Milly Raccoon, Who Plays Nashville This Week, Shares “That Girl I Left Behind Me” Via Americana Highways

Americana Highways recently shared “That Girl I Left Behind Me,” from Milly Raccoon‘s Frankincense and Myrrh LP, which has spent the last four weeks on NACC’s Folk Top 30. The site notes that the song features “brilliant string playing, long winding old time jams, and a timeless song about the girl with the rosy cheeks and the curly hair that was left behind.”

The song’s tune has a long history, and Raccoon says, “My version of this song consists of my own lyrics about having trouble finding my way in life, as though I am in my own personal battle with social anxiety and lack of focus… I am fascinated by melodies that pervade through hundreds of years and lyrical transformations, and am honored and moved to have become part of the legacy of this song by writing and recording my own version.” Read more here. In Nashville? See Milly Raccoon this Thursday, August 31 at the 5-Spot.