Anna Lee (2007 Version)-Levon Helm

[ti:Anna Lee] [ar:Levon Helm] [al:Dirt Farmer] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]Anna Lee (2007 Version) - Levon Helm [00:25.92]Listen now children [00:28.64]A story I'll tell [00:31.97]Of a woman they called Anna Lee [00:36.88] [00:38.69]She had a fine son [00:41.40]And she raised him up well [00:44.71]And a daughter as lovely as she [00:49.83] [00:51.21]I'll return to you dear in the dimming of day [00:57.59]As the sparrow returns to her nest [01:02.69] [01:04.12]I'll return to you dreaming with each lullaby [01:10.49]Hold your sweet weary head to my breast [01:15.79] [01:17.37]She sang to her darlings a sweet lullaby [01:23.50]As the cool evening shadows grow long [01:28.83] [01:30.94]Angels and nightingales gathering nigh [01:36.63]Just to hear mother Anna Lee's song [01:41.86] [01:43.19]I'll return to you dear in the dimming of day [01:49.59]As the sparrow returns to her nest [01:54.67] [01:56.14]I'll return to you dreaming with each lullaby [02:02.59]Hold your sweet weary head to my breast [02:07.92] [02:22.57]Early one morning she rode into town [02:28.87]To tend to her dear sister there [02:33.48] [02:35.35]She kissed her two babies on cheek and on brow [02:41.59]And left them with nary a care [02:46.94] [02:48.55]The wind it did rise and the rain it did fall [02:54.62]The river a shadowy wave [02:59.87] [03:01.68]Anna Lee never heard danger's dark call [03:07.65]And was swept to her watery grave [03:13.06] [03:14.33]I'll return to you dear in the dimming of day [03:20.86]As the sparrow returns to her nest [03:26.02] [03:27.56]I'll return to you dreaming with each lullaby [03:33.97]Hold your sweet weary head to my breast