Lyric discussion by thewinepresss 

Cover art for Esme lyrics by Joanna Newsom

just heard this song for the first time. lovely song.

anybody have ideas as to its meaning? i assume esame is a name - what does it mean?

This is going out on a limb, but 'esame' also means (alternately)

"We Exist" "We Become" "We are"

But, most likely it's just a name.

She's Appalachian, so it could come from anywhere