Down in the valley

This song, as we had sung it in class, was gorgeous.  We were slow and we seemed to say to the wind mentioned in the song.  The lyric line that stayed with me was Hang your head over, hear the wind blow..  This was a powerful imagery because I could see hair blowing in the wind.  My project will be based on this

I listened to the other versions of the song and Solomon Burke's version is "song to be performed," not the soft, flow-y song we sung in class.  Listening to his story about playing with the KKK and reading about Burke and his life on wikipedia was illuminating--he was fascinating and a large character.

Leadbelly version is more organic and lulling.  haha, and his voice--absolutely dvine!