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13 Jan 00 - 05:59 PM (#162356) Subject: Follow the Drinking Gourd From: David C. Can any one give me the actual melody for this song? I would be grateful. Thanks. |
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13 Jan 00 - 08:49 PM (#162465) Subject: RE: Tune Req: Follow the Drinking Gourd From: Barry T The lyrics with my midi sequence are here. |
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13 Jan 00 - 09:10 PM (#162473) Subject: RE: Tune Req: Follow the Drinking Gourd From: harpgirl ...this is a great tune! I heard "Last Rights" from Ft. Lauderdale do it at the Florida Folk Festival last spring...the melody reminds me of something in the dim realms of my memory...a Kingston Trio tune of another name mayhaps? |
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13 Jan 00 - 09:23 PM (#162482) Subject: RE: Tune Req: Follow the Drinking Gourd From: BK Probably the same name - as many of the big folk groups of the 60's did a version of it. Great song. I like Joe & Eddie's version best. Cheers, BK |
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14 Jan 00 - 03:12 PM (#162873) Subject: RE: Tune Req: Follow the Drinking Gourd From: Jacob Bloom You may be thinking of a public service commercial for the Boy Scouts that played on TV a couple of decades back. It used "Follow The Drinking Gourd" as the melody, with a chorus of "Follow the rugged road." |
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02 Apr 00 - 03:39 PM (#205692) Subject: RE: Tune Req: Follow the Drinking Gourd From: harpgirl Intersting Jacob! RUS has the tune I see and if the chords don't sound just right I will copy the Last Rites version... |
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02 Apr 00 - 04:37 PM (#205722) Subject: RE: Tune Req: Follow the Drinking Gourd From: Lonesome EJ Check out the Richie Havens version on Songs of the Civil War. |
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24 Jul 00 - 02:00 PM (#263660) Subject: Follow the Drinking Gourd From: Sorcha T:Follow the Drinking Gourd M:4/4 L:1/8 Q:125 K:F "G7" F G-G4 F D | F G-G4 | "G7" F G-G4-G D| "Dm" F-G D- F-F4 | "G7" F G- G4-G D | "Dm" F D2 D3 F G | "F" A A A F "Em" G G G E | "Bb" F F "Dm" F D "C#M" E E "C" D E | "Bb" F E D C- -"Am"- C- A, C2 | [1 . "Dm" D6 D D|| [2 "Dm" D8-|D8 || "DM" F2 G2 F2 D D | F2 G2 F-D-D2| "G7" F G-G4-G D | "Dm" F D2 D-D2 F G | "F" A A A F "Gm" G G G E |"Dm" F F F D "Am" E E D E | "Bb" F E D C-"Am" -C-A, C2| "D7" D8|] Lyrics in DT. You will probably need to see the verses to make sense of 1st and 2nd(sic) endings. |
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24 Jul 00 - 04:05 PM (#263755) Subject: RE: Tune Add: Follow the Drinking Gourd From: Sorcha File name: [ FOLGOURD |