Lyr: Ballad of Julie Ann? / Julianne (answered)

Subject: ADD: Ballad of Julie Ann (part)
From: GUEST
Date: 18 Dec 01 - 06:16 PM

Main thread on Julianne, with lyrics (click)

I am looking for the complete lyrics of a song I learned at Girl Scout Camp Marapai in Arizona in the mid-1960's. Can anyone fill in the blanks for me? Here are a couple of verses:


He said, I am just a poor boy
Gold and money have I none
But I'll take silver from the mountains
And I'll fashion you a ring

Off he rode into the shadows
When the fields were wet with dew
But instead he went a-roving
And he courted Jennie Lou.

Have you seen her in the moonlight?
Silver rings upon her hand
Now she wears a crown of sorrow
And her name, and her name is Julie Ann

Cabin door was standing open
On that dark and windy night
And her hound dog lay a-dying
In the lonesome firelight.

Subject: RE: Ballad of Julie Ann
From: Sorcha
Date: 18 Dec 01 - 06:41 PM

This (click) is posted in the Forum. Is that the rest of it?

Subject: RE: Ballad of Julie Ann
From: Joe Offer
Date: 18 Dec 01 - 06:42 PM

Hi - I think that for once in her life, Sorcha is worng. See this thread (click) and then follow the links that Jim Dixon posted.
-Joe Offer-

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That's right - worng....

Subject: RE: Ballad of Julie Ann
From: Joe Offer
Date: 18 Dec 01 - 07:10 PM

There's a recording of this on The Definitive New Christy Minstrels, attributed to Randy Sparks. The album attributes lots of traditional songs to Sparks, so it's hard to tell if this might be one he actually wrote.
-Joe Offer-

Subject: RE: Ballad of Julie Ann
From: Sorcha
Date: 18 Dec 01 - 07:54 PM

Wrong?? Wrong?? OMIGAWD, I am crushed, just crushed....well, now at least I can say "I was wrong once" (grin). That is just the first thing that came up and I was short of time. Thanks, Joe!

Subject: RE: Ballad of Julie Ann
From: GUEST,Lori
Date: 19 Dec 01 - 10:01 AM

Thank you! Thank you! You guys are great...

Subject: RE: Ballad of Julie Ann
From: GUEST,Julie in Texas
Date: 09 Oct 03 - 01:12 PM

My dad used to sing this song to me every night before I went to bed...after he married a new wife, I no longer lived with him. After all these years he can not seem to remember all of the tune to Julie Ann and I would love to be able to find it for him. If you have any information as to where I can get this Christy Minstrels recording I would appriciate it.

Subject: RE: Ballad of Julie Ann
From: Joe Offer
Date: 09 Oct 03 - 01:29 PM

Hi, Julie - "Julianne" is on the "Tall Tales" album, and also on a very nice collection called "The Definitive New Christy Minstrels." Both are available from Collectors' Choice Music, http://www.ccmusic.com. Amazon also has them.
-Joe Offer-

Subject: RE: Ballad of Julie Ann
From: GUEST,mary in Oregon
Date: 02 Aug 09 - 02:38 PM

found it on both amazon and I-tunes as just "Julie Anne" by Due West trio. Brought back so many memories!

Subject: RE: Ballad of Julie Ann
From: GUEST,TJ in San Diego
Date: 03 Aug 09 - 12:02 PM

Randy Sparks did write the song. I heard him do it in Fresno, CA, years and years ago as a solo. The Minstrels recorded it. He had a knack for what I would call "adaptive" songs, of which this is one of his best, I believe. He also wrote "Today," from the forgettable film, "Advance to the Rear." He got his start in the business at about the time Terry Gilkyson's Easy Riders were making the charts with "Marianne." I pick up some similarities in their writing styles. Maybe it's just me?

Subject: RE: Ballad of Julie Ann
From: Q (Frank Staplin)
Date: 03 Aug 09 - 01:46 PM

Any relation to the Jean Ritchie "Julie Ann"?

Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Ballad of Julie Ann? / Julianne
From: GUEST
Date: 15 May 20 - 11:26 PM

The shady side of sunny mountain
That's the place it all began

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