The evocative, haunting tune wanders among each of the four voice-parts, while the reflective, personal lyric shares moods of hardship, of longing, and of transport. Careful not to detract from these moods, the arranger builds stylized effects into the musical fabric. These serve to infer the song's country and (perhaps) period of origin: occasional sparse, open harmonies (reminiscent of early-American hymns), an American Indian motif, even a few 'blue' notes. [4:50]