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Lyr Req: Carrie's Gone to Kansas City (Blind Boone
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Subject: Lyr Req: Carrie's Gone to Kansas City From: Moe Hirsch Date: 17 Jan 11 - 02:52 PM Can anyone supply the lyrics to "Carrie's Gone to Kansas City"? In the ragtime piano sheet music for Blind Boone's "Rag Medley No. II" there appears only Carrie's Gone to Kansas City https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xfrEWdjxNmg |
Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Carrie's Gone to Kansas City (Blind Boone From: Jim Dixon Date: 22 Jan 11 - 12:53 PM Are you sure any lyrics exist? I've been unable to uncover any evidence of lyrics. Most ragtime tunes, such as those by Scott Joplin, don't have lyrics. However, there are a couple of books that might contain some useful information: Blind Boone: Missouri's Ragtime Pioneer by Jack A. Batterson (Columbia: University of Missouri Press, 1984). Kansas City Jazz: From Ragtime to Bebop—A History by Frank Driggs, Chuck Haddix (New York & Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2006.) It has a chapter titled "Carrie's Gone to Kansas City" and lots of information about the composer, John William "Blind" Boone. Only parts of those book can be "previewed" at Google Books. |
Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Carrie's Gone to Kansas City (Blind Boone From: GUEST,Moe Hirsch Date: 17 Oct 11 - 06:07 PM I'm not sure there are lyrics, but there are good reasons to think this was a well known song in Tennessee in 1909 and probably earlier. In "Ragtime Rarities" (Dover Publications, 1975) there are two pieces by Boone: "Blind Boone's Southern Rag Medley No. One, Strains From the Alleys," and "Blind Boone's Southern Rag Medley No. Two, Strains From Flat Branch." The Alleys and Flat Branch are regions of Tennessee. The book reproduces the sheet music published in 1908 and 1909. In it there are short phrases that certainly look like they come from songs. After the four bars of introduction to Medley No. Two, there are the words: "Carrie's gone to Kansas City She's done gone and I'm going too" After 32 bars the words "I'm Alabama bound" appear at the beginning of a new theme, recognizable as the song of that name, sung by Leadbelly, with much discussion on this site (see "Alabama Bound & Don't You Leave Me Here"). A third theme has "Oh honey ain't you sorry". In Medley No. One there are likewise fragments of lyrics accompanying song-like themes, including: "There's a chicken on my back I got a bulldog on my track But I'll make it to my shack 'Fore day." "I'm a goin' to tell you the truth I certainly does love dat yellow man . . ." And also: "Make me a pallet on your floor", with a melody very close to the standard version. Besides words to "Carrie's gone to Kansas City", I'd love to find words for "Oh Honey ain't you sorry?", "There's a chicken on my back", or "I'm a goin' to tell you the truth". |
Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Carrie's Gone to Kansas City (Blind Boone From: GUEST,moi Date: 12 Oct 12 - 05:17 PM Flat Branch is a creek near Blind Boone's house in Columbia, MO. |
Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Carrie's Gone to Kansas City (Blind Boone From: mayomick Date: 10 Jun 24 - 09:05 AM I wonder if Carrie was Carrie Nation, the temperance militant ? "In April 1901,Carrie Nation went to Kansas City, Missouri, a city known for its wide opposition to the temperance movement, and smashed liquor in various bars on 12th Street in downtown Kansas City. Nation's anti-alcohol activities became widely known, with the slogan "All Nations Welcome But Carrie" becoming a bar-room staple.…..." https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carrie_Nation |
Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Carrie's Gone to Kansas City (Blind Boone From: mayomick Date: 10 Jun 24 - 11:47 AM Carrie Nation was the butt of satirical songs like this one: https://archive.org/details/CarrieNationInKansasByStevePorter1901 |
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