The Ballad of Sally Rose Lyrics

Emmylou Harris The Ballad Of Sally Rose written by Emmylou Harris
Paul Kennerley
Drums: Russ Kunkel, Larrie London
Bass: Emory Gordy, Jr.
Keyboards: Shane Keister, John Jarvis
Acoustic Guitars: Emmylou Harris, Albert Lee,
Hank DeVito, Barry Tashian, Bobby Thompson,
Emory Gordy, Jr., Paul Kennerley
Electric Guitars: Albert Lee, Ray Flacke, Vince Gill,
Hank DeVito, Waylon Jennings, Paul Kennerley
Pedal Steel/ Hank DeVito
Electric Slide Philip Donelly
Mandolin Albert Lee
Fiddle Buddy Spicher
Harmonica Steve Cash, Gary Scruggs
Banjo Bobby Thompson
Accordion Bessyl Duhon
Percussion Larrie Londin, Tom Roady
Background Vocals Emmylou Harris, Dolly Parton,
Linda Ronstadt, Gail Davies, Vince Gill,
Barbara Cowart
Her mama picked him up in south Minnesota
He promised her the world but they never got that far
For he was last seen in that '59 DeSota
When Sally was born in the black hills of Dakota
She was washed in the blood of the dying Sioux nation
Raised with a proud but a wandering heart
And she knew that her roots were in the old reservation
But she had stars in her eyes and greater expectations
No rings on her fingers no bells on her toes
With bugs on her headlights
And runs in her hose
Through the valley of the shadow of Roosevelt's nose
Adios, South Dakota, adios, Sally Rose
They've got a national momument carved out of stone
On the side of a mountain where her forefathers roamed
Playing cowboys and Indians right under the nose
Of Theodore Roosevelt and sweet Sally Rose
So she left Rapid City in the blue moonlight hour
With her eye on the highway and her foot on the floor
And turnin' the dial she was pulled by the power
Of the word coming out of that broadcasting tower
No rings on her fingers no bells on her toes
With bugs on her headlights
And runs in her hose
Through the valley of the shadow of Roosevelt's nose
Adios, South Dakota, adios, Sally Rose
From Emmylou Harris "The Ballad Of Sally Rose"
Warner Brothers Records 1985
Emmylou Songs(ASCAP)/Irving Music(BMI)