Cynthia Gooding - I Know Where I'm Going (Lyrics) [HD]

Cynthia Gooding sings the traditional folk song 'I Know Where I'm Going' from the 1965 Riverside compilation album 'All-Star Hootenanny'. This song was first on her 1958 Riverside album 'Languages of Love'. The lyrics are in the video and below with comments about the song and singer.
Note: The video shows images of Cynthia Gooding and also other albums that contain this song by the singers Judy Collins, The Judds, Barbara Dane, Laura Wright, and Carolyn Hester. Judy Collins claimed Cynthia Gooding as an "inspiration" for her.
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I Know Where I'm Going (Singer: Cynthia Gooding)
I know where I'm going
And I know who's going with me
I know who I love
But the devil knows who I'll marry
I have stockings of silk
And shoes of bright green leather
Combs to buckle my hair
And a ring for every finger
Feather beds are soft
And painted rooms are bonny
I would trade them all
For my handsome, winsome Johnny
Some say he's mean
But I say he's bonny
Fairest of them all
Is my handsome, winsome Johnny
I know where I'm going
And I know who's going with me
I know who I love
But the devil knows who I'll marry
Songwriter: Traditional song
[Lyrics from songlyrics.com]
Album Personnel: Cynthia Gooding - lead vocal, acoustic guitar, Victor Messing - acoustic guitar, Orrin Keepnews - producer.
Wikipedia states:
"I Know Where I'm Going" is a traditional Scottish (some sources say Irish) ballad about a wealthy love struck young woman pining for her "bonnie" lover Johnny who some say has a bad reputation. It has been noted since the early nineteenth century. It is Roud number 5701.
In some versions the lover is said to be 'black'. This may refer to him being an outlaw or of bad reputation.
The song contains the refrain
I know where I'm going
I know who's going with me
I know who I love
The devil/dear knows who I'll marry
The term in the fourth line is sometimes pronounced “deil,” an old Scottish version of “devil” as in Robert Burns's “The Deil’s awa' wi' the Exciseman.”
It was recorded by Burl Ives on 31 March 1941 for his debut album Okeh Presents the Wayfaring Stranger. It has also been recorded by Kathleen Ferrier, Odetta, The Weavers, The Clancy Brothers, Judy Collins, Barbara Dane, The Highwaymen, The New Christy Minstrels, Harry Belafonte, Carolyn Hester, and English singer Laura Wright. Pete Seeger sang the song to open Episode 16 of his Rainbow Quest television program, originally broadcast on 26 February 1966. The tune has also been used for a hymn or spiritual song, "I Know Why There's Music in the Quiet Summer Morning."
The Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger film I Know Where I'm Going! (1945) got its title from this song at the suggestion of Powell's wife Frankie Reidy, and the song was orchestrated and used in the film.
Cynthia Gooding (August 12, 1924 - February 10, 1988) was an American folk singer who recorded traditional songs from various countries for Elektra Records in the 1950s and 1960s. Judy Collins wrote that she had been "inspired" by her.
She was born in Rochester, Minnesota, and grew up in Lake Forest, Illinois. In her late teens she lived in Mexico City, where she acquired a love of folk music and the blues, learned Spanish, and developed her talents as a singer and guitar player. On returning to the US in the mid-1940s, she moved to New York City, and-encouraged by Josh White-began singing folk songs in Greenwich Village clubs, particularly with regular appearances at the Soho club and, later, Gerdes Folk City. Described as tall and elegant, she developed a following in New York, and her repertoire expanded to include Turkish as well as traditional English songs, and Spanish, Mexican and Italian folk songs.

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