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Joan Baez - Fare Thee Well {CD} [HD]

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Channel: Gary Larson · 2017 · People & Blogs

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Joan Baez sings 'Fare Thee Well' (also known as 'Ten Thousand Miles') from her debut (solo) self-titled 1960 Vanguard album. The song is traditional; David Gude is responsible for the melody. On the album, Baez arranged most of the songs and Fred Hellerman (of The Weavers) plays second guitar.

My first video for this song used the vinyl record but the CD version has higher audio volume and, of course, no audible surface noise or imperfections, so I think it worthwhile to have this CD version too.

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Fare Thee Well (Joan Baez Version)

Oh, fare thee well, I must be gone
And leave you for a while

Wherever I go, I will return
If I go ten thousand miles
If I go, if I go
If I go ten thousand miles

Oh, ten thousand miles it is so far
To leave me here alone

While I may lie, lament and cry
And you'll, you'll not hear my moan
And you'll, no you'll
And you'll not hear my moan

Oh, the crow that is so black, my love
Will change his color white

If ever I should prove false to thee
The day, day will turn to night
Yes the day, oh the day
Yes the day will turn to night

Oh, the rivers never will run dry
Or the rocks melt with the sun

I'll never prove false to the boy I love
Till all, all these things be done
Till all, till all
Till all these things be done

Songwriter: Traditional, David Gude (Melody)

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[Lyrics from LyricFind]


Fare Thee Well

Lyrics in Wikipedia Entry

Fare thee well my own true love
 And farewell for a while.
 I’m going away, but I’ll come again
 If I go ten thousand miles.

 Ten thousand miles, my own true love,
 Ten thousand miles or more,
 And the rocks may melt and the seas may burn,
 If I should not return.

 Oh don’t you see that lonesome dove,
 Sitting on an ivy tree,
 She’s weeping for her own true love
 Just as I shall weep for mine.

 Oh come back my own true love
 And stay a while with me
 For if I had a friend all on this earth,
 You’ve been a friend to me.

 And fare thee well my own true love
 And farewell for a while.
 I’m going away, but I’ll be back
 If I go ten thousand miles

[Lyrics from Wikipedia]

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