Biography:
Elizabeth “Connie” Converse disappeared in 1974, leaving behind a haunting body of recorded music that would remain virtually unheard for the next 35 years.
Biography:
Elizabeth Eaton Converse was born in Laconia, New Hampshire in 1924, the middle child of three siblings. She was bookish, the valedictorian her class at Concord High School, and described by most who knew her to be a polymath. She attended Mt. Holyoke College on an academic scholarship beginning in 1942, studied French, and wrote for several campus publications.
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Roving Woman
C Am Dm G
People say a roving woman
C Am F G
is likely not to be better than she ought to be;
Em Am D
so, when I stray away from where I’ve got to be,
Dm G C
someone always takes me home.
G D G D
A lady never should habituate saloons,
G Am Bm Am
and that is where I find myself on many afternoons.
G Am G C
But just as I begin to blow away the foam,
Bm Bb7 D G
someone tips his hat to me and takes me home.
C Am Dm G
People say a roving woman
C Am F G
is likely not to be better than she ought to be;
Em Am D
so, when I stray away from where I’ve got to be,
Dm G C
someone always takes me home.
G D G D
Now, poker is a game a lady shouldn’t play,
G Am Bm Am
and every floatin’ poker game just seems to float my way.
G Am G C
But long before I’ve lost a thing besides my comb,
Bm Bb7 D G
someone tips his hand to me and takes me home.
C Am Dm G
Don’t see why they always do it
C Am F G
can’t be vanity; must be sheer humanity
Em Am D
when some kind soul remarks with great urbanity:
Dm G C
'Lady, let me take you home.'
G D G D
Of course, there’s bound to be some little aftermath
G Am Bm Am
that makes a pleasant ending for the straight and narrow path.
G Am G C
And as I go to sleep, I cannot help but think
Bm Bb7 D G
how glad I am that I was saved from cards and drink.
C Am Dm G
People say a roving woman
C Am F G
is likely not to be better than she ought to be;
Em Am D
so, when I stray, there’s positively got to be
Dm G C
someone there to take me home.
C Am Dm G
People say a roving woman
C Am F G
is likely not to be better than she ought to be;
Em Am D
so, when I stray away from where I’ve got to be,
Dm G C
someone always takes me home.
G D G D
A lady never should habituate saloons,
G Am Bm Am
and that is where I find myself on many afternoons.
G Am G C
But just as I begin to blow away the foam,
Bm Bb7 D G
someone tips his hat to me and takes me home.
C Am Dm G
People say a roving woman
C Am F G
is likely not to be better than she ought to be;
Em Am D
so, when I stray away from where I’ve got to be,
Dm G C
someone always takes me home.
G D G D
Now, poker is a game a lady shouldn’t play,
G Am Bm Am
and every floatin’ poker game just seems to float my way.
G Am G C
But long before I’ve lost a thing besides my comb,
Bm Bb7 D G
someone tips his hand to me and takes me home.
C Am Dm G
Don’t see why they always do it
C Am F G
can’t be vanity; must be sheer humanity
Em Am D
when some kind soul remarks with great urbanity:
Dm G C
'Lady, let me take you home.'
G D G D
Of course, there’s bound to be some little aftermath
G Am Bm Am
that makes a pleasant ending for the straight and narrow path.
G Am G C
And as I go to sleep, I cannot help but think
Bm Bb7 D G
how glad I am that I was saved from cards and drink.
C Am Dm G
People say a roving woman
C Am F G
is likely not to be better than she ought to be;
Em Am D
so, when I stray, there’s positively got to be
Dm G C
someone there to take me home.
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