Lovely Agnes

My father had this album back in the day, and I may still have a cassette copy of it somewhere. Sally Rogers has such a lovely voice, and used to play the autoharp and/or dulcimer to this song. I think I will buy a copy of the album "The Unclaimed Pint" on Amazon which features this song.
LOVELY AGNES(Sally Rogers c. 1980)
Oh Agnes, won't you go with me? We'll be married in styleAnd we'll cross Lake Michigan, so blue and so wide,We'll cross over Lake Michigan, 'til we come to the shore,And our orchards will blossom for our babies as they're born.
Oh yes, love I will go with you, leave Wisconsin behindThough my parents think little of my life on a farm,For to leave the gay city life, and be buried on a farm,But I'll watch the orchards bloom in spring,Spend the winter's warm in your arms.
Oh Agnes, won't you go with me? We'll be married in styleAnd we'll cross Lake Michigan, so blue and so wide,We'll cross over Lake Michigan, 'til we come to the shore,And our orchards will blossom for our babies as they're born
Three children she gave to him, Curtis, Addie and DeeAnd their fourth child little Gussie came, ten years after these.And she raised them with loving hand and with firmness of mindAnd she raised them through troubled times, Agnes strongwilled and kind.
Oh Agnes, won't you go with me? We'll be married in styleAnd we'll cross Lake Michigan, so blue and so wide,We'll cross over Lake Michigan, 'til we come to the shore,And our orchards will blossom for our babies as they're born
Now the years have gone and past, like the fruit on the trees,And your children have children with babes on their kneesAnd they all join in the summertime, by the crystal lake shore,To greet lovely Agnes, now 12 years and four-score.
Oh Agnes, won't you go with me? We'll be married in styleAnd we'll cross Lake Michigan, so blue and so wide,We'll cross over Lake Michigan, 'til we come to the shore,And our orchards will blossom for our babies as they're born

written for Sally's grandmother Agnes' 92 b-day.Copyright Sally Rogers 1982recorded by Sally on Unclaimed Pint

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