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11 Sep 01 - 06:18 AM (#546882) Subject: Lynchburg Town lyrics From: GUEST,Michi I've transcribed a version of Lynchburg Town from a tape of American shanties which is quite different from the version here on the database. But there's one word or phrase I can't figure out. Can anyone help?
Whiskey by the jug, boys Eye-corn?? What might this really be? Thanks for any help on this. Michi Search for "Lynchburg" threads |
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11 Sep 01 - 04:00 PM (#547338) Subject: RE: Lynchburg Town lyrics From: Walking Eagle This is what I know, I'm sure there are many other lyrics.
Oh I'm going down to town.
Tobacco's going high. I hope this gets things started off. W.E. |
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12 Sep 01 - 12:36 PM (#548124) Subject: RE: Lynchburg Town lyrics From: Dicho (Frank Staplin) Do you remember whose tape you copied? |
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12 Sep 01 - 03:43 PM (#548296) Subject: RE: Lynchburg Town lyrics From: Charley Noble A total mystery, not related to what the Warners collected. |
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21 Feb 02 - 12:13 AM (#654423) Subject: RE: Lynchburg Town lyrics From: Jim Dixon The song Michi quoted reminds me of "Way Down in Shawneetown," by Dillon Bustin (although I am more familiar with the version recorded by Malcolm Dalglish and Grey Larsen). You can find more info in these threads: Way down in Shawneetown Shawnee Town Way Down in Shawneetown - Dillon Bustin. Although the shanties are obviously related, I'm afraid that "Shawneetown" doesn't shed any light on what "eye-corn" is. The corresponding line in "Shawneetown" is "We'll trade 'em down in Shawneetown and we'll bring the rock salt back." The song that mentions tobacco is apparently a different song. |
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21 Feb 02 - 01:53 AM (#654461) Subject: RE: Lynchburg Town lyrics From: nutty This sounds like the version recorded by Mystic Seaport.... I have the tape somewhere ...... I'll see if I can find it |
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21 Feb 02 - 08:47 AM (#654570) Subject: Lyr Add: LYNCHBURG TOWN (sung by Salt of the Earth From: GUEST,Dan in Nova Scotia G'Day folks, You can find a recording of Lynchburg Town on the CD recorded by the now defunct group Salt of the Earth from the Newcastle area of the UK. They got it while performing at Mystic and brought it back with them.
CHORUS: Goin' on down to town, way down town.
Whiskey by the jug boys, sugar by the sack.
I went down to Lynchburg town, bought me a jug of wine.
Hardest work I ever done, Cutting on the sugar cane.
The higher up the cherry tree, the sweeter are the cherries.
I went down to New Orleans cutting on the sugar cane,
Eighteen pounds of meat a week, whiskey for to sell. REPEAT CHORUS Two of the members, Danny and Joyce McLeod run the Ryton folk club just a few short miles out of Newcastle. Again, as to what eye-corn is I haven't the faintest. Good luck. Cheers, |
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22 Sep 02 - 09:08 PM (#789260) Subject: RE: Lynchburg Town alternate lyrics From: GUEST,Ollie Perhaps "eye-corn" has something to with Tri-corn (the hat.) Push my tri-corn back, relax, yeah I can see that. Any thoughts ? |
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22 Sep 02 - 11:02 PM (#789341) Subject: RE: Lynchburg Town alternate lyrics From: GUEST Cut a stoke? Eyecorn? Probably mis-hearings. |
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23 Sep 02 - 07:24 AM (#789482) Subject: RE: Lynchburg Town alternate lyrics From: vectis Maybe making a pipe out of a cob to smoke some tobacco? |
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23 Sep 02 - 01:39 PM (#789688) Subject: RE: Lynchburg Town alternate lyrics From: GUEST,Richie I think the phrase is "bushwack them back."
Here's an excerpt of one of the version of a version in my collection:
There's corn in crib, boys, grain in the sack Richie
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23 Sep 02 - 01:56 PM (#789714) Subject: RE: Lynchburg Town alternate lyrics From: GUEST Bushwhack- to clear a path by cutting. This is the old meaning of the word; to ambush came later. Richie, I think, is correct. (His spelling reflects the common pronunciation, leaving out the 'h'). Richie, can't get your lyrics on your website with Netscape, nor your engagement calendar. It works fine with Internet Explorer. Your clickies give a blank page with Netscape, but are OK with IE. |
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23 Sep 02 - 08:47 PM (#789956) Subject: RE: Lynchburg Town alternate lyrics From: GUEST,Richie Thanks for letting me know. For you Mudcatters out there with Internet Explorer, Guest referred to my web-site Click here. I'm putting fiddle tune lyrics on right now. I'm up to the letter (I). When I get to L, I'll post my versions of Lynchburg Town. Hope you can use the info, it's not complete until I do the research which may start next year as I have about 1,400 fiddle tune lyrics to put on first. -Richie
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24 Sep 02 - 01:21 PM (#790414) Subject: RE: Lynchburg Town alternate lyrics From: GUEST "Floating down to New Orleans and bushwhack her back." "The pulling of a boat by means of the bushes along the margins of a stream." 1826- "Flint, 'Recoll. Mississippi Valley 86: A process, which in the technics of the boatmen [of the Mississippi] is called bush-whacking." Definition and example from the Oxford English Dictionary. Also discussed in Bartlett, 1828, History and Geography of the Mississippi Valley. This definition of the word seems to be confined to the USA. Also applied to clearing brush, as noted in the previous posting. Emerson (1870) said of a farmer "He is a graduate of the plough, and the stub-hoe, and the bushwhacker." The OED, with its quotations from old books and magazines, is a treasure trove of information. Unfortunately, its size and cost limit it to libraries, scholars and a few lucky people who go to the expense of obtaining a copy. |
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04 Nov 07 - 09:17 PM (#2186532) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Lynchburg Town alternate lyrics From: GUEST the lyric is "bushwack on back" |
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04 Nov 07 - 09:24 PM (#2186534) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Lynchburg Town alternate lyrics From: GUEST yeah, the group that recorded that rendition is a now defunct group called Forebitter. The recording came from a tape made at the mystic seaport, where I work. The guys are friends of mine. The lyrics in question that they use are as follows: Whisky by the jug boys, sugar by the sack. Tote 'em on down to Lynchburg town, bushwack on back. |
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04 Nov 07 - 10:15 PM (#2186549) Subject: Lyr Add: LYNCHBURG TOWN From: Padre Here are the verses I sing for "Lynchburg Town." The song was describing the batteaux (the spelling used for flat-bottomed boats on the upper James River) which carried cargo to towns like Lynchburg. CHORUS: I'm goin' down to town, I'm goin' down to town, I'm goin'down to Lynchburg Town, Floatin' my tobacco down. Tobacco's sellin' high, Tobacco's sellin' high, Tobacco's bringin' in fifteen cents, But there's nobody there to buy. Chorus Tobacco's sellin' low, Tobacco's sellin' low, Tobacco's bringin' in seven cents, So I don't believe I'll go. Chorus Eighteen pounds of meat a week, Whiskey for to sell, How can a young man stay at home, Pretty girls look so well? Chorus I went down to town, Bought me a jug of wine, They took me out to the whippin' post, And they gave me ninety nine. Chorus I went back to town, Bought me a jug of gin, The took me out to the whippin'post And they gave me hell again. Chorus Padre |
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21 Jan 16 - 09:01 AM (#3767172) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Lynchburg Town alternate lyrics From: GUEST,Michael Just to add a couple of verses as done by Bill Staines: Times are getting hard Money is getting scarce I'm gonna sell my cotton and corn and I'm gonna leave this place I'm gonna get some posts To fence my grave around to keep Bill Jones's ole grey sow from rootin me out of the ground |
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21 Jan 16 - 09:59 AM (#3767184) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Lynchburg Town alternate lyrics From: MGM·Lion One of the songs on my youtube channel http://www.youtube.com/user/mgmyer Learned from Tom Paley iirc. ≈M≈ |