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Thread #53199 Message #817806
Posted By: masato sakurai
03-Nov-02 - 09:19 PM
Thread Name: Lyr Add: I'll never play the banjo again/Uncle Ned
Subject: RE: Lyr Add: I'll never play the banjo again
There's another "Uncle Ned", who also played the fiddle instead of the banjo. From the Levy collection (links to pages 3-4 are broken):
Title: Uncle Ned. The Popular Negro Ballad. Composer, Lyricist, Arranger: na Publication: London: J. Williams, 123 Cheapside Corner of Wood St., n.d.. Form of Composition: strophic with chorus Instrumentation: piano and voice (solo and satb chorus) First Line: I once knew a Nigger, his name was Uncle Ned First Line of Chorus: hang up the shovel and the hoe, the hoe, Lay down his fiddle and his bow