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No singers from the premier recording period for old-time music, from the 1920s through mid-1930s, have influenced me more powerfully than the original Carter Family. My relationship with their music began around 1965, when a favorite teacher loaned me one of the early Harmony LPs, featuring ten classic songs. I learned them all.
The Carters garnered songs liberally from diverse sources and honed every one to their own unique style. This song, a Tin Pan Alley number from 1902, they probably learned from a 1935 side by Jesse Rodgers, cousin to Jimmie, which preceded their own recording by one year.
lyrics
Just at the close of a bright summer’s day,
Just as the twilight was fading away.
Soft on the breeze, like the coo of a dove,
Someone was singing an old song of love.
Tell me you love me and say you’ll be true,
I love nobody in this world but you.
My heart and your heart in love will entwine.
Give me your love and I’ll give you mine.
Come with me down to the cool, shady nook,
Where flowers bloom by the side of the brook.
Nature is sleeping, the birds are at rest.
I’ll place a white rose on your beautiful breast.
Tell me you love me….
I’ve something to ask you while you’re by my side,
A question of love, of groom and of bride.
And if you refuse me, my heart it will pine.
Give me your love and I’ll give you mine.
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