Monday, December 27, 2010

Cover Versions 2010: Jolene

I have mentioned a number of cover versions, both heard live and recorded, that have impressed me in 2010.  Thank you to whoever asked about this one just a couple of hours ago for it falls into that category. It is a cover of 'Jolene', written and originally recorded by Dolly Parton, performed live by Laura Marling and Mumford and Sons at Cecil Sharp House for BBC Radio 1 in November 2010.

Here is the lyric specific to that performance:

Jolene (Mumford & Sons with Laura Marling)

Your beauty is beyond compare
With flaming locks of auburn hair
With ivory skin and eyes of emerald green
Your smile is like a breath of spring
Your voice is soft like summer rain
And I cannot compete with you, Jolene

He talks about you in his sleep
There's nothing I can do to keep
From crying when he calls your name, Jolene
And I can easily understand
How you could easily take my man
But you don't know what he means to me, Jolene

Jolene, Jolene, Jolene, Jolene
I'm begging of you please don't take my man
Jolene, Jolene, Jolene, Jolene
Please don't take him just because you can

You could have your choice of men
But I could never love again
He's the only one for me, Jolene

I had to have this talk with you
My happiness depends on you
And whatever you decide to do, Jolene

Jolene, Jolene, Jolene, Jolene
I'm begging of you please don't take my man
Jolene, Jolene, Jolene, Jolene
Please don't take him even though you can

Your beauty is beyond compare
With flaming locks of auburn hair
With ivory skin and eyes of emerald green
Your smile is like a breath of spring
Your voice is soft like summer rain
And I cannot compete with you, Jolene

Jolene, Jolene, Jolene, Jolene
I'm begging of you please don't take my man
Jolene, Jolene, Jolene, Jolene
Please don't take him just because you can
Jolene, Jolene, Jolene, Jolene
I'm begging of you please don't take my man

One thing that I cannot do, however, is supply a translation in Spanish!

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