Uploaded July 2025 | Updated September 2026, 19 hours ago
Died for Love / Once I Wore My Apron Low / Love Has Brought Me to Despair (Roud No. 60) - Sung by Dellie Norton of Sodom Laurel, Madison County, North Carolina. From the documentary "The End of an Old Song" (1969) about the ballad singer Dillard Chandler and the mountain people of North Carolina. Filmed and recorded by John Cohen in 1967.
The complete movie can be watched here:
folkstreams.net/films/end-of-an-old-song
I extracted the songs and used my knowledge on video editing to share them on Youtube in the highest possible quality, I used manual video upscaling (no AI was used!) for this, to further document variants of traditional ballads and songs which has been my hobby for many years. I claim no ownership of the video, all the rights belong with John Cohen.
Song transcription:
When my apron it hung low,
He followed me through frost and snow.
But now my apron's to my knee,
He'll pass me by, and he won't come in.
It's some folks says there's a flower you can find
Will cure false love and ease your mind.
And outten these flowers I made my bed.
And outten these leaves a pillow for my head.
Yes, I gathered red and I gathered blue
Until I got my apron full.
But little did I think what love would do.
Died for Love / Once I Wore My Apron Low / Love Has Brought Me to Despair (Roud No. 60) - Sung by Dellie Norton of Sodom Laurel, Madison County, North Carolina. From the documentary "The End of an Old Song" (1969) about the ballad singer Dillard Chandler and the mountain people of North Carolina. Filmed and recorded by John Cohen in 1967.
The complete movie can be watched here:
folkstreams.net/films/end-of-an-old-song
I extracted the songs and used my knowledge on video editing to share them on Youtube in the highest possible quality, I used manual video upscaling (no AI was used!) for this, to further document variants of traditional ballads and songs which has been my hobby for many years. I claim no ownership of the video, all the rights belong with John Cohen.
Song transcription:
When my apron it hung low,
He followed me through frost and snow.
But now my apron's to my knee,
He'll pass me by, and he won't come in.
It's some folks says there's a flower you can find
Will cure false love and ease your mind.
And outten these flowers I made my bed.
And outten these leaves a pillow for my head.
Yes, I gathered red and I gathered blue
Until I got my apron full.
But little did I think what love would do.
