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O black water...

by ⎈valvran⎈ · 3:10 · 236 plays · 152 likes · published October 26, 2026 · v6-mini

Appalachian balladmountain folk

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Style

Old-time Appalachian ballad, mountain folk: 5-string clawhammer banjo, strummed acoustic guitar, mountain dulcimer drone, lonesome fiddle, wooden-floor foot stomp; raw close-mic live-room sound, natural room reverb and audible breath, sparse instrumental answers; 66 BPM lilting 6/8, relaxed rubato verses and steady refrain; powerful full-voice male tenor with slight gravel and hill-country twang, conversational storytelling, bare opening line, hollow-chested refrain, layered octave doubles.

Lyrics

I courted her at the meeting house

On a Saturday in May;

She had her mama's old yellow dress

And the moon to light her way.

We sat a-wooing on the rail

Till the stars went pale and gray;

She said, "The crick's got a deep voice, boy,

And it calls my name each day."

O black water, black water, cold as the clay,

The mountain keeps what it takes away.

She went down to the crossing place

At the falling of the day;

The cows came up. The girl came not.

The crick went on its way.

O black water, black water, cold as the clay,

The mountain keeps what it takes away.

They dragged the pool with a hickory pole.

They brought up the dress. Not the girl.

I'm an old man at the crossing place,

The crick is deep and cold;

She's in the root, she's in the reed,

She's young, and I am old.

O black water, black water, cold as the clay,

The mountain keeps what it takes away.

About this song

“O black water...” is an AI-generated song by ⎈valvran⎈ (@valvran on Suno). The creator's style prompt lists Appalachian ballad, mountain folk. It was generated with Suno v6-mini, Suno's current model generation (what changed in v6). It runs 3:10, and was published on suno.com on October 26, 2026.

The lyric sheet above is the prompt text stored with the song, 24 lines. Suno sings what is written, so this is the authoritative text rather than a transcription. The Lyrics (.txt) button saves this lyric sheet together with the Style of Music prompt.

On suno.com it has 236 plays and 152 likes. It reached Suno's public trending feed on October 28, 2026, which is how it earned a page here.

⎈valvran⎈ has 6 songs on record here; the artist page lists them all with plays and lyrics.

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