"There are only two kinds of men in the world. Those who love Emmy Lou and those who never met her." Willie Nelson

I start to sob at the start of the second verse. And stop about half an hour after this beautiful song finishes. Every single time.

Emmylou Harris and Leonard Cohen...two voices...from the same musical heart...both sang this song with the words so clear...both sang this song from memories so dear...and I'm thanking God for my ears and my beer...resurrecting my own past...old lost thoughts aged in time...far more sincere...

An angel's voice that soothes us. Every time I hear Emmylou (every day) I get more impressed. And I've been following for over 46 years !!! Emmylou, perfect ...

She’s absolutely peerless. She leads, follows, harmonises, supports and is incomparable. This is priceless. Txs Emmy for the beauty of your music. From Gram to the Boss, M Knopfler and some I have not heard of. 🙏. I hope I discover more of your beautiful music.

I think she has one of the most beautiful voices of all times. This is a beautiful song, very intriguing. Thank you

I don’t listen to country music. But I listen to everything this this spirit sings.

I can’t listen to this beautiful song without tears for my beloved horses that have passed on. ❤

Emmylou Harris is in my opinion the best female folk/western singer of all time.

Avec Joan Baez, Emmylou est la seule qui peut me donner des frissons et me faire pleurer en même temps. 💖💖💖

I can't stop crying. My dad was a cowboy too, my grandfather a blacksmith. Some of my dearest memories are just hanging out with my horses. Standing in a cold barn on a rainy day, brushing my horse, sharing deep secrets, feeling a connection that can never be broken. It's the spirit of freedom and love. These things we share with other cowgirls, whether in life, or by proxy. Thank you my sister cowgirl. Your video has touched a secret place in my heart!

Love Emmylou and this song.Leonard Cohen had such a deep spiritual insight in his music.

There's not another woman breathing who could sing this song like EmmyLou. Every pulse of each vibrato is from the heart.... such an amazingly beautiful performance of an incredible song.

All little girls love their horses. How epic and how poetic. To have EmilyLou sing a ballad to these little girls and their hopes and the aching of their young hearts does an old man good. Love you, EmilyLou.

Wunderschön und tief berührend. Emmylou ist ein Engel.

This woman, is so irrepressible and irresistible, I can't imagine life without her. Quite the true delight, in every aspect. Emmylou, you are number one, without doubt

Emmylou can flat out sing up a storm....she has such a beautiful angelic voice that just soothes me to the bone.......she is a real treat to your ears

What a beautiful song performed by a beautiful lady--a fellow Alabamian. It's not necessary to be able to interpret every single nuance of Leonard Cohen's lyrics in order to be moved by this rendition. It still speaks to the soul. Thank you, EmmyLou, for so many hours of musical pleasure.

Honoring the memory of my father who a day like today, April 10, 2020 twenty six years ago crossed that final door, the one that patiently waits for us all. He never heard this song nor knew Leonard Cohen or Emmy Lou Harris, but he loved horses and endured a few terrible loses. He was generous to a fault and I still miss him. Hearing the pain and yearning of this masterwork I inevitably think of him.

Many years ago I worked a trucker, I arrived one night in a gas station in France, I went into the station and I looked at the CD, I saw one with a lady and a guitar, it was Emmylou, I did not know it but I bought that CD, I have fallen in love with her voice and listening to it with great pleasure, and this song can listen to her for a whole day without getting bored

Emmylou's voice carry's high over the Mountain's , She is the life and soul of Country Music

So very beautiful, her fetches all your life’s emotions out, beautiful stunning voice ❤️

Poignantly beautiful. When life fiercely claws you, a handful of Leonard Cohen’s songs do the illusion of healing. Given what is going on nowadays , January 2020, that’s plenty.

I have loved horses all my life.My first word was horsie.Nothing sweeter than smell of fresh cut hay and horses.Beautiful song & video.

I thank God everyday for being able to experience the joy, sadness, reflection, and most of all, the beauty of sound such as this.. Sheer brilliance.

Emmylou's voice has always been magical to me...she makes me very happy.

What have I been missing never heard this beautiful so before & I've been a fan since I first heard Emmylou back in the 70's.Thank you KZfaq

Fantastisch diese Frau!!!💓💓🐎💞💞💞🕊️🙏🌹

The best song ever!... 🎶 Thank you so much... ...🎼💙

What an awesome voice..never heard such pure and nature ..long live Emmelou Harris

This is an incredible song. How can there be so many masterpieces that so few are aware of? It's the world. It's the wrong world.

This song I dedicate to my mom…..a cowgirl from the time she was born. She learned trick riding from the old cowboy movies from the 40’s. She rode her horse to school in San Diego back when it was still country (Mission Valley)

This is an incredible song. EmmyLou's voice is amazing on this. Such beautiful tone and timbre! Thank you for posting!

Emmylou can make any song sound fantastic

She is one of the two greatest female singers of my time. We grew up together. With her friend Linda Rondstadt who is the other voice that soothes my old soul. I can't even believe how many songs she has sung with her magical ways and her many duets with other great singers. It doesn't seem like she ever gets old. I've loved her since I first heard her with Gram Parsons. And Linda. You too have the voice of an Angel. My only wish was that you didn't leave country for a few albums because then we could have more songs the way you sing the best. I love you both and you have made my life much more beautiful. Now my son loves you both too and we also love you Emmy with John Prine who is such a talented writer and singer. Peace and love to all.

Una canzone molto bella,per una voce unica...meravigliosa!😊😍😘🎶🎸🎶💘💓💕💋💯🌅🍀

Love Emmylou this to me is one of her best .Where the 4 - comes from is beyond me !

Une des plus belle voix du monde. Chanson magnifique

Sie hat eine Engelsstimme! Sie ist unglaublich gut und extrem sympathisch. ❤❤🇨🇭

I remember my Mother used to play her songs when she wants to relax...and it's really tug the heart when i hear her beautiful voice..ohh sweet old memories

Beautiful! song,sung by my favourite country female artist ,thank you!!!

There is something very sublime about a certain kind of song that has, melody or lyrics or harmony that really does something to the core of yourself. This is one of those songs for me. Just magical

Who ever wrote it ... Nailed it!.....Gram heard the magic ...I believe the best tribute tune I've heard.....when the goose bumps show up and the water flows I know it's perfect....doesn't get better....drunk or sober!

the greatest female voice ever in my opinion!

EmmyLou Harris, definitely one of the top female singers of all time, such a sweet voice that is just incredible, beautiful just like this beautiful lady, thank you for this

I keep coming back to the song. So beautiful.

I've listened to so many of Emmylou Harris's solos, duets and all. This ballad is, for me, the pinnacle. Haunting melody, incredible emotion - utter dedication to her chosen task. - MOON BEAR SPEAKS - Montana/UK

This absolutely wonderful ballad presentation by EmmyLou and with the visuals so perfectly arranged to merge with her vocals, should be placed in a time capsule to remind us what humanity really is. A work of art!

Ich liebe diese Ballade. Gänsehaut pur.

Voice of an angel. Beautiful song.

..such a woman and such a voice - and the song from leonard.. all perfect!!

the tears have stopped so I can comment:Emmylou,your voice means so much to me;thank you for bringing peace and serenity into my life!

Peut-être la plus belle chanson que j'ai écouté jamais. Merci utuber423 pour partager avec nous.

Is there a more elegant rendition of a ballad anywhere? I dont think so. Wow.

This entire album -- Cowgirl's Prayer -- is stunning. I play it a lot.

I somehow never heard this song before and am in a state of complete if not stupified amazement. It's astonishing how much this conveys that has little or nothing to do with horses, while constantly evoking them in such immediate and moving detail. Rarely do song lyrics succeed so well as poetry, and Emmylou's rendition is characteristically sublime.

When a lover then sings, it is as if the Seasons change and a Man is left; bereft! Truly the sweetness travels direct.

Beautiful song by a beautiful singer x

Wonderful Emmylou !!! A true angel !

Just want to thank everyone for such nice posting on this video. The story of the song always reminded me of my wife and myself and how we relate to one another.

É a Melhor do Mundo Não tem ninguém como essa cantora Ela canta com a alma.

Eine wunderschöne Ballade und ein tolles Video, Danke

Beautiful singer and song.

The Voice of an Angel.. 💝

Weltklasse Sängerin schönes Vidio Danke !!!1

Emmylou, I hear You wonderful songs and ballads whole night and dream of You at daytime

Say a prayer for the cowgirl her horse ran away She'll walk 'til she finds him her darlin' her stray But the river's in flood and the roads are awash And the bridges break up in the panic of loss And there's nothin' to follow nowhere to go He's gone like the summer gone like the snow And the crickets are breaking her heart with their song As the day caves in and the night is all wrong Did she dream it was he who went galloping past And bent down the fern broke open the grass And printed the mud with the well-hammered shoe That she nailed to his speed in the dreams of her youth And although he goes grazin' a minute away She tracks him all night she tracks him all day And she's blind to his presence except to compare Her injury here with his punishment there Then at home on a branch on a high stream A songbird sings out so suddenly And the sun is warm and the soft winds ride On a willow tree by the riverside An the world is sweet and world is wide And he's there where the light and the darkness divide And the steam's comin' off him he's huge and he's shy And he steps on the moon when he paws at the sky And he comes to her hand but he's nor really tame He longs to be lost she longs for the same And he'll bolt and he'll plunge thru the first open pass To roll and to feed in the sweet mountain grass Or he'll make a break for the high plateau Where there's nothing above and noting below It's time for their burden the whip and the spur Will she ride with him or will he ride with her So she binds herself to her galloping steed And he binds himself to the woman in need And there is no space just left and right And there is no time but there is day and night Then she learns on his neck and whispers low Whither thou goest I will go And they turn as one the head for the plain No need for the whip oh no need for the rain Now the clasp of this union who fastens it tight Who snaps it asunder the very next night Some say it's him some say it's her Some say love's like smoke beyond all repair So my darlin' my darlin' just let go by That old silhouette on the great western sky And I'll pick out a tune and they'll move right along And they're gone like smoke and they're gone like this song Say a prayer for the cowgirl

Leonard Cohen was one hell of a writer and Emmylou is one hell of a singer . What a great song , I've always loved this song.

Emmylou once said she sings for the feelings she experiences singing the song. She conveys them beautifully in every song she sings.

This song is so purely sweet it brings tears to my eyes.

I could look at her all day and listen to her all night

Great song. Cohen is truly poetic songwriter. ELH..Incomparable singer.

He may not have known it then, but i think Leonard wrote this song for Emmylou to sing. What a heavenly pairing!

ONE OF MY BEST FAVORITE SONG THANKS SO MUCH MADAME EMMYLOU

Emmylou-haris ist eine Weltklasse sängerin

My favorite singer and favorite song! I wish one day I can meet her in person.

Gyönyörű kristály tiszta.hang elbűvölő

Legend, every song emmylou sings is superb

One of the greatest songs I've ever heard, thanks to you, Leonard and thanks to Emmylou, too

A beautiful Song und Video

An epic song, performed by a legend.

I just can say this is Beautiful... This is Emmylou Harris!!!

Jedermann,der Pferde liebt muß dieses Video lieben .Mit einer sehr guten Emmylou Kann ich es immerwieder sehen und hören .Thank you for posting it.

Such a wonderful collection of horse paintings to go along with this beautiful rendition of this song! Thank you so much...

All EmmyLous songs are superb

It was early 1970’s at the Harvard Square Theater and the P.A. was not working. Emmylou had the house lights dimmed, she walks to the front of the stage and belted out a full show. Legend. Anyone that was there that night knew one thing for certain, that god must exist. Only god can bless us with angels.

On the list of songs that bring a tear to my eyes.

I love this song and IT REMINDS ME OF ONE OUR CHILDRENs HORSES ONE THAT ran away from us and one of our cowboys caught her.

Beautiful!

My favourite !!!!!! I bet Leonard Cohen loved this 💗 The best cover 💝

Love that song! ❤

i just can't seem to get enough of this beautiful song !

This is a song that is based around a horse, yet can be referenced to the love between a man and a women, with the women, referencing the man that she loves so dearly, representing a strong, wild figure. With the song ending with the horse and the girl in unison, thinking as a union between two souls. Such a beautiful song that can be expect from Emmylou.

RIP Leonard Cohen who wrote this masterpiece

How very beautiful 🌺🌹

I can't get enough of this beautiful song but the video makes this shockingly beautiful. Great job! I am a devoted Cohen fan and this version is the flesh an the structure he created. a credit to everyone. Thanks for posting. I have the song on CD but don't care to listen to it ravenously without the pictures!

What a nice video: nice song, lovely slide show.

Belleza sin igual...música que cautiva..y deleita...Gracias ..

I love to hear this song She is great singer

What a God awful beautiful song combining the talents of Emmy Lou and Leonard Cohen.