The Lonesome Path to Elk River, #folkmusic #appalachianfolklore #charlesecravey

Added: 2026-06-03

[00:00:00][music] [music] [music] [music] >> Long before the roads were cut and long before the town [music] a wanderer walked the Elk River paths [music] where the pines lay low and brown.

[00:00:37]He carried only a weathered pack [music] a knife, a jug, a prayer and the mountains kept his [music] secrets close like a mother [singing] on a way.

[00:00:51]>> [music] [music] >> The nights were cold as judgment.

[00:01:02]The days were hard as stone [music] but he sang to keep his spirit warm in a voice both [music] thin and low.

[00:01:13]Lord, guide my feet through shadowed [music and singing] woods and guide me where I roam.

[00:01:20]>> [music] >> For the Elk River path is a hungry road [singing] and it longs to draw me home.

[00:01:27]>> [music] >> Oh, the river bends and the river [music and singing] knows where a weary >> [music] >> traveler goes.

[00:01:45]Oh, the mountain keeps what the mountain [music] holds and [music] the wind tells all it knows.

[00:01:59]>> [music] [music] [music] >> Some say he reached the valley. [music] Some say lost his way.

[00:02:25]Some swear they hear his footsteps still [music] at the fallen edge of day.

[00:02:33]But the [music] Elk River path remembers him and hums his wandering tune.

[00:02:40]When the [music] dusk lays down its purple shawl in the hills [music] lean toward the moon.

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