{"id":17070,"date":"2023-09-03T18:58:19","date_gmt":"2023-09-03T18:58:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.robertandrews.net\/songs\/?p=17070"},"modified":"2026-04-16T19:46:52","modified_gmt":"2026-04-16T19:46:52","slug":"down-in-the-valley","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.robertandrews.net\/songs\/down-in-the-valley\/","title":{"rendered":"Down in the Valley"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

From Stir Crazy<\/a><\/p>\n

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[C] Down in the valley valley so [G] low<\/span>
\nHang your head [G7] over hear the wind [C] blow<\/span>
\nHear the wind blow dear hear the wind [G] blow<\/span>
\nHang your head [G7] over hear the wind [C] blow.<\/span><\/p>\n

[C] Roses love sunshine violets love [G] dew<\/span>
\nAngels in [G7] Heaven know I love [C] you<\/span>
\nKnow I love [G7] you, Dear know I love [G] you<\/span>
\nAngels in [G7] Heaven know I love [C] you.<\/span><\/p>\n

[C] Build me a castle forty feet [G] high<\/span>
\nSo I can [G7] see him as he rides [C] by<\/span>
\nAs he rides by love as he rides [G] by<\/span>
\nSo I can [G7] see him as he rides [C] by.<\/span><\/p>\n

[C] Writing this letter, containing three [G] lines,<\/span>
\nAnswer my [G7] question, “Will you be [C] mine?”<\/span>
\n“Will you be mine, Dear, will you be [G] mine,”<\/span>
\nAnswer my [G7] question, “Will you be [C] mine?”<\/span><\/p>\n

[C] Write me a letter send it by [G] mail<\/span>
\nSend it in [G7] care of Birmingham [C] jail<\/span>
\nBirmingham jail, Love Birmingham [G] jail<\/span>
\nSend it in [G7] care of Birmingham [C] jail.<\/span><\/p>\n

ADDITIONAL VERSES<\/span><\/p>\n

[C] If you don’t love me, love whom you [G] please<\/span>
\nThrow your arms [G7] ’round me give my heart [C] ease<\/span>
\nGive my heart ease, Love give my heart [G] ease<\/span>
\nThrow your arms [G7] ’round me give my heart [C] ease.<\/span><\/p>\n

[C] Throw your arms round me, before it’s too [G] late;<\/span>
\nThrow your arms [G7] round me, feel my heart [C] break.<\/span>
\nFeel my heart break, Dear, feel my heart [G] break.<\/span>
\nThrow your arms [G7] round me, feel my heart [C] break.<\/span><\/p>\n

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From Stir Crazy [C] Down in the valley valley so [G] low Hang your head [G7] over hear the wind [C] blow Hear the wind blow dear hear the wind [G] blow Hang your head [G7] over hear the wind [C] blow. [C] Roses love sunshine violets love [G] dew … CLICK TO VIEW SONGDown in the Valley<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[135,120,133,126,116,117,123,115,68],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-17070","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-special-filter","category-perflive","category-baritone-bill","category-bass-guitar-night","category-live-baritone","category-live-piano","category-live-songlist-tenor","category-live-tenor","category-love-songs"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.robertandrews.net\/songs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17070","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.robertandrews.net\/songs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.robertandrews.net\/songs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.robertandrews.net\/songs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.robertandrews.net\/songs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=17070"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.robertandrews.net\/songs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17070\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":27566,"href":"https:\/\/www.robertandrews.net\/songs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17070\/revisions\/27566"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.robertandrews.net\/songs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=17070"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.robertandrews.net\/songs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=17070"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.robertandrews.net\/songs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=17070"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}