Lord Thomas- Texas Gladden (VA) 1941 Lomax REC
[From The Alan Lomax Collection: Portraits- Texas Gladden - Ballad Legacy; recorded by Lomax for the LOC in 1941. Texas Gladden (1895-1967) and her brother Hobart Smith were excellent musicians and singers from Salem Virginia.
R. Matteson 2014]
Lord Thomas- Sung by Texas Gladden of Salem, Virginia in 1941
Oh mother, oh mother I'm going to get married,
No more will I ever roam
Fair Ellen is going to be my bride,
Please let me bring her home.
The brown girl she has house and land
Fair Ellen she has none,
So I would advise, my own dear son
To bring the brown girl home.
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