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Sierra Ferrell, “Rosemary,” // GemsOnVHS™

GemsOnVHS | April 24, 2026



(update: 3/26/24)Wow, how far we have come since this recording, all of us. Sierra is now world famous, in some small subset of Americana music lovers. Millions of views, who woulda thunk it? Last time I saw her, I was making a few tour stops with Jeremie Albino, the Canadian musician and buddy who was opening for Sierra on some West Coast shows. Sierra sauntered up before a show one night, we exchanged hugs and hellos, and she offered me some deadly powerful edibles. Then she rocked the theatre each night.

The first time I met Sierra, she asked me to dance at the Honky Tonk Tuesday night at the American Legion in Nashville. Of course i’d heard of her before – from Lost Dog and various bands and vagabonds who told me of her amazing old time singing and habit of blowing into (and out of) town. The rumors held true. Our friend Eric introduced us in his amazing home studio to do this video.

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Big thanks to VJ Arizpe and Richard Harmon for making this episode possible.

Want to learn how to play this song? Check out these tabs: https://tabs.ultimate-guitar.com/tab/sierra_ferrell/rosemary_chords_2479462

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  2. @zephmarie55

    April 24, 2026 at 11:26 pm

    This version of Rosemary I hear slight hints of Judy Garland in some of the phrasing. That's the thing about Sierra, she has touches of many of the great singers of all different eras and the culmination is this sound that is the most unique, captivating, beautiful and even magical tone ever! I liked it better when she didn't wear so much make up cuz she's one of the most beautiful creatures ever!

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  18. @swordfishtrombone

    April 24, 2026 at 11:26 pm

    Way back on the mountain in our deeply forest hill
    Where me and my true love, we said "I do"
    But nothing lasts forever in today's world though it seems
    When there's so much evil
    When there's so much evil

    When there's a witch that is on your back
    Makes it feel like the night will attack
    You've got a witch that is on your back
    Now I feel like a heart attack, oh, a heart attack

    And one day, that rain, it started
    It never stopped, no, it never stopped
    I knew now, with just one glance
    That dam, it couldn't hold one more drop
    I thought we would last forever
    Now your hand in mine, your hand in mine

    But you went back to Rosemary
    You went up on the hillside
    Way back in the mountains
    Where Rosemary, she waits for you
    Where Rosemary, she waits for you

    I thought that when I awoke
    That would be my last day, yodelay-oo
    I thought now, when that river came
    It would carry me away

    I'm alive, so I went back in the mountain
    I went up on the hillside
    I went to Rosemary's
    Where I'm killing both of you
    So I made me a garden
    I dug it in the morning
    And underneath that flower bush
    Rosemary waits for you
    Yes, Rosemary waits for you

    I killed that witch that was on my back
    No more feel like the night will attack
    I killed the witch that was on my back
    Now I feel like I can relax
    Like I can relax
    Like I, mm, I can relax

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  19. @watchwmn

    April 24, 2026 at 11:26 pm

    💙 I just discovered Ms Ferrell a few weeks back when this song popped up in my feed 😲💖 Da-ang! Love the melody, rhythm , her unique, wicked good, lovely Voice! 😮Woo to the Hoo! Binging her music since 😁- I'm old, 66, very eclectic tastes in music, partial to old blues,rock & roll, folk of the 60's 70's…dry spell in the 80's, in the 90's, 🎵 got good again 😁. Then, not so much, the artists sounded the same? To me anyway…especially female singers, Argh! Love the old blues & C&W singers, love Ms Ferrell's Unique, Beautiful, Voice, like old country, blues, razz ma tazz jazz 😁- makes my heart happy, she and other young artists are making music good again, Yay! Though..it seems, harder the times, the better the 🎶 Thank you !💖

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