Subject: RE: Origins: The authors of the 'Carter Family son From: pdq Date: 08 Dec 08 - 07:28 PM "Mid the Green Fields of Virginia" sounds like an older Heart Song, but the author Charles K. Harris was at the center of the Tin Pan Alley songwriters starting in the mid 1890s. He wrote such hits as "After the Ball Was Over". |
Subject: RE: Origins: The authors of the 'Carter Family songs' From: Richie Date: 08 Dec 08 - 06:18 PM 'Mid the Green Fields of Virginia is a song by Charles K. Harris in 1898. The sheet music is at the Levy collection which currently can not be linked. Just enter the title at Levy and you'll get the music. |
Subject: Lyr Add: MEETING IN THE AIR From: Richie Date: 08 Dec 08 - 12:37 PM Meeting in the Air appears to be A.P.'s rewrite of the Pentecostal Hymn by I.G. Martin. Here is a link to the music published in 1908: http://books.google.com/books?id=AQMca_ptzbMC&pg=PA257&dq=%22Meeting+in+the+Air%22&lr=&ie=ISO-8859-1&output=html MEETING IN THE AIR- Carter Family You have heard of little Moses in the bulrush You have heard of fearless David and his sling You have heard the story told of dreaming Joseph And of Jonah and the whale you often sing There are many, many others through the Bible I should like to meet them all, I do declare By and by the Lord will surely let us meet them At that meeting in the air There is going to be a meeting in the air In the sweet, sweet by and by I am going to meet you, meet you over there In that home beyond the sky Such singing you will hear never heard by mortal ear 'Twill be glorious, I do declare And God's own son will be the leading one At the meeting in the air [INSTRUMENTAL BREAK] Many things will there be missing in that meeting For the mourner's bench will have no place at all There will never be a sermon preached to sinners For the sinners had refused to heed the call There will be no mourning over wayward loved ones There will be no lonely nights of pleading prayer All our burdens and our anguish will be lifted At that meeting in the air There is going to be a meeting in the air In the sweet, sweet by and by I am going to meet you, meet you over there In that home beyond the sky Such singing you will hear never heard by mortal ear 'Twill be glorious, I do declare And God's own Son will be the leading one At the meeting in the air |
Subject: Lyr Add: MEET ME BY MOONLIGHT From: Richie Date: 08 Dec 08 - 12:18 PM "Meet Me by the Moonlight Alone" is based on J. Augustine Wade song circa 1812. The Carters recorded their version in May 1928, almost 3 years after the similar huge hit song, "The Prisoner's Song" was recorded by Vernon Dalhart. Certainly both songs evolved through the folk process to become distinct songs 100 years later. MEET ME BY MOONLIGHT (Mr. J. Augustine Wade) Meet me by moonlight alone And then I will tell you a tale. Must be told by the moonlight alone In the grove at the end of the vale. You must promise to come, for I said I would show the night flowers their Queen Nay turn not away that sweet head- 'Tis the loveliest ever was seen. Oh! meet me by moonlight alone Meet me by moonlight alone. Daylight may do for the gay- The thoughtless, the heartless, the free- But there's something about the moon's ray That is sweeter to you and to me- Oh! remember, be sure to be there, For tho' dearly a moonlight I prize, I care not for all in the air, If I want the sweet light of your eyes. So meet me by moonlight alone, Met me by moonlight alone. Here's the Carter's version of The Prisoner's Song which could be based on earlier versions by Whiter 1925 or Earl Johnson (In The Shadow of the Pines): MEET ME BY THE MOONLIGHT- Carter Family Songs 1. I'm going to the new jail tomorrow To leave the one that I love To leave my friends and relations And, oh, how lonely, my love. CHORUS: Meet me by the moonlight, love, meet me Meet me by the moonlight alone For I have a sad story to tell you To be told by the moonlight alone. 2. My parents, how cruel they treat me They drive me away from their door If I live 100 years longer I'll never go back any more. Chorus 3. If I had a ship on the ocean All laden and lined with pure gold Before my darling should suffer I'd have that ship anchored and sold. Chorus 4. If I had the wings of an angel O'er land and sea I'd fly I'd fly to the arms of my darling Then I'd be willing to die Chorus There's a thread in the DT with other examples including a version collected in 1924 by Vance Randolph. You can also find posts on The Prisoner's song and discussion. No sense copying too much info here. |
Subject: Lyr Add: MARCH WIND GONNA BLOW MY BLUES ALL AWAY From: Richie Date: 08 Dec 08 - 11:51 AM March Winds Gonna Blow My Blues All Away is a rewrite of various blues including lyrics associated with "Trouble in Mind" and "I Know You Rider": The sun's gonna shine in my back door some day The sun's gonna shine in my back door some day The wind's gonna rise and blow my blues away You can listen here: http://honkingduck.com/78s/listen.php?s=20268B MARCH WIND GONNA BLOW MY BLUES ALL AWAY- Carter Family 1934 Sun's gonna shine in my back door some day Sun's gonna shine in my back door some day Sun's gonna shine in my back door some day March wind's gonna blow my blues all away [INSTRUMENTAL BREAK] Low down foreman, dirty engineer Low down foreman, dirty engineer Low down foreman, dirty engineer Stole my gal, left me standin' here [INSTRUMENTAL BREAK] Sun's gonna shine in my back door some day Sun's gonna shine in my back door some day Sun's gonna shine in my back door some day March wind's gonna blow my blues all away [INSTRUMENTAL BREAK] My mama told me long years ago Never to marry no girl that I know Spend all your money, wear out your clothes What will become of you, God only knows [INSTRUMENTAL BREAK] Sun's gonna shine in my back door some day Sun's gonna shine in my back door some day Sun's gonna shine in my back door some day March wind's gonna blow my blues all away |
Subject: RE: Origins: The authors of the 'Carter Family songs' From: Richie Date: 07 Dec 08 - 02:14 PM We've gone through the letter L for the original Carter Family songs. The sources of several of the songs have not been found yet. The only significant find in the L titles was: "Last Move for Me" which was identified as a song by Herbert Buffum. At some point we'll go back and list the unidentified songs which for now should just be attributed to A.P Carter or The Carter Family. Here are the next songs titled M-N: March Winds Gonna Blow My Blues All Away; Meet Me by the Moonlight Alone; Meeting in the Air; 'Mid the Green Fields of Virginia; Motherless Children; Mountains of Tennessee; My Clinch Mountain Home; My Dixie Darling; My Heart's Tonight in Texas; My Home's Across the Blue Ridge Mountains; My Home Among the Hills; My Honey Lou; My Little Home in Tennessee; My Native Home; My Old Cottage Home; My Old Virginia Home; My Texas Girl; My Virginia Rose Is Blooming; Never Let the Devil Get the Upper Hand of You; No Depression in Heaven; No More the Moon Shines on Lorena; No Other's Bride I'll Be; No Telephone in Heaven; Anyone? |
Subject: Lyr Add: LOVER'S RETURN From: Richie Date: 07 Dec 08 - 02:02 PM Lover's Return is a tradtional folk song usually called "Too Late" or "Too Late You Have to Come Back to Me." It was recorded by the Carters in 1934 after ten previous recordings including one by Ernest Stoneman in 1928. The song is known in ballad index as The Last Farewell (The Lover's Return): "So at last you have come back Since time at last has set you free...." The singer recalls his old love for the other -- but concludes that it is all over now: "No, no, you must not take my hand; God never gives us back our youth...." Refers to: Randolph 761, "The Last Farewell" (2 texts, 1 tune) Randolph/Cohen, pp. 495,496 "The Last Farewell" (1 text, 1 tune -- Randolph's 761A) MHenry-Appalachians, pp. 152-153, "And So You Have Come Back to Me" (1 text) Spaeth-WeepMore, pp. 33-34, "Too Late" (1 text, 1 tune) LOVER'S RETURN- Carter Family And so you have come back to me And say the old love's growing yet You've tried through all these weary years You've tried too vainly to forget. CHORUS: No, no I cannot take your hand God never gives us back our youth The loving heart you slighted then Was yours my friend in perfect truth Farewell farewell now we must part You never meant to do me wrong God sent this anguish to my heart To teach me to be brave and strong Farewell I think I love you yet As friend to friend God bless you dear And guide you through these weary years To where the skies are always clear |
Subject: Lyr Add: LOVER'S LANE From: Richie Date: 07 Dec 08 - 01:31 PM "Lover's Lane" was apparently the first title for the song "You're The Girl of My Dreams." The song could be a rewrite of "Down de Lover's Lane" by Will Marion Cook c 1900. LOVER'S LANE Carter Family- Original I first met you down in lover's lane You were just like an angel With an angel's golden wings We walked along, we sang a song The birds were singing, too It seems like heaven's here on earth Just to be again with you You're just the girl of my dreams Though it seems that my dreams never come true [INSTRUMENTAL BREAK] At night we'd sit out in the old porch swing The stars were shining brightly And softly you would sing You'd sing of happy days gone by It makes me happy, too It'd be like heaven here on earth If I could be with you You're just the girl of my dreams Though it seems that my dreams never come true [INSTRUMENTAL BREAK] I first met you down in lover's lane You were just like an angel My little brown-eyed Jane We walked along, we hummed a song The birds were singing, too It seems like heaven's here on earth Just to be again with you You're just the girl of my dreams Though it seems that my dreams never come true [INSTRUMENTAL BREAK] You're just the girl of my dreams Though it seems that my dreams never come true |
Subject: RE: Origins: The authors of the 'Carter Family songs' From: Richie Date: 07 Dec 08 - 12:52 PM There are several early versions of "We Have Met and We Have Parted" part of the "Lover's Farewell" songs Here's one from 1875: http://books.google.com/books?id=50YAAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA80&dq=%22We+Have+Met+and+We+Have+Parted%22&ie=ISO-8859-1&output=html Belden: We have met and we have parted, And you scarcely spoke one word. Like some guilty thing I started When your well-known voice I heard. Another version from the 1800s: http://books.google.com/books?id=EWpLAAAAMAAJ&pg=RA1-PA249&dq=%22We+Have+Met+and+We+Have+Parted%22&ie=ISO-8859-1&output=html |
Subject: Lyr Add: LOVER'S FAREWELL From: Richie Date: 07 Dec 08 - 12:34 PM The Carter's 1903 "Lover's Farewell" is based on the earlier song "We Have Met and We Have Parted" which is dated by Meade as circa 1870s. Several versions of "We Have Met and We Have Parted" were collected in the early 1930s (Melinger Henry; JOAFL) and the two recordings unfortunately (one in 1928) were never issued. All the variants are based on "Thou Hast Learned to Love Another" or "Farewell, farewell, Forever" by Charles Slade published in 1849. Here's a link: http://memory.loc.gov/cgi-bin/ampage?collId=mussm&fileName=sm2/sm1849/451000/451430/mussm451430.db&recNum=0&itemLink=D?mussm:6:. The song was popular and there were numerous broadsides and ballets printed as well as other printed versions. If anyone has "We Have Met and We Have Parted" versions it would be good to post one for comparison. LOVER'S FAREWELL-Carter Family 1930 We have met and we have parted We have spoke our last goodbye You have proved to me false hearted You may now forever go You have wrecked the heart I've cherished You have done me day by day You are false but I'll forgive you To forget you I cannot say For I love you dear I love you More than all this world I know You have proved to me false-hearted You may now forever go On the river bank I'll loiter Till I see your face once more Then I'll plunge beneath the water And I'll land on some far shore Among the trees and bushes Where the dark green willow sway In the cold and silent rushes There you'll find my lonely grave O I wish I was white marble Cold and white on some far shore This poor heart would cease from troubling And I'd feel the pain no more |
Subject: Lyr Add: NO DISAPPOINTMENT IN HEAVEN From: Richie Date: 06 Dec 08 - 02:42 PM Sorry for that last post, my computer is barely working; Although the songs are different I thought it was a rewrite of: NO DISAPPOINTMENT IN HEAVEN 1913 There's no disappointment in Heaven, No weariness, sorrow or pain; No hearts that are bleeding and broken, No song with a minor refrain. The clouds of our earthly horizon Will never appear in the sky, For all will be sunshine and gladness, With never a sob or a sigh. Refrain I'm bound for that beautiful city, My Lord has prepared for His own; Where all the redeemed of all ages Sing "Glory!" around the white throne; Sometimes I grow homesick for Heaven, And the glories I there shall behold; What a joy that will be when my Savior I see, In that beautiful city of gold. I'll look into it more later, Richie |
Subject: RE: Origins: The authors of the 'Carter Family songs' From: Richie Date: 06 Dec 08 - 02:35 PM No Disappointment in Heaven |
Subject: RE: Origins: The authors of the 'Carter Family son From: Escapee Date: 06 Dec 08 - 12:33 AM Does anyone know the origin of "No Depression In Heaven"? I love it dearly and have played it for years. Recently, I read in a CD box set liner notes that the Carter's version was a cover. It didn't say where they got it. I learned this song from a New Lost City Ramblers album, and it led me into old-time and country music and introduced me to the Carter Family. Oddly enough, when I heard the Carter recording, I didn't care for it, but by then, I'd been a devotee for a long, long time. Fair winds, SKP |
Subject: Lyr Add: LORD I'M IN YOUR CARE From: Richie Date: 06 Dec 08 - 12:17 AM Lord, I'm in Your Care is another traditional spiritual and is sometimes titled "Oh Lord, I'm in your Care." It was recorded first by Edward Clayborn in 1927; then Rev. Jm Gates in 1934. The Carters recorded their version in 1937. The Carters may have learned this through Riddle and his friend gospel singer Pauline Gary or Peer (since it was recorded by Victor previously). LORD I'M IN YOUR CARE- Carter Family Oh, Lord, I'm in your care Oh, Lord, I'm in your care Your loving arms around me Evil cannot harm me Oh, Lord, I'm in your care All day long I'm in your care All day long I'm in your care Your loving arms around me Evil cannot harm me Lord, I'm in your care When I was sick, I was in your care When I was sick, I was in your care Your loving arms around me Evil cannot harm me Lord, I'm in your care I'm a friendless child, but I'm in your care I'm a friendless child, but I'm in your care Your loving arms around me Evil cannot harm me Lord, I'm in your care |
Subject: Lyr Add: LOOK HOW THIS WORLD HAS MADE A CHANGE From: Richie Date: 05 Dec 08 - 11:11 PM Look How This World Has Made a Change is a traditional spiritual arranged by J.B Vaughan in 1912 and recorded by the famous Vaughan Quartet in 1928. The Vaughan Quartet arguably made the first Country Music recordings (Tony Russell) in 1921. LOOK HOW THIS WORLD HAS MADE A CHANGE- Carter Family 1937 We see our friends are weeping with the badges on their door We see their homes in mourning for the loved ones come no more You can say just what you please, death rides on every breeze Look how this world has made a change Just look how this world has made a change(made a change) Just look how this world has made a change(made a change) You can see every day how the people pass away Look how this world has made a change [INSTRUMENTAL BREAK] Our friends are passing over to some far distant shore We seek them and we call them but they answer us no more Their throbbing hearts today tomorrow pass away Look how this world has made a change Just look how this world has made a change(made a change) Just look how this world has made a change(made a change) You can see every day how the people pass away Look how this world has made a change [INSTRUMENTAL BREAK] Dear sinner, o get ready, you must meet your god on high For death is all around you and it will not pass you by Death knocks at every door no matter where you go Look how this world has made a change Just look how this world has made a change(made a change) Just look how this world has made a change(made a change) You can see every day how the people pass away Look how this world has made a change |
Subject: Lyr Add: LOOK AWAY FROM THE CROSS From: Richie Date: 05 Dec 08 - 10:58 PM Look Away from the Cross is based on "From the Cross To The Crown" by F.L. Eiland in 1895 (1901 by Meade). Professor FL Eiland, was a noted hymn writer whose "Hold to God's Unchanging Hands" became widely used in American churches. Here's a bio: http://www.therestorationmovement.com/eiland.htm The Carters lyrics are identical to the original lyrics: LOOK AWAY FROM THE CROSS- Carter Family 1940 Look away from the cross to that glittering crown From your cares weary ones look away There's a home for the soul where no sorrows can come And there pleasure will never decay Look away (weary ones look away) look away (from the cross to the crown) From the cross to that glittering crown (glittering crown) Look away (look away weary ones) look away (from the cross to the crown) From the cross to that glittering crown Though these burdens of life may be heavy to bear And your crosses and trials severe There's a beautiful hand that is beckoning come And no heartache and sighings are there Mid the conflicts of battles of struggles and strife Bravely onward your journey pursue Look away look away from the cross to that glittering crown That's a waiting in heaven for you |
Subject: RE: Origins: The authors of the 'Carter Family songs' From: Richie Date: 05 Dec 08 - 10:29 PM Having some computer prob- sorry. Had to post before my computer crashed. "I'm Longing for Old Virginia and You" is by E. Clinton Keithley not Root who is the publisher Here a better link: http://webapp1.dlib.indiana.edu/sheetmusic/devincent.do?&id=LL-SDV-233002&q1=LL-SDV-233002&sid=b44f347a88044020ea6f427033ac596a |
Subject: Lyr Add: LONGING FOR OLD VIRGINIA From: Richie Date: 05 Dec 08 - 09:57 PM Longing for Old Virginia was recorded by the Carters in 1934 and comes from Frank Root's 1915 song "I'm Longing for Old Virginia and You." Here's a link: http://books.google.com/books?id=AC05AAAAIAAJ&pg=PA13&dq=Longing+for+Old+Virginia&ie=ISO-8859-1&output=html LONGING FOR OLD VIRGINIA- Carter Family 'Mid the green fields of Virginia, dear I met you Where the roses red and white around us grew When I held you in my arms and gently kissed you The robins sang the sweetest song we knew I'm longing for old Virginia, for old Virginia and you And I'm hoping the soul within you is longing for me too To Virginia, just like the ivy, my heart clings ever true And I reckon in the spring I'll bring a little ring To old Virginia and you Though tonight I'm far from you and old Virginia I still love you as I did that day in June And when springtime comes again to old Virginia I'll build a little cottage just for two |
Subject: Lyr Add: LONESOME VALLEY From: Richie Date: 05 Dec 08 - 09:42 PM Lonesome Valley, a spiritual from both white and black sources, was recorded by the Carters in 1930 and in 1935. The song was probably from Leslie Riddle but popular versions by both Dalhart and Jenkins had been circulating. The earliest recording "That Lonesome Valley" was done in 1925 by the Jenkins Family. There's a blues version by Blind Willie McTell, "I Got to Cross the River of Jordan." Other names include: You Got To Cross It Foh Yohself Walk This Lonesome Valley You've Got to Walk That Lonesome Valley Hark of All We Shall Walk Through the Valley John the Baptist You Got to Stand a Test Certaintly the basic lyrics in different forms were part of the black culture before the Civil War. These lyrics are The Atlantic Monthly - 1864- Page 589: Go down in de Lonesome Valley, Go down in de Lonesome Valley, my Lord, Go down in de Lonesome Valley, To meet my Jesus dere ! LONESOME VALLEY- Carter Family Everybody's got to walk this lonesome valley We've got to walk it by ourselves There's nobody here can walk it for us We've got to walk it by ourselves My father's got to walk this lonesome valley He's got to walk it by himself There's nobody here can walk it for him He's got to walk it by himself [INSTRUMENTAL BREAK] My mother's got to walk this lonesome valley She's got to walk it by herself There's nobody here can walk it for her She's got to walk it by herself All sinners got to walk this lonesome valley They've got to walk it by themselves There's nobody here can walk it for them They've got to walk it by themselves [INSTRUMENTAL BREAK] Everybody's got to walk this lonesome valley We've got to walk it by ourselves There's nobody here can walk it for us We've got to walk it by ourselves |
Subject: Lyr Add: LONESOME PINE SPECIAL From: Richie Date: 05 Dec 08 - 09:05 PM Lonesome Pine Special is a railroad song attributed to Sara Carter by Janette Carter in a talk to a music class at Warren Wilson College. Janette is the daughter of Sara and A.P. Carter. LONESOME PINE SPECIAL- Sara Carter I was walking out this morning With rambling on my mind I am going to catch the special That train called Lonesome Pine You can hear the whistle blowin' And she's coming down the line That's the train I catch this morning To ease my troubling mind Well, ah-le-ho, ah-le-ho-lay Well, ah-le-ho, ah-le-ho-lay Take me back to Texas Back to my old home Oh, I'm weeping like a willow And I'm mourning like a dove There's a girl way out in Texas That I know I really love Oh, I'm going back to Texas Where the lonesome coyotes whine Where the longhorn cattle are roaming 'Round that cabin home of mine Well, ah-le-ho, ah-le-ho-lay Well, ah-le-ho, ah-le-ho-lay Take me back to Texas Back to my old home [INSTRUMENTAL BREAK] Oh, give me back my rifle Oh, give me back my gun Give me back my home in Texas And my rambling days are done Well, ah-le-ho, ah-le-ho-lay Well, ah-le-ho, ah-le-ho-lay Take me back to Texas Back to my old home |
Subject: Lyr Add: LONESOME HOMESICK BLUES From: Richie Date: 05 Dec 08 - 08:26 PM Lonesome Homesick Blues is one of the few songs written by Maybelle Carter. According to the Carters biography she wrote the song when she was missing Eck, her husband. She also used a blues lick learned from Leslie Riddle. LONESOME HOMESICK BLUES- Maybelle Carter I've got the lonesome homesick blues I've got them bad, babe, down in my shoes I love someone there that I might lose That's why I've got these old homesick blues It makes me homesick to hear your name And hold you, dear, in my arms again I'm a-gonna ride that lonesome train To the one I left in Maces Springs [INSTRUMENTAL BREAK] You told me once, dear, you loved me so And it's on my mind everywhere I go I'll soon be knowing if it is so Or has your love for me grown cold Oh, listen to that old lonesome train It's a-gonna carry me back again To the one that told me their love was true I'll spend the rest of my days with you [INSTRUMENTAL BREAK] I've been away, babe, a long, long time Now I'm riding down this old railroad line And the one I love there I hope to find To ease this lonesome blue heart of mine |
Subject: Lyr Add: LONESOME FOR YOU DARLING From: Richie Date: 05 Dec 08 - 07:30 PM "Lonesome for You Darling" was recorded in 1940 by the Carters. I haven't been able to find the source yet. Anyone? LONESOME FOR YOU DARLING- Carter Family I am lonesome for you darling Though from me you're far away In a lonely little cottage I am waiting day by day Though you went away and left me Left me alone in this old world How it hurt me little darling To hear you say those parting words I can see you in the moonlight Strolling down lover's lane I know it's you I love my darling Wont you take me back again Do you think we could be happy Do you think we could be true To the one that's always loved you No one loves you like I do Wont you take me back my darling So I can prove my love to you If you'll accept me little darling We will start our lives anew I will take you back my darling If you promise to be true Let me look my little darling In your loving eyes of blue We are happy now together In the moonlight all alone And we'll settle down forever In our little cottage home |
Subject: Lyr Add: LONESOME FOR YOU From: Richie Date: 05 Dec 08 - 06:33 PM Lonesome for You is taken from the 1918 song "I Know What It Means To Be Lonesome" by Brockman and Vincent- words and Kendis- music. LONESOME FOR YOU- Carter family Now I know what it means to be lonesome And I know what it means to be blue And I know what it means to be lonesome in dreams When there's someone missing you 'Cause I've tried and I've tried since we've parted And there is no one know what I gone through I'd give all that I own just to have you back home 'Cause I'm lonesome, lonesome for you My best friend left me this morning As the clock was striking four And the smiling face of my darling I may not see no more Now I know what it means to be worried To be all lonesome and blue For the one that I love so dearly Has turned her back on me Oh, my mind is full of sorrow And my hear is filled with pain And I feel so broken-hearted Won't you please come back again 'Cause I've tried and I've tried since we've parted And there is no one know what I gone through I'd give all that I own just to have you back home 'Cause I'm lonesome, lonesome for you |
Subject: Lyr Add: LITTLE POPLAR LOG HOUSE ON THE HILL From: Richie Date: 05 Dec 08 - 06:18 PM Little Poplar Log House on the Hill is a song the Carters covered that was done by the Callahan Brothers on August 16, 1934. The Carter Family recorded their version 6 years later. Somehow this song is still attributed to A.P. LITTLE POPLAR LOG HOUSE ON THE HILL- Carter Family 1940 Now kind friends I want to tell you Of a little country home It is made of poplar logs upon the hill That's where father died and left us When we were very young And our mother kept us settled on he hill CHORUS: When our days work on the farm was done She'd would gather us around She would have us get down on our little knees She would pray for God to keep us Through the night until next In our little old poplar log house on the hill Our father died a good man Which we all would like to do And I'm going there to see him some old day When I'm get through with my singing Lay my guitar by my side Lord I want to play in heaven when I die |
Subject: RE: Origins: The authors of the 'Carter Family songs' From: Richie Date: 05 Dec 08 - 05:59 PM Thanks Q, Here's the Randolph version of Little Moses online: http://books.google.com/books?id=g3JtLNe3nroC&pg=PA97&dq=%22Little+Moses&ie=ISO-8859-1&output=html Richie |
Subject: Lyr Add: LITTLE MOSES From: Q (Frank Staplin) Date: 05 Dec 08 - 04:15 PM The Carter song "Little Moses" is a combination with songs other than "Moses in the Bulrushes." Belden says that the "Moses in the Bulrushes" he collected in 1905 covers only the first half of the song reported from Tennessee by George Pullen Jackson from Tennessee. Recorded from the singing of Miss W. A. Drumgoole as she remembered it sung in 1890 by Mr. Tate, stage driver from Beersheba to Beersheba Springs on Cumberland Mountain. The full text from Mrs. Maggie Haun (called "defective" by Jackson). The Jackson text: The ladies were wending their way As Pharo's daughter stepped down to the water To bathe in the cool of the day. Before it was dark she opened the ark And found that the sweet infant was there. She took him in pity and thought him so pretty, That made little Moses so glad. She called him her own, her beautiful son, And sent for a nurse that was near. By the side of the river so clear They *earned that beautiful child *sic To his own tender mother, his sister and brother, Little Moses looked happy and smiled. His mother so good done all that she could To hear [rear?] him and teach him with care. Then away by the sea that was red Stood Moses the servant of God. While in him confided the deed [dead sea?] was divided While upward he lifted his rod. The Jews safely crossed while Pharo's host Was drounded in the water and lost. Then away to the mountain so high Stood Moses with trembling an' awe, With lightning and thunder, great signs and wonders, While God was giving the law. He wrote it down on two tables of stone Before he returned to the sky. Then away on the mountain so high Stood the last one he ever might see. While Isreal victorious, his hope was most gloriest, Would soon over Jordan bbe free. His neighbors did cease, he departed in peace, And rest-es in heaven above. George Pullen Jackson, 1937, "Spiritual Folk-Songs of Early America. Augustin NY. |
Subject: Lyr Add: LITTLE MOSES From: Richie Date: 05 Dec 08 - 02:18 PM LITTLE MOSES is gospel ballad about story of Moses harmonized by G.R. Street circa 1871. The lyrics are traditional. Collected by Belden as "Moses in the Bulrushes" in 1905. Randolph 662, "Little Moses" has 1 text. "By the Side of a River" is another title. If anyone has the Belden lyrics please post for comparison. LITTLE MOSES- Carter Family 1929 Away by the river so clear, the ladies were winding their way And Pharaoh's little daughter stepped down in the water To bathe in the cool of the day Before it was dark she opened the ark And found the sweet infant was there Before it was dark she opened the ark And found the sweet infant was there And away by the river so blue, the infant was lonely and sad She took him in pity and thought him so pretty And it made little Moses so glad She called him her own, her beautiful son And sent for a nurse that was near She called him her own, her beautiful son And sent for a nurse that was near [INSTRUMENTAL BREAK] And away by the river so clear, they carried the beautiful child To his own tender mother, his sister and brother Little Moses looked happy and smiled His mother so good done all that she could To rear him and teach him with care His mother so good done all that she could To rear him and teach him with care [INSTRUMENTAL BREAK] And away by the sea that was red, little Moses, the servant of God While in him confided the sea was divided As upward he lifted his rod The Jews they could cross while Pharaoh's host Was drowned in the waters and lost The Jews they could cross while Pharaoh's host Was drowned in the waters and lost And away on the mountain so high, the last one that ever might see While in his victorious, his hope was most glorious He'd soon o'er the Jordan be free When his labors did cease he parted in peace And rested in the heavens above When his labors did cease he parted in peace And rested in the heavens above |
Subject: Lyr Add: THE LITTLE LOG HUT IN THE LANE From: Richie Date: 05 Dec 08 - 01:53 PM Little Log Hut in the Lane is usally titled, "I'm Going From the Cottonfields" which is a song (Going From De Cottonfields) by Thomas Westendorf from 1879. It was recorded first by Frank Crummit then by Hugh Cross. The Carters or Peer surely changed the title to avoid copyright problems. http://memory.loc.gov/cgi-bin/query/D?aasm:2:./temp/~ammem_8c06::@@@mdb=mcc,gottscho,detr,nfor,wpa,aap,cwar,bbpix,cowellbib,calb Curiously the authors of the Carter biography Mark Zwonitzer and Charles Hirshberg got this wrong. They attribute the Carters "Little Log Hut in the Lane" to Hayes "Little Old log Cabin in the Lane," a different song. Oops! THE LITTLE LOG HUT IN THE LANE- Carter Family [INSTRUMENTAL BREAK] Mama says she don't want me Because I'm getting old Scared that I might freeze to death The weather is so cold If I live till night I think I will try When the moon goes down tonight I'm going to say goodbye I'm going from the cotton field I'm going from the cane I'm going from that little log hut That stands down in the lane [INSTRUMENTAL BREAK] Now I'm old and feeble And I cannot see my way Mama says I'm old and gray And only in the way I'm leaving the little log hut The place I love to dwell When the stars shine bright tonight I'm going to bid farewell I'm going from the cotton field I'm going from the cane I'm going from that little log hut That stands down in the lane [INSTRUMENTAL BREAK] I'm going from the cotton field I'm going from the cane I'm going from that little log hut That stands down in the lane [INSTRUMENTAL BREAK] |
Subject: Lyr Add: LITTLE LOG CABIN BY THE SEA From: Richie Date: 05 Dec 08 - 01:28 PM Little Girl (I Ever Cared About)should be titled "The Only Girl (I Ever Cared About) and will be covered under Only Girl, The. Little Joe was recorded by the Carters two times first as Darling Little Joe. The song is really the "Death of Little Joe" by Marsten in 1866. See info/lyrics above under Darling Little Joe. Little Log Cabin by the Sea is based on "The Bible in the Cabin by the Sea" by W.C. Hapley in 1903. Hapley also wrote "We'll Meet Beyond the Grave." It was also recorded as "The Bible My Daddy Left to Me" by Whitey and Hogan. Here's The Carter Family's "Little Old Log Cabin by the Sea" Vi 21074 which was recorded in Bristol, Tennessee, August 1, 1927. Reissued on The Carter Family 'Anchored in Love' Rounder CD 1064. Also reissued on Various Artists 'The Bristol Sessions' Country Music Foundation CD CMF-011-D. LITTLE LOG CABIN BY THE SEA There is a precious volume all finger-worn and holed In that little log cabin by the sea It is the old, old bible, more precious now than gold 'Tis the bible that my mother gave to me 'Tis the old, precious bible, blessed bible That she read in the cabin by the sea (by the sea) It's a precious, precious bible, a blessed, blessed bible The bible that my mother gave to me How often I have listened to the tempest howl and rave Round that little log cabin by the sea While mother read of Jesus who walked upon the wave How Jesus calmed the storm in Galilee 'Tis the old, precious bible, blessed bible That she read in the cabin by the sea (by the sea) It's a precious, precious bible, a blessed, blessed bible The bible that my mother gave to me How often, oh how often she read the flowing word Read the message from the precious word of God They have told of faithful Daniel who trusted in the Lord While she led me in the pathway that she trod Tis the old, precious bible, blessed bible That she read in the cabin by the sea (by the sea) It's a precious, precious bible, a blessed, blessed bible The bible that my mother gave to me There is no other volume so precious as this book It tells me how to live and how to die It tells me of that city, oh wondrous, wondrous look And that I'll meet the loved ones by and by Tis the old, precious bible, blessed bible That she read in the cabin by the sea (by the sea) It's a precious, precious bible, a blessed, blessed bible The bible that my mother gave to me |
Subject: Lyr Add: LITTLE DARLING PAL OF MINE From: Richie Date: 05 Dec 08 - 12:41 PM Little Darlin' Pal of Mine was recorded by the Caters in 1928 in their 2nd session for Peer and Victor. The melody is the spiritual "When The World's On Fire." It's also titled "Little Sweetheart Pal Of Mine" or "My Little Girl." Apparently this is the song Woody Guthrie used for the melody of "This Land Is Your Land." Jimmie Rodgers covered the song when he visited with the Carter Family and they recorded together in 1931. According to Maybelle, A.P. wrote the song. Clearly it's based on traditional lyrics and A.P. probably came up with the "little darlin' pal of mine" line, which essential makes the song his. LITTLE DARLING PAL OF MINE- Carter Family 1928 My little darling, oh, how I love you How I love you none can tell In your heart you love another Little darling pal of mine [INSTRUMENTAL BREAK] Many a night while you lay sleeping Dreaming of your rambler's life Lay a poor boy brokenhearted Listening to the wind outside My little darling, oh, how I love you How I love you none can tell In your heart you love another Little darling pal of mine [INSTRUMENTAL BREAK] Many a day with you I've rambled Countless hours with you I've spent Thought I had your heart forever But I found it only lent My little darling, oh, how I love you How I love you none can tell In your heart you love another Little darling pal of mine [INSTRUMENTAL BREAK] There is just three things I wish for That's a casket, shroud, and grave When I'm dead, don't weep for me Just kiss those lips that you betrayed My little darling, oh, how I love you How I love you none can tell In your heart you love another Little darling pal of mine |
Subject: RE: Origins: The authors of the 'Carter Family songs' From: Richie Date: 05 Dec 08 - 10:56 AM |
Subject: Lyr Add: LITTLE BLACK TRAIN From: Richie Date: 05 Dec 08 - 10:54 AM Little Black Train is a tradition gospel song dating back to the late 1800s (Cohen) and was first recorded (4 times) in 1926 by the redoutable Rev. J.M. Gates and later by various hillbilly artists, including Henry and Emry Arthur in 1928. The Carters did not record it until 1935, and 2 copyrights (1935 and 1937) were taken out in the Carters' names! The story of Hezekiah's bout with sickness, God's threat, Hezekiah's repentance, and Isaiah's promise of fifteen additional years of life is told in 2 Kings 20:1-11 (repeated almost verbatim inIsaiah 38) and briefly summarized in 2 Chronicles 32:24-26. There are numerous versions in the DT so I'll just post the Carters and one by Dock Boggs that's not in the DT. It was collected in 1922 by Brown. According to Dorothy Scarborough who printed a version in 1925: "A more sinister aspect of train-arrival is in another Holy Roller song from Texas. The little black train here represents Death, and the passengers for whom seats are reserved appear not to be crowding eagerly about the ticket window. This train had no schedule, but, like other public carriers, is uncertain in its time arrival and departure. But a delay here brings forth no complaints against the management." Other names include: "Gospel Train," "Gospel Train Is Coming" "Death's Black Train Is Coming." "Little Black Train Is A-Comin'" LITTLE BLACK TRAIN- Dock Boggs God sent to Hezekiah A message from on high, "You better set your house in order, For you must surely die." He turned to the wall in weeping, We see him there in tears, He got his business fixed all right, God spared him fifteen years. There's a little black train a-coming, Fix all your business right. There's a little black train a-coming, And it may be here tonight. Go tell that ballroom lady All dressed in the worldly pride That death's dark train is coming, Prepare to take a ride. I see that train with engine And one small baggage car. Your idle thoughts and your wicked deeds Will stop at the judgement bar. There's a little black train a-coming, Fix all your business right. There's a little black train a-coming, Prepare to take a ride. That poor young man in darkness Cared not for the gospel light Till suddenly he heard the whistle blow And the little black train in sight. "Oh Lord, will you not spare me? I see my wicked plight. Have mercy, Lord, upon me, Please come and set me right." But death had fixed its shackles Upon his soul so tight, Before he got his business fixed The little black train in sight. There's a little black train a-coming, Fix all your business right. There's a little black train a-coming, And it may be here tonight. The Little Black Train- Carter Family There's a little black train a comin' Set your business right There's a little black train a comin' And it may be here tonight Go tell that ball room lady All dressed in the worldly pride That death's dark train is coming Prepare to take a ride God said to Hezekiah A message from on high You better set your house in order For you must surely die He turned to the wall in weeping We see him here in tears He got his business fixed all right God spared him fifteen years We see that train with engine And one small baggage car Your idle thoughts and wicked deeds Will stop at the judgment bar That poor young man in darkness Cares not for the gospel light 'Til suddenly he heard the whistle blow And the little black train in sight Have mercy on me lord Please come and set me right Before he got his business fixed The train rolled in that night |
Subject: Lyr Add: LET'S BE LOVERS AGAIN From: Richie Date: 05 Dec 08 - 09:51 AM Let's Be Lovers Again is a song from Gussie Davis in 1893 titled, "Jack and May (Make Up and Be Lover's Again)". It's been recorded as "Jack and May" as well as the "Let's be Sweet hearts/Lovers/Friends" titles. The Carters recorded their version in 1935. LET'S BE LOVERS AGAIN- Carter Family Jack and May Sweethearts were they They were engaged to be wed Many a promise he made her Many a love word he said As most lovers do They quarreled one night She bid him not come anymore She gave him his hat Jack started away But he lingered to stay at the door Chorus: Tie up those broken cords And lets be lovers again Darling, you know I love you To part would give me pain Let us forget the past And make up, my pet Make up and be lovers again. Years rolled by Neither were wed All of Jack's pleadings were vain One quiet evening poor Jack was found dead All through life in dismay Two lives that have been wrecked But she loves, oh, too late She goes to his grave every day She can't tell you why But it seems to her cry The wind seems to whisper and say |
Subject: Lyr Add: LET THE CHURCH ROLL ON From: Richie Date: 05 Dec 08 - 09:30 AM "Let the Church Roll On" is a spiritual that was popular in the 1920s was recorded first by the African-American group, the Norfolk Jubilee Quartet in 1926. It was recorded 5 times before the Carters 1931 Charlotte NC recording for Victor. The Carters learned the song from Leslie Riddle and also through his friend gospel singer Pauline Gary from Kingsport. LET THE CHURCH ROLL ON- Carter Family/Leslie Riddle Let the church roll on (My good Lord) Let the church roll on (Oh, my Lord) Turn him out (Turn him out) And let the church roll on There're gamblers in the church (My good Lord) And they won't do right (Oh, my Lord) What're you gonna do (Turn them out) And let the church roll on [INSTRUMENTAL BREAK] Let the church roll on (My good Lord) Let the church roll on (Oh, my Lord) Turn him out (Turn him out) And let the church roll on There're drunkards in the church (My good Lord) And they won't do right (Oh, my Lord) What're you gonna do (Turn them out) And let the church roll on [INSTRUMENTAL BREAK] Let the church roll on (My good Lord) Let the church roll on (Oh, my Lord) Turn him out (Turn him out) And let the church roll on There're members in the church (My good Lord) And they won't do right (Oh, my Lord) What're you gonna do (Take some new ones that could) And let the church roll on Let the church roll on (My good Lord) Let the church roll on (Oh, my Lord) Turn him out (Turn him out) And let the church roll on |
Subject: Lyr Add: LAY MY HEAD BENEATH THE ROSE From: Richie Date: 05 Dec 08 - 09:12 AM "Lay My Head Beneath the Rose" is a song the Carters did in 1936 that was made popular by Vernon Dalhart in 1926. "Lay My Head Beneath A Rose" was written by Ned Straight in 1879. Madison and Faulkenstein also published a version in 1897 which was published again in 1936 (1946) and surprisingly has copyright restrictions. The sheet music may have been reissued beacuse of the Carter or Dalhart recordings. This is another example of a song with an invalid copyright. Both the Levy and Indiana sheet msuic will not dispaly the sheet music. LAY MY HEAD BENEATH THE ROSE- Carter Family Darling, clasp me to your bosom As you did in days of yore Lay your hand upon my forehead 'Ere I reach the golden shore Life is from me fastly falling Soon I'll be in sweet repose When I'm gone 1 ask this favor Lay my head beneath the rose Darling, first you said you loved me When you gave me hand and heart There were roses on your cheeks, love As we vowed we ne'er would part One more kiss for I am going Far beyond all earthly woe May your life be like your cheeks, love Covered with the blossomed rose He has crossed the shadowed valley Where the living waters flow Love has answered all his pleading And he sleeps in sweet repose 'Neath a grassy mound he's resting Where the golden sunset glows Love has answered all his pleading And he sleeps in sweet repose |
Subject: Lyr Add: THE LAST MOVE FOR ME From: Richie Date: 05 Dec 08 - 08:58 AM Last Move for Me was recorded June 8, 1936 in NYC and is another gospel song teh Carters did by Herbert Buffum. "When I make My Last Move" was written by Herbert Buffum (1879-1939) around 1926. THE LAST MOVE FOR ME- Carter Family I've been traveling for Jesus so much of my life Been traveling o'er land and on sea But I'm planning on taking a trip to the sky That will be the last move for me When I move to the sky up in heaven so high What a wonderful time that will be I'm ready to go, washed in Calvary's flow That will be the last move for me [INSTRUMENTAL BREAK] I've seen wonderful sights as I've traveled afar How little, how empty they seem When I make my last move to that city of gold That will be the last move for me When I move to the sky up in heaven so high What a wonderful time that will be I'm ready to go, washed in Calvary's flow That will be the last move for me [INSTRUMENTAL BREAK] Here I'm bothered with packing each time that I move And carry a load in each hand But I'll not need one thing that I've used in this world When I move to that heavenly land When I move to the sky up in heaven so high What a wonderful time that will be I'm ready to go, washed in Calvary's flow That will be the last move for me [INSTRUMENTAL BREAK] Everything that I'll need will be furnished up there Not even my songbooks I'll bring Or the precious old Bible that showed me the way I'll not need when I stand by my King When I move to the sky up in heaven so high What a wonderful time that will be I'm ready to go, washed in Calvary's flow That will be the last move for me When I make My Last Move- Herbert Buffum I have been traveling for Jesus, so much of my life I have been traveling on land and on sea But I am counting on taking a trip to the sky That will be the last move for me! I have seen wonderful sights as I have traveled afar But how little, how empty it will seem When I make my last move to that City Of God And behold what no vision could dream. There will be prophets, who I will meet over there Whose teachings have guided me right I shall meet the Apostles and Jesus my Lord I believe I shall know them at sight. Here I am bothered with packing And I carry a load in each hand But I will not need one thing, I have used in this world, When I move to that Heavenly Land. When I move to the sky, up to Heaven on High, What a wonderful trip that will be, I am already to go Washed in Calvary's flow, That will be the last move for me! |
Subject: RE: Origins: The authors of the 'Carter Family songs' From: Richie Date: 04 Dec 08 - 08:43 PM Let's try the L titles for the original Carter family: Last Move for Me; Lay My Head Beneath the Rose; Let the Church Roll On; Let's Be Lovers Again; Little Black Train; Little Darlin' Pal of Mine; Little Girl (I Ever Cared About); Little Joe; Little Log Cabin by the Sea; Little Log Hut in the Lane; Little Moses; Little Poplar Log House on the Hill; Lonesome for You; Lonesome for You Darling; Lonesome Homesick Blues; Lonesome Pine Special; Lonesome Valley; Longing for Old Virginia; Look Away from the Cross; Look How This World Has Made a Change; Lord, I'm in Your Care; Lover's Farewell; Lover's Lane; Lover's Return; Lulu Walls; Anyone? |
Subject: Lyr Add: KITTY WALTZ From: Richie Date: 04 Dec 08 - 07:29 PM Kitty Waltz was recorded in 1929 by the Carters. The first country recording was Al Hopkins in 1926 which may have been the source. Anyone have Hopkins lyrics? The instrumental versions were copyrighted by W. Henry Sayen in 1873 and R. Schwentzer as "Kittie Waltz in 1872. KITTY WALTZ- Carter Family 1929 [INSTRUMENTAL BREAK] Waltz, Kitty, waltz, let everybody waltz Waltz, Kitty, waltz, let everybody waltz Waltz, Kitty, waltz, let everybody waltz The guitars are ringing, come on and waltz [INSTRUMENTAL BREAK] The girls are singing, their guitars are ringing Their steps are so neat, their music so sweet Waltz, Kitty, waltz, let everybody waltz The guitars are ringing, come on and waltz [INSTRUMENTAL BREAK] Boys, come on and join our band Their guitars are ringing, their music is grand Waltz, Kitty, waltz, let everybody waltz The guitars are ringing, come on and waltz [INSTRUMENTAL BREAK] Waltz, Kitty, waltz, let everybody waltz Waltz, Kitty, waltz, let everybody waltz Waltz, Kitty, waltz, let everybody waltz The guitars are ringing, come on and waltz [INSTRUMENTAL BREAK] |
Subject: Lyr Add: KISSING IS A CRIME From: Richie Date: 04 Dec 08 - 07:16 PM Kissing Is a Crime was recorded by the Carters in 1935. "I'll not Kiss You Anymore" was recorded in 1930 but unissued. It was collected as a folk song in Alabama. http://books.google.com/books?id=ZG_VpWAciWsC&pg=PA166&dq=%22I+know+a+pretty+little+girl%22&ie=ISO-8859-1&output=html It resembles the Scottish song "Some Say that Kissing's a Sin" published in 1829. AP clearly changed "sin," a word he could't use, to "crime." I KNOW A PRETTY LITTLE GIRL Sung by Eunice Yeatts MacAlexander at her home in Meadows of Dan, Patrick County, VA. Eunice learnt it as a young girl from a neighbour's daughter, who may have picked it up from the Carter Family. I know a pretty little girl, And I want her for my wife. She's neat, she's sweet, she's pretty little feet, And she's never kissed a boy in her life. I ask her for a kiss. She says, 'You're such a beau. I'll kiss you now, but I'll vow and declare, I'll never do so anymore.' 'For I'm going to be a better girl, And never kiss again. For fear my momma might find it out, And cause her, oh, such pain.' 'You may walk, you may talk, You may hold my hand. But kissing is a crime. I never expect to kiss you again, Until the next time.' I went to see her the other day, But I didn't go to stay. She leaned her head upon my breast, Saying, 'The old folks are far away.' I kissed her a dozen times, Till someone came to the door. She kissed me then, And there declared she'd never do so anymore. Repeat verse 3 Repeat verse 4 KISSING IS A CRIME- Carter Family 1935 I know a little girl And I want her for my wife She's pretty and sweet, and neat little feet Never been kissed in her life You can ask for a kiss She never got a beau And every time she vows and cries She'll never do so anymore Going to be a better girl and never kiss again Afraid my maw might find out and cause her great pain You may walk and talk and hold my hand But kissing is a crime I'll not kiss you anymore until next time [INSTRUMENTAL BREAK] I called at her house one night But I didn't intend to stay She laid her head on my shoulder and said The old folks are away I kissed her a dozen times Someone came to the door And every time she vows and declares She'll never do so anymore Going to be a better girl and never kiss again Afraid my maw might find out and cause her great pain You may walk and talk and hold my hand But kissing is a crime I'll not kiss you anymore until next time |
Subject: RE: Origins: The authors of the 'Carter Family songs' From: Richie Date: 04 Dec 08 - 06:41 PM Keep on the Firing Line is a Sounthern gospel song by Bessie F. Hatcher in 1915. It was recorded twice before the Carters 1941 recording. Keep on the Sunny Side, the Carters theme song, was written by Ada Blenkhorn and J Howard Entwisle in 1899. |
Subject: RE: Origins: The authors of the 'Carter Family songs' From: Richie Date: 04 Dec 08 - 06:35 PM Well Q there weren't alot of beaches in the Appalachain mountains back then! Obviously this started off as a parlor type song from the 1800s and "Flirting on the Beach" is a possible source. R- |
Subject: RE: Origins: The authors of the 'Carter Family songs' From: Q (Frank Staplin) Date: 04 Dec 08 - 04:08 PM There's a whole passel of flirting songs from the latter part of the 19th c. They got into folk usage very quickly. It's hard to tell which of them were the inspirations. I think I will post a couple of them, but will start a thread so that they don't gum up the works here. "Flirting on the Beach" words and music E. M. Hall, performed by Primrose and West, 1878, White Smith & Co., Boston, was a popular one. |
Subject: Lyr Add: JUST ANOTHER BROKEN HEART From: Richie Date: 04 Dec 08 - 03:25 PM "Just Another Broken Heart" is the Carter's arrangement of the folk song usually known as "Only Flirting," "Only a Broken Heart" or "She was Only Flirting." Randolph collected the song as "She Said She Was Only Flirting" from Elizabeth Waddell in 1927: Randolph, Vance / Ozark Folksongs. Volume IV, Religous Songs and Others, Univ. of Missouri, Bk (1980/1946), p272/#764. The singer said the song was a parody of a Longfellow poem: http://books.google.com/books?id=g3JtLNe3nroC&pg=PA272&dq=She+Said+She+Was+Only+Flirting&ie=ISO-8859-1&output=html It was first recorded by Billy Vest in 1931 as "Oh Sir, I was Only Flirting." It's related to the popular Sinful to Flirt songs [Laws G19] such as "Willie Down by the Pond" and has the same theme as "Juanita." If anyone has any other lyrics versions please post. JUST ANOTHER BROKEN HEART- Carter Family 1936 They stood on the beach one evening Out in the moonlight fair 'Twas a boy in the pride of manhood And a girl in beauty rare I never thought that you loved me An innocent look of surprise Crept out from beneath her lashes And into those deep brown eyes Oh, sir, I was only a-flirting Only a-playing a part Just another boy's life ruined Just another broken heart [INSTRUMENTAL BREAK] Sir, I'm to be married this winter Farewell, and she gave me her hand And drawing a robe around her She left me alone on the sand She goes with a crowd, I'll pass her Always bitter and cold Just another boy grown weary Just another boy grown old [INSTRUMENTAL BREAK] There's a rose grows in your garden White rose is the emblem of peace And when I am dead, little darling Plant that rose at my head and my feet Oh, sir, I was only a-flirting Only a-playing a part Just another boy's life ruined Just another broken heart |
Subject: Lyr Add: JUST A FEW MORE DAYS From: Richie Date: 04 Dec 08 - 02:02 PM Just a Few More Days is a gospel song. The idea may have come from the third verse of the 1903 gospel song "The Good Old-Fashioned Way". "Just a few more steps to follow Just a few more days to roam..." There are refernces to it in The New Cokesbury Hymnal, Nashville (1928) edited by Charles C . Washburn: "Just a few more days to be filled with praise, And to tell the... Just a few more years with their toil and tears, And the journey..." Hymns of Praise: For the Church and Sunday School by F. G. Kingsbury -Hymns, English - 1922 - page 15 Anyone find it in one of these or other hymnals? JUST A FEW MORE DAYS- Carter Family 1938 Not so long ago one morning Mother called me to her bed Then she threw her arms around me Listen to the words she said Darling, I am going to leave you But you'll not be left alone Jesus will protect and shield you After he has carried me home Just a few more days of sorrow Just a few more days of pain Just a few more days of cloudiness Just a few more days of rain Then I'm going to live with Jesus He has got a home prepared Then I'll join the holy angels Mother will be waiting there Sometimes I am sorely tempted Sometimes I am sorely tired But to overcome I'm trying Taking Jesus as my guide Oh, sometimes the path seems rugged But it only makes me pray And I know if I keep trying I'll see my mother some sweet day Just a few more days of sorrow Just a few more days of pain Just a few more days of cloudiness Just a few more days of rain Then I'm going to live with Jesus He has got a home prepared Then I'll join the holy angels Mother will be waiting there |
Subject: Lyr Add: JOHN HARDY WAS A DESPERATE LITTLE MAN From: Richie Date: 04 Dec 08 - 10:59 AM Jimmie Brown, the Newsboy was refernced by Joy: Jimmie Brown (the paper boy) by William Shakespeare Hays in 1875. Jimmie Rodgers Visits the Carter Family: The session began in Louisville, Kentucky on June 10, 1931 the whole group recorded their song-and-spoken-word skits "The Carter Family and Jimmie Rogers in Texas" and "Jimmie Rogers Visits The Carter Family." On June 12 the first skit was redone to its released form. The first release by the two top Country recording artists for Victor was "Jimmie Rodgers Visits the Carter Family" backed by Rodgers "Moonlight and Skies." The single was a big success by post 1929 standards, selling 24, 000 copies. Curiously, the other songs from that session (except Jimmie's solo "Let Me Be Your Side Track") were released five years later, long after Rodgers was dead. John Hardy Was a Desperate Little Man: was recorded by teh Carter Family in 1928 in one of their early session for Victor. The Carter Family version doesn't repeat the last lyric line, instead there is and instrumental verse. The Carters version was the fourth recording of the song, preceeded by Eva Davis and local star Ernest Stoneman in 1925. The song was collected in 1916 by Cecil Sharp. There is an excellent article by John Harrington Cox in the JOAFL. Here are some details about the history: John Hardy was a black man working in the tunnels of West Virginia. In fact, as Alan Lomax remarks, "the two songs ["John Henry" & "John Hardy"] have sometimes been combined by folk singers, and the two characters confused by ballad collectors...."). One payday, in a crap game at Shawnee Coal Company's camp in what is today Eckman, WV, John Hardy killed a fellow worker. Lomax provides the following additional info- His white captors protected him from a lynch mob that came to take him out of jail and hang him. When the lynch fever subsided, Hardy was tried during the July term of the McDowell County Criminal Court, found guilty and sentenced to be hanged. While awaiting execution in jail, he is said to have composed this ballad, which he later sang on the scaffold. He also confessed his sins to a minister, became very religious, and advised all young men, as he stood beneath the gallows, to shun liquor, gambling and bad company. The order for his execution shows that he was hanged near the courthouse in McDowell County, January 19, 1894. His ballad appears to have been based upon certain formulae stanzas from the Anglo-Saxon ballad stock.... Alan Lomax, The Folk Songs of North America, Garden City, 1960, p. 264; lyrics on pp. 271-273. JOHN HARDY WAS A DESPERATE LITTLE MAN John Hardy, he was a desp'rate little man, He carried two guns ev'ry day. He shot a man on the West Virginia line, An' you ought seen John Hardy getting away. John Hardy, he got to the Keystone Bridge, He thought that he would be free. And up stepped a man and took him by his arm, Says, "Johnny, walk along with me." He sent for his poppy and his mommy, too, To come and go his bail. But money won't go a murdering case; They locked John Hardy back in jail. John Hardy, he had a pretty little girl, That dress that she wore was blue As she came skipping through the old jail hall, Saying, "Poppy, I've been true to you." John Hardy, he had another little girl, That dress that she wore was red. She followed John Hardy to his hanging ground, Saying, "Poppy, I would rather be dead." I been to the East and I been to the West, I been this wide world around. I been to the river and I been baptized, And now I'm on my hanging ground. John Hardy walked out on his scaffold high, With his loving little wife by his side. And the last words she heard poor John-O say, "I'll meet you in that sweet bye-and-bye." |
Subject: RE: Origins: The authors of the 'Carter Family songs' From: Richie Date: 04 Dec 08 - 04:11 AM There are quite a few roses bloom songs like "When the roses bloom Again" etc. There are some that use the month of June when the roses were in bloom. It's a possible angle, we need more. Anyone? |
Subject: RE: Origins: The authors of the 'Carter Family songs' From: Q (Frank Staplin) Date: 04 Dec 08 - 12:01 AM Lunsford, that is. |
Subject: RE: Origins: The authors of the 'Carter Family songs' From: Q (Frank Staplin) Date: 03 Dec 08 - 11:59 PM "When the roses were in bloom, Lunceford, 1935, is an index card at the library of Congress. I don't have the recording. |
Subject: Lyr Add: JIM BLAKE'S MESSAGE From: Richie Date: 03 Dec 08 - 11:44 PM Jim Blake's Message was an event song from the king of the event song writers Carson Robison with Peter Condon- lyrics in 1927. Carson would put out a song immediately after some tragedy occured and his buddy and partner Vernon Dalhart would record the song. In this case the lyrics are based on a tradtional song from around 1900 that Condon knew. The lyrics were first printed in a 1910 issue of "Railroad Man's Magazine" after a request for the lyrics in 1909. The Carters probably added "Message" to the "Jim Blake" title to avoid copyright problems. From Charles K. Wolfe: Jim Blake's Message is, according to Sara, from a ballet they got "out toward Kentucky." This performance, as well as a transcript and song history, is presented in Norm Cohen's 'Long Steel Rail: The Railroad in American Folksong.' His research has dated the song to the 1890s, but no one seems to know if it was based on a true experience or not. A.P. copyrighted his version of the song on January 5, 1938 - almost six months after he recorded it. JIM BLAKE'S MESSAGE- The Carter Family, June 17, 1937 "Jim Blake, your wife is dying!" Went over the wires tonight The message was brought to the depot By a lad all trembling with fright He entered the office crying His face was terribly white "Send this message to dad and his engine Mother is dying tonight!" In something less than an hour Jim's answer back to me flew "Tell wife I'll be there at midnight I'm praying for her too." I left my son in the office Took the message to Jim's wife There found the dying woman Was scarce of breath and life. O'er hill and dale and valley Thunders the heavy train It's engine is sobbing and throbbing And under a terrible strain But Jim hangs on to his throttle Guiding her crazy flight And his voice cries out in the darkness "God speed the Express tonight!" I telephoned the doctor "How is Jim's wife?" I ask "About the hour of midnight Is long as she can last!" In something less than an hour The train will be along But here I have a message Oh God, there is something wrong! The message reads, "Disaster! The train is in the ditch The engineer is dying Derailed by an open switch." And there's another message To Jim's wife it is addressed, "I'll meet her at midnight in Heaven Don't wait for the fast Express!" |
Subject: Lyr Add: JEALOUS HEARTED ME From: Richie Date: 03 Dec 08 - 10:34 PM Jealous Hearted Me is a blues recorded in 1936 by the Carters. See 12 Stringer's post above for Charley Lincoln [Hicks], "Jealous Hearted Blues," recorded in Atlanta for Columbia on 4 November 1927, mx 145103-2, released on Columbia 14305-D. Clearly this is a song the Carter's borrowed. Charley Lincoln probably got his version from Ma Rainey's 1924 Jealous Hearted Blues. The song was copyrighted by Lovie Austin but the verses except for the first are traditional. Later the song was a rewrite hit with the title, "Evil Hearted Me." Still more lyrics to "Jealous Hearted Me" come from recordings by Minnie Pearl, who squawked out this tune regularly: You can have my coffee, you can have my tea But just you let my feller be, I"m jealous, jealous-hearted me I'm just as jealous as I can be. Now, I like victuals, sauerkraut I take my mail on the rural route I'm jealous,jealous-hearted me I'm just as jealous as I can be. Take your dominic rooster and your shanghai hen Get a 'fer' piece away and don't you come again I'm jealous, jealous-hearted me I'm just as jealous as I can be. JEALOUS HEARTED ME- Carter Family Takes a rockin' chair to rock, takes a rubber ball to roll Takes the man I love to satisfy my soul Because I'm jealous, jealous hearted me I said I'm jealous, jealous as I can be Got a stove in the kitchen, and it bakes nice and brown But I need a poppa to turn the damper down Because I'm jealous, jealous hearted me I said I'm jealous, jealous as I can be You can have my money, you can have my home But for goodness sakes, women, let my man alone Because I'm jealous, jealous hearted me I said I'm jealous, jealous as I can be Gonna buy me a bulldog to watch while I sleep To watch that man of mine on his midnight creep Because I'm jealous, jealous hearted me I said I'm jealous, jealous as I can be |
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