Anna Lee-Levon Helm

[00:25.96]Listen now children a story I'll tell of a woman they called Anna Lee [00:38.61]She had a fine son and she raised him up well [00:44.75]And a daughter as lovely as she [00:51.22]I'll return to you, dear, in the dimming of day [00:57.49]As the sparrow returns to her nest [01:04.02]I'll return to you dreaming with each lullaby [01:10.51]Hold your sweet weary head to my breast [01:17.42]She sang to her darlings a sweet lullaby [01:23.62]As the cool evening shadows grow long [01:30.74]Angels and nightingales gather at night [01:36.56]Just to hear mother Anna Lee's song [01:43.20]I'll return to you, dear, in the dimming of day [01:49.53]As the sparrow returns to her nest [01:56.08]I'll return to you dreaming with each lullaby [02:02.63]Hold your sweet weary head to my breast [02:22.51]I heard it one morning she rode into town [02:28.76]To tend to her dear sister there [02:35.35]She kissed her two babies on check and on brow [02:41.88]And left them with nary a care [02:48.45]The wind it did rise and the rain it did fall [02:54.90]The river, a shadowy wave [03:01.35]Anna Lee never heard danger's dark call [03:07.66]And was swept to her watery grave [03:14.27]I'll return to you, dear, in the dimming of day [03:20.50]As the sparrow returns to her nest [03:27.46]I'll return to you dreaming with each lullaby [03:33.91]Hold your sweet weary head to my breast