Willie Nelson once said "there are two types of men - those who have fallen in love with Emmylou Harris, and those who have not yet met her..." - Amen Brother!
@ Guy Geezer Yeah. Just pure God given talent. It's called A Capella. Just vocal (s) without musical accompaniment. It was characteristic of the teen heartthrob ballads of the 50s. And Doo Wop too! ✌😉
But in the great movie O'Brother... They were diabolic mermaids who they changed one of the three friends in frog ! Be carefull when your hear angels by the way...
It’s been over two years since I originally posted this comment, but I guess I must love the song ! Yes this video is from many years ago… These ladies had angelic voices then AND STILL DO TODAY. Don’t we need this even MORE at this time ? God blessed them all, just enjoy them all !!!
My daddy loved it, he didn’t watch movies or listen to music but he loved oh brother where art thou. He had me go to Walmart to buy the sound track back in the day.
That's actually Gillian Welch. Not sure if you're here seeing this, babe, but you helped me through some of my darkest hours. And I dream a highway back to you.
Go to sleep you little baby Go to sleep you little baby Your momma's gone away and your daddy's gone to stay Didn't leave nobody but the baby Go to sleep you little baby Go to sleep you little baby Everybody's gone in the cotton and the corn Didn't leave nobody but the baby You're a sweet little baby You're a sweet little baby Honey in the rock and the sugar don't stop Gonna bring a bottle to the baby Don't you weep pretty baby Don't you weep pretty baby She's long gone with the red shoes on Gonna meet another lovin baby Don't you weep pretty baby Don't you weep pretty baby You and me and the devil makes three Don't need no other lovin baby Go to sleep you little baby Go to sleep you little baby Come and lay your bones on the alabaster stones And be my ever lovin baby
You know, to be chosen as the singers that represent the Sirens, creatures who would lure men to their deaths by the beauty of their voices, is actually a pretty big compliment. And I think they nailed it. Such a cool song and arrangement. 👍👍
I always thought they said "gonna leave ya bones on the alabaster stones" - something a Siren might say to an entranced victim! But it turns out they say "come and lay your bones...." Still works, but not quite as ominous!
I'm a white guy who had a big mama cause I had no one else when I was growing up. I was taken in by my grandmother and a black lady that lived in the next town over and she sang this to me and taught us the value of loving one another no matter who they are and what color they are.She always told me color is just part of God's crayon box. It is full of bright beautiful colors and some dim colors also. So the song is an old Negro spiritual from times long gone but I thank these ladies for reminding me of how special Big mama was.
@Really 69 No not a bad thing at all. Slaves used songs with hidden messages to be interpreted either by puzzling with it, or by certain expressions they used, to share messages without the people holding the whip would know about it, or what it meant. This particular song is not a hidden riot message or anything, but a story told about a baby who lost its parents either because they ran off, got killed, or worked to death.
I never thought I'd love and admire anyone more than Emmylou Harris. Then Alison Krauss came along and I had two musicians equal in talent, angelic voices, and beauty beyond any sirens. And later I found Gillian Welch who had these two ladies talents and also, something I can't explain. Whatever it is though, it's meant to blend these three together and soothe our souls.
This melody is thought to be many hundreds of years old, from the Mother of music, continent of Africa. Something about this melody, something very special, hits something rooted deep inside. Downright mystical.
This is preformed with such grace, and in a way that I can distinguish each individual clearly, or I can just absorb all three as one gorgeous harmony, but the thing I most like and appreciate is that all three respect eachother enough not to sing over the other two. Nobody had to be "the star", and that helped the song to shine. This is as close to perfect as it gets.
I totally agree. In fact sometimes I just listen to Gillian pat and tap then Allison soft warble and just Emmylou's wise croon wow and then I listen all over again. What respect they had for each other...
YOU ARE WORNG... BOTH ARE MASTER PIECES..BUT THE MATCH THAT THE EDITOR DID ON THAT MOVIE IS THE RESULT OF THIS... WITH OUT THAT MOVIE...THIS MUSIC WAS PASSING UNOTICE
I've loved this song since I heard it the first time when I was ten, maybe twelve, years old. And here I am now at 33, singing it to my eighteen month old son, watching the comfort of my voice and the soothing beauty of their voices lull him off to sleep so deep he's snoring. 💚💚 I believe one would be hard pressed to find another trio that could top their rendition, it's so purely beautiful.
That’s so funny I’ve also loved this song since I was about 10 or 11 I’m now 32 and am currently singing it to my 18 month old son. Love and light to you and your baby!!😊
This is funny because it’s the exact same for me. Heard it around 10 or 11 maybe and sung it ever since. Now I’m 32 and it is one that I often sing working around the house, etc.
This is the song I sing to my daughter every night to put her to sleep. As soon as I start singing it she stops dead in her tracks to listen. Beautiful song.
Same with my son. Hell be screaming like someone's trying to skin the hide right off him and a soon as I get out "Go to sleepy..." He's silent and by the third verse he's fast asleep.
I used to sing a Beatles song called "Good Night" (from the white album) that had the same effect on my young son. He is 27 now & recently he came by for a visit. For a laugh, I played the song off the album after we had dinner. He was passed right out before the song was done ! 😑
I used to sing this to both of my kids when they were babies while getting them to sleep. I stopped when they were a little older and didn't need lullabies anymore. One night at bedtime my daughter asked me to sing them a song, so I sang this one. In the middle of the song my son started crying. I stopped to find out what was wrong and he tearfully explained that hearing the song made him very emotional. It is a beautiful song.
Them Sirens Done Loved Him Up And Turned Him into A Horney Toad lol 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 ,One of the best movies Ever Made,,, NOT TO MENTION THE SOUNDTRACK WAS PHENOMENAL
Life 11 years after you recorded this song is not worth living. The lies ... the hatred ... the division ... it is dreadful. But in the day you sang this song there was so much hope, so much kindred, and to some degree so much innocence. Canada abolished slavery some 40 years before Lincoln and hence the underground railway was established to Canada where blacks were given acreage upon arrival ... free of charge. Yes there was racial issues but Canada stood strong and said ever person is worthwhile in spite of what the Americans said. That is fact and that is history ... a history I am very proud of as a Canuck.
Emmylou is the Queen and Alison is right behind her with her gorgeous, mournful voice. I'm not as familiar with Gillian's work, but this song is perfect...and no autotune needed!
I am praying for everyone who needs a miracle in their life receive it. I pray those who are down on there luck & having hard times have all their worries lifted.Only YOU can lift those worries & stresses off, we love YOU 1000×over & are so blessed to serve You.Amen
Sidney Carter recorded the song in 1959. As told to me by my Grandmother. A slave couple had a baby and kept it a secret to their owner. The owner sold the babies mother and the man kept the baby not telling anyone about it. In order to keep the child quite and hidden while the slave worked the field he would give it morphine so that it would sleep. "You and me and the devil makes three".
Grandma used to sing this to me, she took care of me after my mama left and my daddy was either drunk or at work. Kinda morbid when I think on it too long lol but I still sing this to every baby in the church nursery, calms them right down
Hey babie girls, i sang this to chickens & ducks for a while and the loved it. . . But the New Forest of Dorset Stag heard choose to go to sleep to it and find very comforting and they love me for it x x
The ear of a professional musician always amazes me. To stay in key, to perfectly hit their notes with no instruments giving them a reference note. Just a thing of beauty.
Archie Stewart my dog was sang this at the vet Yesterday, I sang this when he was put down! So comfortable to me. Thank you, soo peaceful for Archie too! Thank you xx
I would dedicate this song to my cousin Suzy. Out of all the voices of the past that come back to me it is her Missouri/ Florida southern accent that i remember most.
I worked my way through college working in record stores where I grew to love everything from The Beatles, to The Jam to Keith Jarrett. We all had different tastes, but one artist we all loved from the heavy metal guys to the classical experts, and that was the beautiful Emmylou Harris. I think we basically wore out the album Elite Hotel it was played so much in the store.
Know that I am a true fan of all of these ladies. They didn't write this, but they may have written it down. My great-grandmother used to sing it to us when we were little. Let's keep it real. Southern Black folks have been singing it forever.
Not knocking it at all. She did a great job at editing. The original could be offensive if you are sensitive. I'd be glad to post if you want to know how it really goes.
Sorry guys, but I wanted to make sure that I got all the lyrics correct. We are here in GA having our Family Labor Day celebration. While beginning the festivities with our annual fish fry, I asked two of my great-aunts (89 and 94 year olds) about the song. One of them recoiled and the other went straight into it. I played the video for them and they looked at me funny. LOL!!! Once the three of us started singing it, like 5 or 6 cousins (47-73 year olds) came over and started singing with us. Too cool! Apparently, my great-grandma either did some editing or she didn't remember all the words. We worked together and got them all. Surprisingly, my teen cousins were both entertained and shocked by the discussion about the meanings of the lyrics and have now learned it.
Go to sleep 'lil baby Go to sleepy 'lil baby Mama's gone away and Daddy's gone astray Don't need no body but the baby Go to sleepy lil baby 'For the booger man get ya Mommie's gone Daddy's gone Ain't no body but the baby Everybody's gone but the cotton and the corn Don't need nobody but the baby Don't weep lil baby Don't weep my baby He done run on with the shackles still on Ain't no body left but the baby To the field house with the slayin' Master ain't even playin' Want a little more but the robber took the store Don't need no worries 'bout the takin' Go to sleep 'lil baby Go to sleepy 'lil baby Come lay the bones on the alabaster stone And leave cause the devil comin' baby Go to sleep 'lil baby Go to sleepy 'lil baby ~Bang Valenzuela via Shahara Davis Famiy
They said that it was about a slave that stole something. They killed his wife/partner who had a baby not too long after they were searching for him. This is kind of a mean lullaby that they would sing to taunt or threaten the slaves not to run away or thieve. The way we sing it is a bit faster. Some said that it isn't really a lullaby, but more of a popular song that men used to sing doing field or rail work. Thoughts?
We are a lot of us descendants of Europe. I have often wondered how the American South evolved as it did with its speech , accents and customs to be so different from the North. I was born in the south but raised in the north . Spent some time in the south with family so i had the chance to experience both worlds.
Donald Hicks same here. I actually moved north well after I obtained an accent & had to teach myself a new dialect! Came in handy when I started singing opera & learning new languages though! 😜👍
That Lass in the middle that introduced the song is absolutely stunningly beautiful , and I say that with total respect . Cheers from Australia kindest Regards Dan 👍
Willie Nelson once said "there are two types of men - those who have fallen in love with Emmylou Harris, and those who have not yet met her..." - Amen Brother!
I adore Emmy Lou, but I have seen Willy’s quote as a reference to Linda Ronstadt.
I fell in love with her in 1973 hearing her with Gram Parsons. Heart-breaking harmony on "Hearts on Fire"
As a brother from Richmond’s Va and an Hbcu grad who’s here because of o brother where art thou…Nelson was right 😂😂
Always loved the harmony on this song. Also, no instruments, no backing vocals, no autotune-- just pure talent.
@ Guy Geezer
Yeah. Just pure God given talent. It's called A Capella. Just vocal (s) without musical accompaniment. It was characteristic of the teen heartthrob ballads of the 50s. And Doo Wop too! ✌😉
Ralph Stanley singing "O Death" is another acapella miracle
Pure gift of God
@@43mackmobile Yes death, is a gift of god. Murder is the devilmakes3
@@Daniel-TMNT Come and lay your bones
This is what angels sound like.
But in the great movie O'Brother... They were diabolic mermaids who they changed one of the three friends in frog ! Be carefull when your hear angels by the way...
God is an old black mamma singing for all her children...
Like Isis, Protector of the deceased.... Lol...
This song & these three singers are the reason O Brother Where Art Thou is among my favorite films.
It’s been over two years since I originally posted this comment, but I guess I must love the song ! Yes this video is from many years ago… These ladies had angelic voices then AND STILL DO TODAY.
Don’t we need this even MORE at this time ? God blessed them all, just enjoy them all !!!
its 2022
I'm in 2022
@@jimcramton I am to Jim ! am still listening, thank you !!
@@jaydabeck4824 Thank you Jayda, let’s hope these ladies sing for years to come !!
Wonderful voices
When the accompaniment of musical instruments is not even needed you know the vocals are gold plated indeed.
Angels
Gold plated? That's pure 24k gold.
Amen
Their voices are their instruments - so beautiful
Beautiful voices 😍
They're so in sync you can see how any of them could be singing either harmony. 3 of the greatest women vocalists of all time. Legends
My daddy loved it, he didn’t watch movies or listen to music but he loved oh brother where art thou. He had me go to Walmart to buy the sound track back in the day.
Hello Heather, How are you doing?
Emmy Lou’s voice is a gift from God.
Hallelujah and amen to that.
What's amazingis that Alison Krauss, the greatest living Grammy winner, is a fan of metal bands.
That's actually Gillian Welch. Not sure if you're here seeing this, babe, but you helped me through some of my darkest hours. And I dream a highway back to you.
Three beautiful voices and that's it. Not a single instrument in this entire thing, just their three voices. Amazingly beautiful.
Emmy Lou Harris gets prettier as she ages. I always loved her voice too.
I'm 73 and I remember this song. Love the rendition.
FM is coming back, and that means EmmyLou Harris songs will come back with it! I, for one, really miss FM radio.
Hello Catherine
How are you doing today?
Go to sleep you little baby
Go to sleep you little baby
Your momma's gone away and your daddy's gone to stay
Didn't leave nobody but the baby
Go to sleep you little baby
Go to sleep you little baby
Everybody's gone in the cotton and the corn
Didn't leave nobody but the baby
You're a sweet little baby
You're a sweet little baby
Honey in the rock and the sugar don't stop
Gonna bring a bottle to the baby
Don't you weep pretty baby
Don't you weep pretty baby
She's long gone with the red shoes on
Gonna meet another lovin baby
Don't you weep pretty baby
Don't you weep pretty baby
You and me and the devil makes three
Don't need no other lovin baby
Go to sleep you little baby
Go to sleep you little baby
Come and lay your bones on the alabaster stones
And be my ever lovin baby
How could 102 people give this a thumbs down? Such a true display of harmony and talent.
they were hated by their mommas
no thumbs down now
@@jonhutchko8848 some people are so damaged all they can do is hate...
People who gave a thumbs down clearly got turned into toads 🐸
Different people have different tastes in music and art. It creates variety. There is music that I didn't like before, and now I like it.
You know, to be chosen as the singers that represent the Sirens, creatures who would lure men to their deaths by the beauty of their voices, is actually a pretty big compliment. And I think they nailed it.
Such a cool song and arrangement. 👍👍
I always thought they said "gonna leave ya bones on the alabaster stones" - something a Siren might say to an entranced victim!
But it turns out they say "come and lay your bones...." Still works, but not quite as ominous!
I think they nailed it. No one but these 3 could have done this song.
Got you to 200.
I recognize Emmylou, but not the other two. Who are they? Is one of them Allison Krause?
@@user-yu1pl2st7r Yep, the one on the right is Allison, and the one in the middle is Gillian Welch.
My nightmares turned angelic. Well done ladies
Kindness is never a weakness
Simply a generosity chosen to be of service to others
True❤
Perfect song for the sirens to sing...it totally hypnotized the Soggy Bottom Boys.
Hello ,how are you doing,how is the weather treating you?
I'm a white guy who had a big mama cause I had no one else when I was growing up. I was taken in by my grandmother and a black lady that lived in the next town over and she sang this to me and taught us the value of loving one another no matter who they are and what color they are.She always told me color is just part of God's crayon box. It is full of bright beautiful colors and some dim colors also. So the song is an old Negro spiritual from times long gone but I thank these ladies for reminding me of how special Big mama was.
That's beautiful. You have a wonderful memory there. Thank you for sharing it. ❤
That is awesome!!
@Really 69 It's a slave song, with hidden instructions. It has nothing to do with the value of love.
@Really 69 No not a bad thing at all. Slaves used songs with hidden messages to be interpreted either by puzzling with it, or by certain expressions they used, to share messages without the people holding the whip would know about it, or what it meant.
This particular song is not a hidden riot message or anything, but a story told about a baby who lost its parents either because they ran off, got killed, or worked to death.
Beautiful story brother
Their voices are like liquid gold.
So eerie yet comforting, I guess that's why it's the siren song. Absolutely amazing
I never thought I'd love and admire anyone more than Emmylou Harris. Then Alison Krauss came along and I had two musicians equal in talent, angelic voices, and beauty beyond any sirens. And later I found Gillian Welch who had these two ladies talents and also, something I can't explain. Whatever it is though, it's meant to blend these three together and soothe our souls.
You know those are pure voices from heaven when there's no musical instruments.
Hello Patricia, How are you doing?
Go sleepie little babies
with your Daddy he loves you all heart and soul ❤❤❤
My late husband was good friends to these beautiful ladies and many more out of Austin, Tx. Amazing life & wife of a music man
Hello Wella 👋 how are you ??
This trio defines harmony. I can watch this over and over again and I often do. I'm amazed each and ever time I listen. It's simply food for the ears.
This melody is thought to be many hundreds of years old, from the Mother of music, continent of Africa.
Something about this melody, something very special, hits something rooted deep inside.
Downright mystical.
three beautiful singers emmy lou Gillian and Alison, gifted voices shared so eloquently and humbly❤pure voices real and raw!
Hello Dear
How are you doing today?
This is the song that you hear in the center of heaven that pulls you in.
This is preformed with such grace, and in a way that I can distinguish each individual clearly, or I can just absorb all three as one gorgeous harmony, but the thing I most like and appreciate is that all three respect eachother enough not to sing over the other two. Nobody had to be "the star", and that helped the song to shine. This is as close to perfect as it gets.
I totally agree. In fact sometimes I just listen to Gillian pat and tap then Allison soft warble and just Emmylou's wise croon wow and then I listen all over again. What respect they had for each other...
I love this song.
Hello ,how are you doing,how is the weather treating you?
Alison Krauss, a flawless voice
Hello Sue, How are you doing?
It's a GREAT MOVIE…But the Music is Even More Spectacular!!!
My granddaughters 4,6,8 can sing( In the Highways)
like the warby girls papa plays the guitar for them too
YOU ARE WORNG... BOTH ARE MASTER PIECES..BUT THE MATCH THAT THE EDITOR DID ON THAT MOVIE IS THE RESULT OF THIS...
WITH OUT THAT MOVIE...THIS MUSIC WAS PASSING UNOTICE
I agree I saw the movie and it great actors in flim and song Is sweet and beautiful and women are nice in river the hold movies is funny
The movie absolutely sucked, I walked out. Not even the music could save it from George Clooney. Complete asshole.
Folk music at its purest
I grew up with this. My mother and sisters would sing this way. No band just vocals.
Beautiful song, beautiful voices. Thank you ladies..... for taking me down home for a moment.
Hello dear,how are you doing,how is the weather treating you?
No electric gadgets, no instruments just amazing voices ! That’s talent !
INSTANT LIKE! One of my favorite movies of all times and this scene ranks high on my list.
Emmylou Harris....making gray hair look good for many years. :)
Beautiful! Never will tire of hearing these three singing this song, ever! Amazing!
Me either, their voices are Pure Beauty just Harmonious 👑🌹🌞
I've loved this song since I heard it the first time when I was ten, maybe twelve, years old. And here I am now at 33, singing it to my eighteen month old son, watching the comfort of my voice and the soothing beauty of their voices lull him off to sleep so deep he's snoring. 💚💚 I believe one would be hard pressed to find another trio that could top their rendition, it's so purely beautiful.
That’s so funny I’ve also loved this song since I was about 10 or 11 I’m now 32 and am currently singing it to my 18 month old son. Love and light to you and your baby!!😊
This is funny because it’s the exact same for me. Heard it around 10 or 11 maybe and sung it ever since. Now I’m 32 and it is one that I often sing working around the house, etc.
Put my tiny grandson down by singing this song. His mom couldn't believe it.
Oh.. .such beautiful ladies + voices. Just beautiful.
Hello Lisa
How are you doing today?
one of the best acapella songs ever. And, we are blessed to have the epic female vocalists.... breathtaking!
Blessed 🤣 now that’s going a little bit too far.
And it's deep rooted in Appalachian Blue Grass Gospel. None better.
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This is the song I sing to my daughter every night to put her to sleep. As soon as I start singing it she stops dead in her tracks to listen. Beautiful song.
Madison Hildebrand g
My baby does too.
Same with my son. Hell be screaming like someone's trying to skin the hide right off him and a soon as I get out "Go to sleepy..." He's silent and by the third verse he's fast asleep.
I used to sing a Beatles song called "Good Night" (from the white album) that had the same effect on my young son. He is 27 now & recently he came by for a visit. For a laugh, I played the song off the album after we had dinner. He was passed right out before the song was done ! 😑
I used to sing this to both of my kids when they were babies while getting them to sleep. I stopped when they were a little older and didn't need lullabies anymore. One night at bedtime my daughter asked me to sing them a song, so I sang this one. In the middle of the song my son started crying. I stopped to find out what was wrong and he tearfully explained that hearing the song made him very emotional. It is a beautiful song.
Them Sirens Done Loved Him Up And Turned Him into A Horney Toad lol 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 ,One of the best movies Ever Made,,, NOT TO MENTION THE SOUNDTRACK WAS PHENOMENAL
I would sing this to my daughter.
Harmonys so on point!!! Can’t tell the difference between the movie and them doing this live!! amazing!! 👏🏾👏🏾
❤ yessss
❤ yessss
If these three would do an album (cd) together, I'd buy two!
Hello Catherine
How are you doing today?
Life 11 years after you recorded this song is not worth living. The lies ... the hatred ... the division ... it is dreadful. But in the day you sang this song there was so much hope, so much kindred, and to some degree so much innocence. Canada abolished slavery some 40 years before Lincoln and hence the underground railway was established to Canada where blacks were given acreage upon arrival ... free of charge. Yes there was racial issues but Canada stood strong and said ever person is worthwhile in spite of what the Americans said. That is fact and that is history ... a history I am very proud of as a Canuck.
Emmylou is the Queen and Alison is right behind her with her gorgeous, mournful voice. I'm not as familiar with Gillian's work, but this song is perfect...and no autotune needed!
Gillian Welch is the song’s composer
Trust me, Gillian is right there with Emmylou and Allison.
These ladies show a lot of self restraint. It really makes the song. So smooth. Love this performance!
How is it that Emmylou keeps defying time? She just keeps getting more beautiful
She is the Siren.
Andrew Kling on
Right??? Emmylou is gorgeous
Somewhere there is a portrait growing very ugly.
@@HoffmanKurt as in The Picture of Dorian Gray? ;)
I am praying for everyone who needs a miracle in their life receive it. I pray those who are down on there luck & having hard times have all their worries lifted.Only YOU can lift those worries & stresses off, we love YOU 1000×over & are so blessed to serve You.Amen
Sidney Carter recorded the song in 1959.
As told to me by my Grandmother.
A slave couple had a baby and kept it a secret to their owner. The owner sold the babies mother and the man kept the baby not telling anyone about it. In order to keep the child quite and hidden while the slave worked the field he would give it morphine so that it would sleep. "You and me and the devil makes three".
One of the best moments in the movie is when he wakes up and sees the frog in the clothes and starts screaming
I thought it was when he woke up and said “. . . Muh hair!”
"Those Sireens turned him into a frog"!!!!!!
Grandma used to sing this to me, she took care of me after my mama left and my daddy was either drunk or at work. Kinda morbid when I think on it too long lol but I still sing this to every baby in the church nursery, calms them right down
This was written for the movie!! By these ladies. Just how old are you??
I was about 6 the first time I ever saw.Oh brother where Art thou I fell in love😊
To All My Children That Have Sung This Song Enjoy!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Gorgeous voices! One of my favorite movies and my favorite scene for this song!!❤❤❤
Hey babie girls, i sang this to chickens & ducks for a while and the loved it. . . But the New Forest of Dorset Stag heard choose to go to sleep to it and find very comforting and they love me for it x x
Loved "Oh Brother where Art Thou"
Proof that Angel's walk the earth...how blessed we are in their presence
Great trio
The ear of a professional musician always amazes me. To stay in key, to perfectly hit their notes with no instruments giving them a reference note. Just a thing of beauty.
Just amazing. I love the way this haunting song was woven into "Oh Brother, Where Art Though".
A typo is not a big deal, but...um..."thanks."
I could fall asleep to this lullaby every night.
These ladies are fantastic and that was a great movie
Haunts you, thrills you and leaves you wishing it wouldn't end
Oh Brother Where Art Thou is one of my favourite movies, in part because of the music.
One of my favorite movies.
sounds from heaven
Emmylou Harris Gillian Welch and Alison Krauss you ladies can sing!
Wow!! These three singing together is absolute magic ❤
o brother where art thou is my most favorite movie in the whole entire world
Love that song
Now that is how you sing. Pure talent , no major scales to sing just pure talent
Archie Stewart my dog was sang this at the vet Yesterday, I sang this when he was put down! So comfortable to me. Thank you, soo peaceful for Archie too! Thank you xx
As they sing I see them more beautiful than the movie versions of them.
This brought me to tears ,there that good
I adore this song. It really speaks to my soul and spirit.
It’s an old slave song.
a woman with a southern accent is beautiful
Thank you :)
I would dedicate this song to my cousin Suzy. Out of all the voices of the past that come back to me it is her Missouri/ Florida southern accent that i remember most.
I totally agree with you there I luv a woman with a southern accent
An accent doesn't make a woman beautiful....moron that's like saying a woman with ears makes her beautiful... hilarious.
cheeriomartinez yes, yes we are. Lol
Beauties(especially Emmylou)!
Still love these Big Country Ladies 💙❤️💙.
I worked my way through college working in record stores where I grew to love everything from The Beatles, to The Jam to Keith Jarrett. We all had different tastes, but one artist we all loved from the heavy metal guys to the classical experts, and that was the beautiful Emmylou Harris. I think we basically wore out the album Elite Hotel it was played so much in the store.
Omg, you said it. Elite Hotel!
I use to sing this song to my new born son when I was a stay at home father for two years. He’s now 12 and he still remembers it.
They are beautiful and in charge!
Go girls
There's something about the way these ladies perform this song that is primal.
Know that I am a true fan of all of these ladies. They didn't write this, but they may have written it down. My great-grandmother used to sing it to us when we were little. Let's keep it real. Southern Black folks have been singing it forever.
Not knocking it at all. She did a great job at editing. The original could be offensive if you are sensitive. I'd be glad to post if you want to know how it really goes.
Bang Valenzuela I would love to hear how the lyrics go
Sorry guys, but I wanted to make sure that I got all the lyrics correct. We are here in GA having our Family Labor Day celebration. While beginning the festivities with our annual fish fry, I asked two of my great-aunts (89 and 94 year olds) about the song. One of them recoiled and the other went straight into it. I played the video for them and they looked at me funny. LOL!!! Once the three of us started singing it, like 5 or 6 cousins (47-73 year olds) came over and started singing with us. Too cool! Apparently, my great-grandma either did some editing or she didn't remember all the words. We worked together and got them all. Surprisingly, my teen cousins were both entertained and shocked by the discussion about the meanings of the lyrics and have now learned it.
Go to sleep 'lil baby
Go to sleepy 'lil baby
Mama's gone away and Daddy's gone astray
Don't need no body but the baby
Go to sleepy lil baby
'For the booger man get ya
Mommie's gone
Daddy's gone
Ain't no body but the baby
Everybody's gone but the cotton and the corn
Don't need nobody but the baby
Don't weep lil baby
Don't weep my baby
He done run on with the shackles still on
Ain't no body left but the baby
To the field house with the slayin'
Master ain't even playin'
Want a little more but the robber took the store
Don't need no worries 'bout the takin'
Go to sleep 'lil baby
Go to sleepy 'lil baby
Come lay the bones on the alabaster stone
And leave cause the devil comin' baby
Go to sleep 'lil baby
Go to sleepy 'lil baby
~Bang Valenzuela via Shahara Davis Famiy
They said that it was about a slave that stole something. They killed his wife/partner who had a baby not too long after they were searching for him. This is kind of a mean lullaby that they would sing to taunt or threaten the slaves not to run away or thieve. The way we sing it is a bit faster. Some said that it isn't really a lullaby, but more of a popular song that men used to sing doing field or rail work.
Thoughts?
I am a german an i know what a field holler is. AND get goosebumbs for hearing that three ladies sing... I must have been born in the wrong country ;)
Loetmichel Germany is a huge part of country music...one of the core immigrants that settled in our farmlands and backwoods. Especially bluegrass...
We are a lot of us descendants of Europe. I have often wondered how the American South evolved as it did with its speech , accents and customs to be so different from the North. I was born in the south but raised in the north . Spent some time in the south with family so i had the chance to experience both worlds.
Donald Hicks same here. I actually moved north well after I obtained an accent & had to teach myself a new dialect! Came in handy when I started singing opera & learning new languages though! 😜👍
There are places in Texas they still speak German, I'm from Umbarger
You guys had Bach and Brahms. And Beethoven and Handel (for a while). That's not nothing.
Voices of angels. Period
That Lass in the middle that introduced the song is absolutely stunningly beautiful , and I say that with total respect . Cheers from Australia kindest Regards Dan 👍
I need to watch Oh Brother, Where Art Thou one more time!
Yeah, you do.
Hello ,how are you doing,how is the weather treating you?
I always sung this to my grandkids now they sing this to me ❤️❤️❤️
Hello dear,how are you doing,how is the weather treating you?
Great movie, beautiful song!
So beautiful💜💙💚
Ohhh, this is what real talent looks and sounds like...got it thank you