Donna Beasley: Music
Under The Rushes
(My website is acting up as of 08/10. I'm having trouble with the formatting of the lyrics. Bear with me.)
Just a boy she met at the social when the summer air'd turned cool He sat right down beside her the next morning in Sunday School During Wednesday night prayer meeting they decided to sneak away In the weepin' and ‘a wailin' and the singin' and the savin' No one noticed they didn’t stay Under the rushes behind the bushes On the ground Under the rushes in the tall, tall grasses Love lay down Winter brought a change in her body she hoped that no one saw Loose fitting dresses hid all the guesses bout a real bad judgment call She heard tell of that boy running all around town He never came back to church one time Spring buds bloomed faded and withered in the hot sun of July Under the rushes behind the bushes On the ground Under the rushes in the tall, tall grasses Love lay down She went to the banks alone and brought forth a baby son She said “I’ll call him Moses and leave him here floating For when his deliverance comes” Under the rushes behind the bushes On the ground Under the rushes in the tall, tall grasses Love lay down