] [02:59.77]Pearly dewdrops on the ivy leaves are falling [03:04.92] [03:06.14]Where the whippoorwill is whispering goodnight