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Louisa

from Hunger by Robinson & Rohe

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Words and music by Jean Rohe

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Louisa
Words and music by Jean Rohe

Louisa, little Southern town
The green hills wear their hazy crown
In the evening I go walking as the summer sun goes down

Louisa, I left everything
For your green hills, for a wedding ring
I'm a dreamer, I'm a foolish dreamer with a sad, sad song to sing

O, Louisa
What have you done?
Now I'm a prisoner of my icy jealousy
I shoulda never left my home up North for your warm Virginia breeze
O, Louisa, you made a broken girl of me

Louisa, full of Southern belles
They'll smile bright and they'll wish you well
But you can see it: they're hiding something; what it is, you can't quite tell

Louisa, he caught me in his snare
With his sweet laugh and his golden hair
But Louisa, his wandering eye–-this Northern girl could not compare

To Louisa
What have you done?
Now I'm a prisoner of my icy jealousy
I shoulda never left my home up North for your warm Virginia breeze
O, Louisa, you made a broken girl of me

And I'd go, you know I'd turn and head back homeward
Back to my land of snow
And I've tried, but he's the only one for me
O, Louisa
Louisa
Louisa

O, Louisa
What have you done to me?
I shoulda never left my home up North for your warm Virginia breeze
O Louisa, you made a broken girl of me
O Louisa, Louisa, Louisa.

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from Hunger, released August 15, 2017
© 2017 Jean Rohe (Laundry Line Music, BMI), Liam Robinson (Liamerica, ASCAP)

Jean Rohe –– acoustic guitar and singing
Liam Robinson –– banjo, accordion, piano, brushes, and singing
Hannah Read –– fiddle
Christopher Tordini –– bass
Kyle Morgan –– resonator, acoustic, and electric guitars, additional vocal “Safe Harbor”

Produced by Robinson & Rohe
Recorded by Danny Blume at Old Soul Studio
Mixed by Todd Sickafoose at Earycanal
Mastered by Alan Douches at West West Side Music

Art by Andrew Benincasa
Photos by Jen Painter
Design by Karen Oh
Essay by Stephanie Mills

Thanks to the Robinsons and the Rohes; to Crosshatch Center for Art and Ecology and Blue Mountain Center for the gift of time and space; to the residents and visitors of Yggdrasil for companionship and spiritual nourishment (especially Andy Benincasa, Nikki-Lu Asselin, Sara Joy Marquez, Jess Serrante); Kathleen Sullivan and Blaise Dupuy, Michael Moricz, Mike Olson, and all the kind people who have fed and sheltered us on our journeys in exchange for a little music.

© 2017 Laundry Line Records

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Robinson & Rohe Brooklyn, New York

Robinson & Rohe is the duo of American songwriters Liam Robinson (banjo, accordion, vocals) and Jean Rohe (guitar, vocals). Since the release of their debut record, Hunger, in 2017, they have taken their music all over the US, Switzerland, UK, and Ireland, lighting up venerable folk venues and festivals from Club Passim to The Green Note and opening for Tom Paxton and Anaïs Mitchell along the way. ... more

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