down in the valley

Down in the valley
Valley so low
Hang your head over
Hear the wind blow
Hear the wind blow dear
Hear the wind blow
Hang your head over
Hear the wind blow
Roses are red dear
Violets are blue
Angels in heaven
Know I love you
Know I love you dear
Know I love you
Angels in heaven
Know I love you

This was sung to me as a lullaby all the time when i was little by my mom. Unfortunately I cannot remember the rest of the song. Can anyone help?

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Nov 27, 2021
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starstarstarstarstar 		Down in the Valley - Burl Ives NEW
by: Anonymous

Another link: https://www.letssingit.com/?a=www_player&song_id=hv35lzc

Genre:Ethnic/Folk, Pop
Duration:00:03:17
Copyright:Sony/ATV Music Publishing
Writer:Ike Turner

Down in the valley the valley so low
Hang your head over, hear the wind blow
Hear the wind blow love, hear the wind blow
Hang your head over, hear the wind blow

Roses love sunshine, violets love dew
Angels in heaven, know i love you

If you don't love me, love whom you please
Put your arms round me, give my heart ease
Give my heart ease love, give my heart ease
Put your arms round me, give my heart ease

Write me a letter, send it by mail
Send it in care of, the Birmingham Jail
Birmingham Jail love, Birmingham Jail
Send it in care of, the Birmingham Jail

Build me a castle, forty feet high
So I can see her, as she rides by
As she rides by love, as she rides by
So I can see her, as she rides by

Down in the valley, the valley so low
Hang your head over, hear the wind blow

https://www.letssingit.com/burl-ives-lyrics-down-in-the-valley-hv35lzc

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Nov 27, 2021
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starstarstarstarstar 		Down in the Valley - Pete Seeger NEW
by: Anonymous

You can hear Pete Seeger sing his version at this link: https://www.lyrics.com/lyric/28820162/Folk+Legends/Down+In+the+Valley

Or read about the song at this link: https://balladofamerica.org/down-in-the-valley/

The one my grandmother sang was 3 verses and varies slightly from the Pete Seeger song:

Down in the valley, the valley so low,
Hang your head over, heart the wind blow

Build me a castle, forty feet high,
So I may see you as you walk by

Roses are red, love, violets are blue
Angels in Heaven know I love you

I'm glad to know others were sung to like this. It's such a good memory.
Nov 27, 2021
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starstarstarstarstar 		Down in the Valley NEW
by: Anonymous

My grandmother sang me a version of this song when I was a girl. It appears to be based on a Scout Song, Down in the Valley, but I wonder if it was an old-time ballad adapted by the scouts. Here's a link to another version: https://www.scoutsongs.com/lyrics/down-in-the-valley.html

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