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Oh Magnolia

from InRetro by Sonia Tetlow

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Oh magnolia
my sweetest climbing tree
down in new orleans
back when once I was a child

you offered up to me
a bed of branch and bough
when our house grew too loud
and anger seemed the only sound

carry me
on the breeze
we'll swing and sway
trouble away
and shelter me
in your canopy
til I have found
my own way down
to solid ground

every day we'd race home
my sister to her books
while I'd climb high and look
watching guard over all I could see

and when your blossoms came into bloom
like velvet river moons
I'd watch over them too
making sure no one took them from you

carry me
on the breeze
we'll swing and sway
trouble away
and shelter me
in your canopy
til I have found
my own way down
to solid ground

Oh magnolia
it's been many years gone by
since I have touched the sky
cradled in your leaves of green

But I remember well
how gently you held me close
safe from harder blows
til I was strong enough to go

carry me
on the breeze
we'll swing and sway
trouble away
and shelter me
in your canopy
til I have found
my own way down
to solid ground

credits

from InRetro, released December 21, 2011
Linda Bolley on acoustic guitar and harmony.
Lenny Lasater on bass and harmony.
Becky Shaw on harp and harmony.
Beth Wheeler on mandolin.

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Sonia Tetlow Atlanta, Georgia

Sonia Tetlow is musician who studies the craft of song, a songwriter who performs with abandon, giving herself freely to the moment of live music making. Her music blends Atlanta indie and hints of punk rock with the New Orleans rhythms of her roots. She has had the pleasure of sharing the stage with artists such as Patti Smith, Indigo Girls, and Paul Sanchez and the Rolling Road Show. ... more

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