Cry Of The Whippoorwill Song Lyrics and Chords by Rhonda Vincent
Cry Of The Whippoorwill
Recorded by Rhonda Vincent
Written by Terry Herd and Rhonda Vincent
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Now listen
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close and you can
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hear
Their mournful
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cries ring through the
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darkness
Lovers lost and all alone
Spirits
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two forever
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roam
Like a night-bird's wail when the wind is still
The sound of river and a whippoorwill
Like the driving rain on a roof of tin
Her words of
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love call out to
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him
In the chill of the night through falling snow
Two hearts run wild nowhere to go
Crossing hills and valleys wide
To meet once
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It's a bitter wind that sings her song
About a love so right and yet so wrong
And promised hearts where passions dwell
No one can
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see no one can
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tell
Souls lost in time they were never found
Frozen in solid on the cold hard ground
Forever wild forever free
Wrapped in the
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arms of eterni
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Lovers
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lost and all
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alone
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roam
FAQ
Who sang the the song Cry Of The Whippoorwill?
- The song Cry Of The Whippoorwill was sang by Rhonda Vincent.
Who is Rhonda Vincent?
- Rhonda Lea Vincent (born July 13, 1962) is an American bluegrass singer, songwriter, and multi-instrumentalist.Vincent's music career began when she was a child in her family's band The Sally Mountain Show, and it has spanned more than four decades. Vincent first achieved success in the bluegrass genre in the 1970s and '80s, earning the respect of her mostly male peers for her mastery of the progressive chord structures and multi-range, fast-paced vocals intrinsic to bluegrass music. Vincent is an in-demand guest vocalist for other bluegrass and country music performers, appearing on recordings by Dolly Parton, Alan Jackson, Tanya Tucker, Joe Diffie, Faith Hill and other notables.Vincent is a seven-time Grammy nominee, winning the Grammy Award for Best Bluegrass Album in 2017. In 2020, she was inducted as a member of the Grand Ole Opry.
