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Lyr Req: Better Times a-Coming |
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Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Better Times a-Coming From: cnd Date: 19 Sep 20 - 06:31 PM Looks like the words were by Cal Veale and the first released recording was by Ray Godfrey and not Jim and Jesse -- though I admit theirs was the only version I'd heard before today. Rose Maddox also credits a Chester Smith, but he must have arranged the music, because all the early versions I've found credited Cal Veale. Veale himself had a very short recording career himself (link) mostly as a rockabilly-esque artist |
Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Better Times a-Coming From: GUEST,Benjie Date: 18 Sep 20 - 02:12 PM Anyone know who wrote this song, or how old it is? |
Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Better Times a-Coming From: GUEST,Dave Cannon Date: 31 Mar 12 - 12:38 PM I played banjo on that CD. My wife played tenor guitar. It is Pick away on that old banjo. You can do what most folks do and just listen to the CD over and over. |
Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Lyr.Rec: Better Times A Comin'. From: Art Thieme Date: 21 Apr 02 - 11:00 PM I sang this song for over 25 years. My first verse was :
So pick away on the old banjo... Art Thieme
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Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Lyr.Rec: Better Times A Comin'. From: masato sakurai Date: 21 Apr 02 - 10:36 PM Jim & Jesse sang it at Newport Folk Festival (Click here for sound clp). |
Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Lyr.Rec: Better Times A Comin'. From: masato sakurai Date: 21 Apr 02 - 08:28 PM Jim & Jesse sang it. Sound clip is HERE (Disc: 4). ~Masato |
Subject: Lyr Add: BETTER TIMES A-COMING From: Jim Dixon Date: 21 Apr 02 - 05:28 PM Copied from http://www.nsknet.or.jp/~motoya/B/Better_times_a-coming.html BETTER TIMES A-COMING
Well, the cows went dry. The hens don't lay. There's no place I can borrow.
CHO: So pick away on the old banjo. Keep that guitar strumming.
Well, Mary Lou could pull a plow if only I would let her.
Well, a man came by the other day a-huntin' manual labor.
My rooster used to chase a hen. He just kept getting thinner. |
Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Lyr.Rec: Better Times A Comin'. From: Jeep man Date: 29 May 01 - 09:22 PM Still lookin. refresh J |
Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Lyr.Rec: Better Times A Comin'. From: Jeep man Date: 29 May 01 - 11:34 AM refresh |
Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Lyr.Rec: Better Times A Comin'. From: Jeep man Date: 28 May 01 - 07:08 PM I got the words,now if someone can help me with the tune. Does anyone know of a Midi or download? Thanks, Jeep man |
Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Lyr.Rec: Better Times A Comin'. From: Sorcha Date: 28 May 01 - 10:09 AM Serendipity strikes again! This happend to be at a site I just found something else on. Better Times A'Coming |
Subject: Lyr.Rec: Better Times A Comin'. From: GUEST,Olle Strandberg Date: 28 May 01 - 09:53 AM I'm looking for the lyrics to the old-timey-song (or perhaps bluegrass)BETTER TIMES A COMIN', that old man Charlie Acuff sings on his CD from 1999 with the same name. The chorus goes: "Take away on the old banjo, Keep the guitar strumming, Pour a little water in the soup, and better times acoming". Please, anybody!? |
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