I've been listening to and exploring the music of Odetta today, triggered by the previous post on Water Boy. In doing so, I came upon her rendition of All The Pretty Little Horses, said to be an old slave lullaby sung by a mother who had to leave and lost her child to tend to the master's children:
I'm a pretty big fan of Calexico, so was delighted when I then found their take on this song:
Next, here is Laura Gibson's recent rendition. Gibson is gaining a big following here out of Portland:
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