Palace Grand

PALACE GRAND. Also called, "Lady Mary," this traditional piece is often associated with Mrs. May Kennedy McCord, a popular Ozarks ballad singer who learned many of her songs from her friends and family in Galena, Mo. In Vance Randolph's Ozark Folksongs, the song is simply referred to as "The Sad Song." This particular version was sung to us by Kay Blair of Mountain View, Ark. PALACE GRAND He came from his palace grand. He came to my cottage door. His words were few, but his looks Will linger for evermore. And a look in his sad, dark eyes. More tender than words might be. For I was nothing to him, Though he was the world to me. There in her garden she stands, All dressed in satin and lace, Lady Mary so proud and so cold, Who finds in his heart no place. He knew I would be his bride With a kiss for a lifetime fee. But I was nothing to him Though he was the world to me. There in his palace so grand, On a flowerewn bed he lies. His beautiful lids are closed O'er his sad, dark beautiful eyes. And among the mourners who mourn, Why should I a mourner be? For I was nothing to him Though he was the world to me. How will it be with our souls When we reach that spirit land? What mortal heart never knew Will the spirit then understand? Or in some celestial form Will our sorrows repeated be? Will I still be nothing to him Though he was the world to me?