Lyr Req: Seven Nites of Drinking

Subject: Seven Nites of Drinking
From: GUEST
Date: 05 Jul 00 - 10:46 PM

Dear Sir/Mam, Two weeks ago on vacation, we met five sisters who were raised in and still live in the Blue Ridge Mountains along the parkway drive in Virginia and North Carolina. One night at a lodge they were singing many old folk songs they learned and sang during their childhood days on the farm where 8 kids were raised. They range in ages of late 50s up. They were singing a song titles Seven Nites of Drinking, but did not know all the verses which end the song. It begins: "Last night when I came homek so drunk I couldn't see, I saw another horse in the barn where my horse should be..." and goes on from there. None of them have a computer, so I said I would use the net to try to find someone who migh have the words. Can you be of any help? If you need more on the song, the one I was going to send them to is Ruby Presnell, 197 Monteagle Drive, Boone, N.C. 28607, 428-265-2208. Any help you can be would be appreciated because I would like to know how the song ends. They knew the verses up to the point that there was someone in the bedroom where the drunken man should be. Getting only this far is like putting a man out on a limb and cutting it off. Thanks for whatever you can do, Lyle R. Rolfe, 2580 'wyckwood Court, Aurora, Il., 60506, [e-mail]

Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Seven Nites of Drinking
From: Amergin
Date: 05 Jul 00 - 10:49 PM

This sounds like Seven Drunken Nights. This has been asked for and discussed before. If you put your query in the supersearch you should find what you're searching for.

Amergin

Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Seven Nites of Drinking
From: Joe Offer
Date: 06 Jul 00 - 04:39 AM

Ah, there are so many versions of that song, it's hard to look for. It's Child Ballad #274, so you'll find a few versions if you put #274 in our blue search box (or click here). If you put drunk in the filter box on our Forum Menu page and set the time to three years, you'll find threads with many other versions. Hope that helps.
-Joe Offer (e-mail sent)-

Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Seven Nites of Drinking
From: Scabby Douglas
Date: 06 Jul 00 - 11:22 AM

From the sounds of things - maybe they did know all the verses, but chose to sing only the clean ones to you...

Cheers

Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Seven Nites of Drinking
From: paddymac
Date: 06 Jul 00 - 01:08 PM

Dear Lyle - I'd like to do two things. First, extend my compliments, and thanks, for your very refreshing request. The topic isn't a new one to Mudcatters, but the sense of candor and neighborliness in your request is welcome any time. Secondly, I'd like to encourage you to become an actual member of our virtual community. You can do that by clicking on the word "Membership" in the second line of the header, directly above the blue "Digital Tradition" in the upper right corner. You sound like a genuinely nice person, and we'l love to have you as part of the family.