Little Brown Cot on the Hill (OT2003-3012-009)

Little Brown Cot on the Hill (OT2003-3012-009)

Song excerpted from audio recording OT2003-3012, part of VFC2003-0007 Margaret MacArthur Collection.

Margaret MacArthur Collection -- VFC2003-0007. Vermont Folklife Center Archive, Vermont Folklife Center, Middlebury, Vermont, United States of America.

1964-07-15

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VFC2003-0007 OT2003-3012-009

Vermont Folklife Center

Little Brown Cot on the Hill

I remember that little brown cot on the hill
That I lived in the bright long ago
And the musical sound of that murmuring rill
That beside that brown cot used to flow
To others no beauty in it might appear
[Though caught?] in their bosoms a thrill
But there's no place on earth to my heart is more dear
Than that little brown cot on the hill

    It was lonely and old and in winter twas drear
    And the winds could assail it at will
    Yet there's no place on earth to my heart is more dear
    Than that little brown cot on the hill

Years ago in that little brown cot I was born
There I spent all my boyhood away
On its porch I would sit from the first blush of morn
Til the close of the light summer day
Or I'd play in the cool shady grove that were near
My chant would be merry and shrill
Til fatigued I'd return to my mother so dear
In the little brown cot on the hill

    It was lonely and old and in winter twas drear
    And the winds could assail it at will
    Yet there's no place on earth to my heart is more dear
    Than that little brown cot on the hill

Many [unintelligible] when I parted my friends at its door
And I left them to wander away
And I know that on earth I'll not meet them again
For they sleep neath the churchyard today
Although in this world I'll not meet them again
I cherish their memories still
And remembrance forever with me will remain
Of that little brown cot on the hill

    It was lonely and old and in winter twas drear
    And the winds could assail it at will
    Yet there's no place on earth to my heart is more dear
    Than that little brown cot on the hill
    
References:

• "01 Little Brown Cot On The Hill." Traditional Music Library. 2013. http://www.traditionalmusic.co.uk/songster/01-little-brown-cot-on-the-hill.htm

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