Uploaded August 2021 | Updated September 2026, 3 weeks ago
A collaborative creation that came together one afternoon through the efforts of the wildly creative Brian Dolphin (check out his Patreon at: patreon.com/dolphinandyou ). I wrote this song about a valley in East Tennessee that I would visit in the summer as a child. I took a hike there again in the early fall of 2019 and was mesmerized by the many blooming plants that trailed along the edges of the forest and the fields, and was compelled to write this song.
You can purchase the song for $1 (plus fees) at sarolyncht.bandcamp.com/track/i-want-to-be-down-in-the-valley
THANK YOU to my Patrons!
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BECOME A PATRON with monthly donations!
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*WHERE ELSE YOU CAN FIND ME*
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Website: sarosings.com/
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*LYRICS*
I want to be down in that valley
By that stream all framed in jewelweed
And the cottonwood, proudmasted
Swaying gently overhead
Oh, the lilies and the asters
And the goldenrod in glory
It’s the holiest of places that I have ever tread
CHORUS
Let me lay down in the valley
In the early days of autumn
Let me lay down in th valley
With its furrows and its farms
If I whispered thanks one thousand times
I could not make you more holy
I berth of so much beauty
Woven with ten-thousand charms
Oh I want to feel the textures
Of these neighbors and companions
To be curling in their petals
To be twining in their strands
I want to dive like some kingfisher
Through the dappled light around me
Bathe in its warmth and sweetness
Feel its coolness in my hands.
CHORUS
I have often heard it spoken
That this world is just a foil
For a greater glory elsewhere
For a glory yet unseen
I don’t think I need that glory
I don’t need its power to blind me
When the beauty of the valley
Can bring me endless ease
CHORUS
If I whispered thanks one thousand times
I could not make you more holy
I can only ask the blessing
To be nested in your arms
credits
released March 29, 2020
Saro Lynch-Thomason: composition, lead vocals
Brian Dolphin: production, mixing, vocals
Elizabeth LaPrelle: vocals
Eva Leach: vocals
Jesse Maw: fiddle
Sheila Markazi: fiddle, vocals
Maddy Mullany: vocals
Trevor Wilson: vocals
A collaborative creation that came together one afternoon through the efforts of the wildly creative Brian Dolphin (check out his Patreon at: patreon.com/dolphinandyou ). I wrote this song about a valley in East Tennessee that I would visit in the summer as a child. I took a hike there again in the early fall of 2019 and was mesmerized by the many blooming plants that trailed along the edges of the forest and the fields, and was compelled to write this song.
You can purchase the song for $1 (plus fees) at sarolyncht.bandcamp.com/track/i-want-to-be-down-in-the-valley
THANK YOU to my Patrons!
patreon.com/sarolynch
BECOME A PATRON with monthly donations!
patreon.com/sarolynch
*WHERE ELSE YOU CAN FIND ME*
TikTok: songspeaksaro
Website: sarosings.com/
Facebook: facebook.com/sarosings
*LYRICS*
I want to be down in that valley
By that stream all framed in jewelweed
And the cottonwood, proudmasted
Swaying gently overhead
Oh, the lilies and the asters
And the goldenrod in glory
It’s the holiest of places that I have ever tread
CHORUS
Let me lay down in the valley
In the early days of autumn
Let me lay down in th valley
With its furrows and its farms
If I whispered thanks one thousand times
I could not make you more holy
I berth of so much beauty
Woven with ten-thousand charms
Oh I want to feel the textures
Of these neighbors and companions
To be curling in their petals
To be twining in their strands
I want to dive like some kingfisher
Through the dappled light around me
Bathe in its warmth and sweetness
Feel its coolness in my hands.
CHORUS
I have often heard it spoken
That this world is just a foil
For a greater glory elsewhere
For a glory yet unseen
I don’t think I need that glory
I don’t need its power to blind me
When the beauty of the valley
Can bring me endless ease
CHORUS
If I whispered thanks one thousand times
I could not make you more holy
I can only ask the blessing
To be nested in your arms
credits
released March 29, 2020
Saro Lynch-Thomason: composition, lead vocals
Brian Dolphin: production, mixing, vocals
Elizabeth LaPrelle: vocals
Eva Leach: vocals
Jesse Maw: fiddle
Sheila Markazi: fiddle, vocals
Maddy Mullany: vocals
Trevor Wilson: vocals
