Name: A Flower is a Lovesome Thing
Duration: P00H06M44S
Description: A dream-like Billy Strayhorn ballad, recorded at the historic NYC studio Nola Recording Studios and played on Erroll Garner's battered, beautiful Steinway piano.

A Flower is a Lovesome Thing

from Everybody's Here by Whitney Ross-Barris

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A dream-like Billy Strayhorn ballad, recorded at the historic NYC studio Nola Recording Studios and played on Erroll Garner's battered, beautiful Steinway piano.

lyrics

A flower is a lovesome thing.
A luscious living lovesome thing.
A daffodil, a rose, no matter where it grows
is such a lovely lovesome thing.

A flower is the heart of spring
that makes the rolling hills sad sing.
The gentle winds that blow,
blow gently for they know
a flower is a lovesome thing.

Playing in the breeze.
Swaying with the trees.
In the silent night or in the morning light.
Such a miracle.

Azaleas drinking pale moonbeams.
Gardenias jumping through daydreams.
Wherever it may grow no matter where you go,
A flower is a lovesome thing.

Playing in the breeze.
Swaying with the trees.
In the silent night or in the morning light.
Such a miracle.

Azaleas drinking pale moonbeams.
Gardenias jumping through daydreams.
Wherever it may grow no matter where you go,
A flower is a lovesome thing.

credits

from Everybody's Here, track released December 4, 2012
Words/Music: Billy Strayhorn
Voice: Whitney Ross-Barris
Piano: Mark Kieswetter

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Whitney Ross-Barris Toronto, Ontario

Whitney Ross-Barris is a jazz singer & songwriter who performs regularly around Ontario. In & around a varied career in live theatre, Whitney has released three jazz albums & has appeared as a guest singer & lyricist on additional recordings (notably, "The Art of Breath: Volume One," John MacMurchy). She is currently in development of a new album exclusively featuring her own compositions. ... more