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She

This version of She was released by Emmylou Harris in 1977.

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She …
She came from the land of the cotton
A land that was nearly forgotten
By everyone
And she …
She worked and she slaved so hard
A big ol’ field was her backyard
In the delta sun
Oh, but she sure could sing
Yes, yes
She sure could sing

Then he …
Looked down and he took a little pity
The whole town swore he decided
He help her some
And he
Didn’t mind if she wasn’t very pretty
For deep inside his heart he knew
She was the only one
Oh, but she sure could sing
My, my she sure could sing
She had faith and she had believin’
She led all the people together in singin’
And she prayed very night
To the Lord up above
Singin’ hallelujah
Oh, hallelujah

They …
Would walk singin’ songs by the river
Even when she knew for sure
She had to go away
And she
Never knew what her life had to give her
And never had to worry about it
For one single day
Oh, but she sure could sing
Yes, yes she sure could sing

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Emmylou Harris has released many songs over the years besides She. Emmylou Harris released songs from 1969 to 2003 spanning across albums like Gliding Bird, Elite Hotel, Pieces Of The Sky, Luxury Liner, Quarter Moon In A Ten Cent Town, Light Of The Stable, Blue Kentucky Girl, Roses In The Snow, Cimarron, Evangeline, Last Date, White Shoes, The Ballad Of Sally Rose, Thirteen, Angel Band, Trio, Bluebird, Duets, Brand New Dance, At The Ryman, Cowgirl's Prayer, Wrecking Ball, Western Wall: The Tucson Sessions, Trio II, Red Dirt Girl, and Stumble Into Grace. Decade Lyrics has over lyrics & songs by Emmylou Harris.

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About Lyrics and She by Emmylou Harris

The lyrics for She are defined as the words making up the song released by Emmylou Harris in 1977. It also includes the verses and words used by the background chorus in the song. Like many hit songs, the lyrics to She have different meanings to different people. While it is clear in some of the lyrics what the artist is trying to really say, only Emmylou Harris and those working with them know all of the meanings behind all of the lyrics to their songs.

Some folks are interested in word and phrase etymology. It is easy to understand the lyrics to She by Emmylou Harris if you think through it. The word "lyric" itself derives from the Latin word lyricus, with the actual English word lyrics applied to the definition "words set to music" listed in Stainer and Barrett's 1876 Dictionary of Musical Terms. Continuing the chain, the Latin word lyricus derives from the Greek word λυρικός or lyrikós. This somewhat means "poetry accompanied by the lyre" or "words set to music." You can easily see that by looking at the background of the word lyric, that the "lyrics to She" means the words set to the music of She, or poetry accompanied by the lyre played by Emmylou Harris. The singular form "lyric" is still used to mean the complete words to a song. However, the singular form lyric is also commonly used to refer to a specific line (or phrase) within a song's lyrics. Hence, by this analysis of word structure, you could say that the lyric to She and the lyrics to She are both one and the same thing. None of this talk about the word Lyrics is really relevant to fans of Emmylou Harris who came here looking just for the lyrics to She, but we feel it is still fun to learn what's behind commonly used words and lyrics in songs.

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