Going Back To Harlan

Cover of "Going Back To Harlan"
Composers: Kate & Anna McGarrigle

Video produced and edited by: Dylan Morgan
Recording and Mix: My Home Studio

A song about growing up, innocence and love lost, and going back home to where it all began.

Lead Vocal: Bob Morgan
Backing Chorus Vocals: The "Morgan Girls": Susan Morgan, April Flynn Morgan, Lindsea Morgan, and Laura Leonard Morgan

All Instruments: Bob Morgan.
Martin D12-20, Martin D28, Gibson Songwriter, Roland Keyboards, Hofner Bass Guitar, Drums / Percussion

Lyrics:

There were no cuckoos, no sycamores
We played about the forest floor
Underneath the silver maples, the balsams and the sky
We popped the heads off of dandelions
Assuming roles from nursery rhymes
Rested on the riverbank
And grew up by and by,. We grew up by and by

Frail my heart apart
And play me a little "Shady Grove"
Ring the bells of Rhymney
Till they ring inside my head forever
Bounce the bow, rock the gallows
For the Hangman’s Reel
And wake the devil from his dream
I’m going back to Harlan
I’m going back to Harlan
I’m going back to Harlan

And if I were Willie Moore
And you were Barbara Allen
Or Fair Ellen all sad at the cabin door
A-weepin’ and a-pinin’, for love
A-weepin’ and a-pinin’, for love

Chorus

[WellspringTraining]

Absolutely beautiful. Thanks for sharing your talent with the world.

[chetmoore]

what an excellent cover, great voice, chet moore chesapeake va

[lisabunnie]

I just found your video. Lovely version of one of my fav songs. Beautiful.

[robertjefferson]

best version of this song I have heard. My grandfather was a miner and a union president there in the 30s

[davidjaikaran]

You have done great justice to this song. Never heard it like this before.

[dennisgriffin]

Nice job, I like the 12 string too, nice touch. 👍