29 Mar 05 - 01:08 PM (#1445961) Subject: Lyr Req: 'Rolling Mills Are Burning Down' From: GUEST,Lonesome Gillette Hi, I have this tune on a casette and can't understand most of the words. Anyone have a version of it? Can't find it in the Digitrad. Thanks |
29 Mar 05 - 02:16 PM (#1446048) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: 'Rolling Mills Are Burning Down' From: GUEST is it The cotton mills are closing down all over Lancashire? |
29 Mar 05 - 02:56 PM (#1446098) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: 'Rolling Mills Are Burning Down' From: GUEST,Lonesome Gilette I don't think so... 'Rolling Mills Are Burning Down' is the title I'm prety sure |
29 Mar 05 - 03:02 PM (#1446100) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: 'Rolling Mills Are Burning Down' From: GLoux This is what I hear listening to Big Medicine's version on their Fever In The South CD. They say they learned it from the singing of Madison County, NC singer and banjo player, George Landers. Rolling Mills Chorus: Oh, them rolling mills burnin' down, come down Oh, them rolling mills burnin' down Oh, them rolling mills burnin' down on down to the ground And I'll never build them back any more Oh my darlin', my darlin' come here For I don't want to see you cry For the best of friends must fall out and fight And it's why not you and I (chorus) Come and bring your revolver And shoot out my brain For I'd rather be dead and laid in my grave Than to be in the trouble I'm in (chorus) There's a pain in my finger I know There's a pain in my toe There's a pain in my true love's side Where somebody's fooled her I know (chorus) I hope this is the same version you have on tape... -Greg |
29 Mar 05 - 07:20 PM (#1446379) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: 'Rolling Mills Are Burning Down' From: Stewie John Cohen's recording of George Landers performing this can be found on Various Artists 'High Atmosphere' Rounder CD 0028. Cohen's own performance of it is on John Cohen 'Stories the Crow Told Me' Acoustic Disc ACD-34. Cohen noted that, at the time of his recording of Landers, the song had not been found in any other collection although there was a similar song in one of the Union Grove Fiddlers' Convention records. Landers text has minor differences from that posted above by Greg. It is easier to repost an amended version rather than point out the individual departures. In respect of the words in square brackets, Landers could be singing either. Cohen sings 'round' for the first one but, with the 'revolver' line, simply drags out the syllables of 'revolver' - it seems to me that Landers mutters 'do' or 'dear' after 'revolver'. In the chorus, Cohen sings 'are', but Landers sings a-burning with the 'a' pronounced as in 'hay'. Here is my attempted transcription of Landers: ROLLING MILLS ARE BURNING DOWN Chorus: Yes, them rolling mills a-burnin' down, plumb down Yes, them rolling mills a-burnin' down Yes, them rolling mills a-burnin' down, plumb down to the ground And they'll never build them back any more Oh my darlin', oh darlin' [run/round] here For I don't want to hear you cry Oh the best of friends will fall out and fight And it's why not you and I (chorus) Come get your revolver [do/dear] And come and shoot out my brain For I'd rather be dead and buried in my grave Than to be in the trouble I'm in (chorus) There's a pain in my finger I know There's a pain in my toe There's a pain in my true love's side Where somebody's fooled her I know (chorus) --Stewie. |
30 Mar 05 - 08:57 AM (#1446835) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: 'Rolling Mills Are Burning Down' From: GLoux Thanks, Stewie...I plumb can't hear too good... -Greg |
30 Mar 05 - 11:05 AM (#1446922) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: 'Rolling Mills Are Burning Down' From: GUEST,GLoux I just checked John's CD and the notes say his banjo is tuned fdead on Those Rolling Mills Are Burning Down, which seems odd to me. I then looked at the High Atmosphere notes it says George Landers tuned his banjo f#dead, which seems a bit more reasonable. -Greg |
30 Mar 05 - 07:57 PM (#1447387) Subject: RE: Req/ADD: 'Rolling Mills Are Burning Down' From: GUEST,Lonesome Gillette Thanks guys, I think I have the Landers recording, those words sound right, they are just real hard to hear,and the meaning of the song can change quite a bit on a few hard to hear parts. Glad to know I'm not the only one who has had trouble with this tune. I thought it might be a common tune that everyone had a version of, but I guess not. The banjo tuning is f#dead I'm pretty sure, a fantastic tuning I think. You can hear him pluck slowly across all the open strings at the beginning of the tune. |