Tijdens bijeenkomsten van Lezers van Stavast komen niet alleen boeken 'voorbij', maar worden deelnemers ook attent gemaakt op andere 'zaken'. Zoals af en toe een liedje. Dit keer een liedje van de Amerikaanse Diana Jones. Van haar cd 'Museum of Appalchian recordings' (2013) het liedje 'Ohio'.

1.  Across an ocean I have never seen
 My love waits for me
 Her eyes are red her heart is torn
 From her journey over the sea
 Born to an Irish no account
 Out in mid Western land
 By rail and ship to Ireland
 For loving a Protestant man

2.  There are no waves in Ohio
 There are no ships to sail
 But I’ll be coming there for you
 My love, my love
 I pledged to you with all my heart
 In the meadow on the hill
 And kissed you on the day we parted
 The words you spoke are truer still

3.  My father wants to marry me
 To one he has arranged
 But I’ll sleep beneath the water deep
 If I cannot bear your name
 There are no waves in Ohio
 There are no ships to sail
 But I’ll be coming there for you
 My love, my love

4.  I sold my tools I sold my land
 My father’s watch is all I have
 And booked my passage straight away
 My mother’s ring inside my hand
 I’ll bid farewell to all I’ve known
 And in the early light
 By rail and ship to Ireland
 To claim you for my bride

5.  There are no waves in Ohio
 There are no ships to sail
 But I’ll coming there for you
 My love, my love
 Arrived in Dublin in the morning
 I met a girl I did not know
 She said you loved me more than all the world
 And sorry to tell this sad news so

6.  Late one night out on the deck
 The wind did howl and bay
 You dared the sea to swallow you
 And take your pain away
 There are no waves in Ohio
 There are no ships to sail
 But I’ll be coming there for you
 My love, my love

7.  I’ll throw rose petals overboard
 On the ocean of my dreams
 Where you’ll be waiting there for me
 My love, my love
 My love
 Diana Jones
 Museum of Appalachian recordings
 Proper 2013