Subject: Lyrics for Star of Bannock - Utah P. From: GUEST,Rose Date: 08 Oct 20 - 02:06 AM Searching for lyrics and background info for the song Star of Bannock by Utah Phillips. Thank you. |
Subject: RE: Lyrics for Star of Bannock - Utah Phillips From: cnd Date: 09 Oct 20 - 10:28 AM I can't find a recording of the song by Utah but here's a version by Rosalie Sorrels. Sorrels did sing a one verse that was different from those on the Utah Phillips album, so I've included them at the bottom. I did, however, find a picture of the back side of an album (click) which included the lyrics. I've typed them out as best I can and confirmed with Rosalie's singing. According to the Discog's entry, the original has a "double-sided lyric sheet and four-page discussion of the origin and background of each track," but unfortunately not every page of that was uploaded there, so if you want Utah's full origins of the song, you'll need that record. Fortunately, someone on Discogs is selling it for as little as $4, so you can have it without too much cost. For what it's worth, Utah credits the song as a traditional song. He only ever released it on one album, El Capitan, and the song was not included on any compilation albums. STAR OF BANNOCK (trad.) Under the lamplight's flickering gleam, In the dirt of a dance hall floor, The beautiful Star of Bannock flies Never to shine no more. She had a lover so good and true In the East that she left behind; She came to the West like so many do Her name and her fortune to find. Her fortune she found on the dance hall floor Where her beauty would turn men's heads; She was the queen of them all, Now the beautiful star is dead. She was young and lighthearted, she danced and she sang. Played the game as she knew it--square; She trusted her friends and never did think That a bullet would find her there. Now many an eye with tears is filled, And many a laugh is stilled, For the beautiful Star of Bannock lies In a grave on a lonesome hill. [verses sung by Sorrels but not Phillips] Her beauty that once was pure and sweet Was that of a maiden new in Now lies in the dust at the miner's feet A beautiful star is dead |
Subject: RE: Lyrics for Star of Bannock - Utah Phillips From: cnd Date: 09 Oct 20 - 10:41 AM After a bit more searching, I've found that the song was much better known by another spelling: The Star of Bannack. Here's a description of the song from American folk songs : a regional encyclopedia by Norm Cohen. I've included the lyrics from the book, even though they're substantially the same, as well as its synopsis of the song's origins.
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