Jeannie with the Light Brown Hair

[Music] so [Music] uh [Music] hmm [Music] [Music] um [Music] a hundred odd years a hundred years ago a living man walked the earth saw the sunset glow loved and in turn was loved felt and heard music stirring in his soul coming from whence all music comes i was that man [Music] then came a period when try as i would i could create nothing to satisfy me i was faced with the possibility that the well of inspiration had run dry that year i had written only three songs was in debt to my publishers for a considerable amount time for my wife jane she had tried to hide her concerned but as the weeks passed without fruitfulness from my pen she resolved to follow a course of action she knew would not be to my liking changed her mind somehow she didn't know how to tell me jane marion my baby were the only bright spots in my life my only encouragement i watched my wife comb her lovely hair which was always a source of wonderment to me truly a crowning glory and from the day she became my wife i had inwardly vowed that someday i would place precious jewels in her hair for all the world to see but that day seemed far off steven i've been thinking i know it's been a difficult period for you dear i've been offered a position oh darling please try to understand i know it's unheard of a woman working but we're in debt and i want to help because i believe in you darling never had anything shocked me more my wife working it was unthinkable and who had the audacity to propose such an idea to jane richard has arranged for me to study telegraphy for a position with the pennsylvania railroad in a moment of blind unreasonable rage i accused her of a lingering interest in richard my former rival stephen jane richard adams is here he wants to see you i forbade her to see him she tried to reason with me but i was beyond all reasoning of course i'll do as you wish stephen but at least i can be courteous and give him my answer i felt only the keen sting of hurt pride leaving jane no other course but to disobey in a state of unreasoning temperament i left my home my wife and family went to new york and there in the cheapest kind of quarters harried by debt too proud to accept the aid of my wife i work desperately endeavoring to recapture my lost gift [Music] my trip to new york proved an unbearable trial alone without funds it was impossible to concentrate weeks went by in which i wrote nothing stephen we cannot advance any more of the firm's money for songs you haven't written here's something to tide you over don't lose hope stephen these unfruitful periods come to all creative people you'll get your old spark back i'm sure of it do you really believe that i'm trying to rob but i don't know something's happened to [Music] stephen [Music] so [Music] so [Music] [Music] so the item about richard adams and his bride brought me to my senses [Music] at that moment i realized i wanted nothing more in the world than to ask my wife's forgiveness [Music] born like and as in my courtship i became articulate only in songs [Music] i addressed my wife a copy of the number i had just written in the hopes that this declaration would bring her forgiveness the second copy was sent to my publishers first pond and company [Music] see her tripping where the bright streams play happy as the days on her [Music] many worlds [Music] dream of with the light from hello [Music] [Music] when the day light fades when twilight the midnight skies [Music] many words of life [Music] will the light rise [Music] [Music] so [Music] i dream of [Music] summer i see her tripping where the bright streams happy as the day [Music] words that were [Music] yes that's the way it happened and with my return home came the old power to create music [Music] oh [Music] foreign