AMBER TRESSES TIED IN BLUE
The Carter Family


Far away in sunny mountains
Where the merry sunbeams play 
There I wandered thru the clover 
Singing to a village maid 
 
    She was dearer than the dearest 
    Ever loving kind and true 
    And she wore beneath her bonnet 
    Amber tresses tied in blue 
 
Fact decreed that we be parted 
Ere the leaves of autumn fell 
Then two hearts were separated 
That had loved each other well 

She was all I had to cherish 
Every loving king and true 
Now I see in every vision 
Amber tresses tied in blue