1110 – Van Morrison – Tupelo Honey (1971)

Escrita por Van Morrison, foi lançada no disco Tupelo Honey, em 15 de outubro de 1971. Foi lançada como compacto em 1972 e chegou ao número 47 dos charts pop americanos. O título deriva de um mel caro, produzido no sudeste dos Estados Unidos.

Van Morrison cantou e tocou guitarra. Ronnie Montrose tocou guitarra e fez backing vocals. John McFee tocou pedal steel guitar. Bill Chruch tocou baixo. Rolf Houston tocou flauta e fez backing vocals. Mark Jordan tocou piano e piano elétrico. Connie Kay tocou bateria. Gary Mallaber tocou vibraphone. Bruce Royston tocou flauta. Jack Schroer tocou sax alto e Ted Templeman tocou orgao.

Foi regravada por Richie Havens, Dusty Springfield, Billy Bragg, entre outros artistas.

A letra:

You can take all the tea in China
Put it in a big brown bag for me
Sail right around all the seven oceans
Drop it straight into the deep blue sea
She's as sweet as Tupelo honey
She's an angel of the first degree
She's as sweet as Tupelo honey
Just like honey from the bee

You can't stop us on the road to freedom
You can't keep us 'cause our eyes can see
Men with insight, men in granite
Knights in armor bent on chivalry
She's as sweet as Tupelo honey
She's an angel of the first degree
She's as sweet as Tupelo honey
Just like honey, baby, from the bee

You can't stop us on the road to freedom
You can't stop us 'cause our eyes can see
Men with insight, men in granite
Knights in armor intent on chivalry
She's as sweet as Tupelo honey
She's an angel of the first degree
She's as sweet as Tupelo honey
Just like honey, baby, from the bee

You know she's alright, oh she's alright with me
You know, you know, you know she's alright, she alright with me
You know, you know, you know you know
You know she's alright, alright with me
She's alright, she's alright
She's alright with me
She's alright
She's alright with me
She's alright
She's alright with me

She's al, she's alright, she's alright
She's alright with me
She's alright, she's alright, she's alright, she's alright

You can take all the tea in China
Put it in a big brown bag for me
Sail it right around all these seven oceans
Drop it smack dab in the middle of the deep blue sea
Because, she's as sweet as Tupelo honey, yes she is
She's an angel of the first degree
She's as sweet as Tupelo honey
Just like honey, baby, from the bee

She's as sweet as Tupelo honey
She's an angel of the first degree
She's as sweet as Tupelo honey
Just like the honey, from the bee
She's alright, she's alright with me
She's my baby, you know she's alright
She's my baby, she's my baby, she's alright
She's my baby

A versão de Van Morrison:

A versão de Dusty Springfield:

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