Lyrics: Charlie Monroe
Music: Charlie Monroe
This was played a few times by the Grateful Dead in acoustic sets in
1970 and then again in 1980. Garcia also played it with the Black Mountain Boys
on 7 March 1964 and later with the Jerry Garcia Acoustic Band in 1987.
The title on the LP "Reckoning" was given as 'Rosalie McFall'. But the original Monroe Brothers' LP has the title 'Rosa Lee McFall' and that is what is used on the CD version of "Reckoning".
Out on the lonely hillsideNotes
In a cabin low and small
Lived the sweetest rose of color
My Rosa Lee McFall
Her hair was brightsome color (note 1)
Her voice was sweet to me
I know that I will always love her
And I hope that she loved me
A asked her to be my darling
And this is what she said
You know that I will only be happy (note 2)
When you and I are wed
Then God way up in heaven
One day for her did call
I lost my bride, oh how I loved her
My Rosa Lee McFall
I've searched the wide world over (note 3)
Cities great and small
But I've never found another
Like my Rosa Lee McFall
Out on the lonely hillside
In a cabin low and small
Lived the sweetest rose of color
My Rosa Lee McFall
"Her eyes were bright and shiny"and that seems to be what Garcia sang back in 1964 with the Black Mountain Boys.
I've roamed the wide world over
Through cities great and small
Till God prepares my home in heaven
With Rosa Lee McFall
Grateful Dead Recordings | |||||
Date | Album | ||||
26 Sep 1980 | Reckoning | ||||
Jerry Garcia Recordings | |||||
10 Jan 1964 | Before The Dead | Black Mountain Boys | |||
25 Oct 1987 | Pure Jerry 3: Lunt-Fontanne: Best Of The Rest | Jerry Garcia Acoustic Band | |||
24 Oct 1987 | Ragged But Right | Jerry Garcia Acoustic Band | |||
28 Oct 1987 | On Broadway: Act One | Jerry Garcia Acoustic Band | |||
4/5 Feb 1993 | Pizza Tapes | Garcia/Grisman/Rice | |||
Other Dead-Related Recordings | |||||
Date | Album | Recorded By | |||
1984 | Red Hot Pickers | Peter Rowan | |||
1993 | Dead Ringers | Dead Ringers |
Up on a lonely hillside
In a cabin low and small
Lived my sweeheart of the mountains
My Rosa Lee McFall
Her eyes were bright and shiny
And her lips were ruby red
On her breast she wore white lilies
Where I long to lay my head
Her eyes like flowing rivers
Her lips were sweet as wine
I told her that we could be happy
If she'd only say she's mine
But God way up in heaven
For her one day did call
I missed my girl, oh how I loved her
My Rosa Lee McFall
I'll roam this wide world over
Through cities great and small
Till God prepares my home in heaven
With Rosa Lee McFall