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Washer Woman

from Time Is Free by Trevor & Sylvie

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I like to say that I wrote this in 1835. It was originally written on the 5 string banjo. It was really fun writing it because the story required no effort on my part. It just unfolded before my eyes and surprised me too! It has an almost past-life quality about it, but because of the “old-timey” quality of it, it didn’t get played very much. Then one night during the Strawberry Music Festival in Yosemite I played it on the guitar and took a little of the country twang out of it and Sylvie sang lovely harmonies. We then spent some time re-arranging it and it has been a part of our set ever since. It has one of my favorite ending stanzas I’ve ever written: “Do you just watch as the waters roll by and judge not the things that you see? How simple a life that must be.”

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Washer Woman
Written by Trevor Wheetman

Washer woman washing my old tattered clothes
mend every hole that you find
For I am chasing the rarest of birds
someday her heart will be mine
someday her heart will be mine

Washer woman washing my old tattered clothes
see that they sparkle and shine
for I am a' courting my maiden fair
she is so darling so fine
she is so darling so fine

Washer woman washing my old tattered clothes
I must look as good as a king
for I am to marry my beautiful dove
she has excepted my ring
she has excepted my ring

Washer woman washing my old tattered clothes
are you as happy as me?
my heart overflows when ere I come home
her blossoming face do I see
her blossoming face do I see

Washer woman washing my old tattered clothes
gone is my beautiful bride
she left me a child newborn to this world
I held her so close as she died
I held her so close as she died

Washer woman washing my old tattered clothes
Wash away all of my tears
let me believe that I'm holding her still that I
will do for many more years
will do for many more years

Washer woman washing my old tattered clothes
what do you make of my tail?
Why would the good Lord take her away
and leave me forever to wail
leave me forever to wail

Washer woman washing my old tattered clothes
have you no pity for me?
do you just watch as the waters roll by
and judge not the things that you see
how simple a life that must be
how simple a life that must be
Do you just watch as the waters roll by
and judge not the things that you see?
How simple a life that must be

credits

from Time Is Free, released March 25, 2018
T. Wheetman

Trevor: Vocal, Guitar. Sylvie: Vocal. Nick Forster: Banjo, Octave Mandolin. Justin Hoffenberg: Fiddle.

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Trevor & Sylvie Staunton, Virginia

Trevor and Sylvie are a husband and wife Americana duo based in Nashville, TN.

With roots in Americana, their songs are honest and timeless, written with equal parts craft and inspiration. From the unquenchable thirst of a Dust Bowl era love song to the gritty anonymity of a big-city dive bar, Trevor & Sylvie pull at the strings of familiar stories, following them to their hearts. ... more

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