Can I Sleep in Your Barn Tonight, Mister-record?

Subject: Can I Sleep InYour Barn Tonight, Mister;
From: Mark Ross
Date: 17 Nov 03 - 02:42 PM

I'm looking for the "Haywire Mac" McClintock recording of this. Anyone?

Mark Ross

Subject: RE: Can I Sleep InYour Barn Tonight, Mister;
From: GUEST,Lyle
Date: 17 Nov 03 - 03:59 PM

Not sure if you are looking for the lyrics, record info or what, but put:
MAY I SLEEP IN YOUR BARN TONIGHT, MISTER?
in the search and there are several threads that might answer your request.

Lyle

Subject: RE: Can I Sleep InYour Barn Tonight, Mister;
From: Mark Ross
Date: 17 Nov 03 - 07:02 PM

Just want the recording. I know where to find the words.

Mark Ross

Subject: RE: Can I Sleep InYour Barn Tonight, Mister;
From: pyewacket
Date: 17 Nov 03 - 07:58 PM

Mark:
Two recordings of "May I Sleep IN Your Barn Tonight Mister"
located at "Rose The Record Ladys" site on Real Country Pages 4 and 15. One is by Mac Wiseman and the other is by Hank Thompson.

Subject: RE: Can I Sleep InYour Barn Tonight, Mister;
From: Mark Ross
Date: 17 Nov 03 - 08:23 PM

Thanks, but I REALLY WANT THE HAYWIRE MAC version.

Mark Ross

Subject: RE: Can I Sleep InYour Barn Tonight, Mister;
From: Joe Offer
Date: 18 Nov 03 - 01:45 PM

I've looked all over, and can't find the Haywire Mac version on a current recording. The Traditional Ballad Index says it's Victor V-40264, 1930.
It was easy to find recordings of Haywire or Harry "Mac" McClintock singing "Big Rock Candy Mountain" on CD, but reissues of other recordings seem to be rare. American Gramophone & Wireless has some, but its convoluted index makes it hard to find recordings. Look deep into their site, and maybe you'll get lucky.
I found somewhere (click) that he may have used the name "Radio Mac" when he recorded this one.
-Joe Offer-

Subject: RE: Can I Sleep InYour Barn Tonight, Mister-record?
From: GLoux
Date: 18 Nov 03 - 02:05 PM

Why not try Joe Bussard's website of Vintage 78s
If he's got it, he'll make a copy of it for you for a nominal fee.

-Greg

Subject: RE: Can I Sleep InYour Barn Tonight, Mister-record?
From: GLoux
Date: 18 Nov 03 - 02:16 PM

I did a brief search at Joe Bussard's website and came up empty, which seems weird to me...

-Greg

Subject: RE: Can I Sleep InYour Barn Tonight, Mister-record?
From: GUEST,Gene
Date: 19 Nov 03 - 01:00 AM

have this cd but requested song not on it..

    HARRY McCLINTOCK
01 - Get Along Little Doggie
02 - Cowboy's Lament
03 - Goodbye Old Paint
04 - The Texas Rangers
05 - Sam Bass
06 - Jesse James
07 - The Trail To Mexico
08 - Sweet Betsy From Pike
09 - My Dad's Dinner Pail
10 - The Bum Song
11 - The Man On The Flying Trapeze
12 - Jerry Go Ile (oil) That Car
13 - The Old Chisolm Trail
14 - My Last Old Dollar
15 - Bar Top Mountain
16 - Red River Valley
17 - Billy Venero
18 - The Circus Days
19 - Hallelujah I'm A Bum
20 - Ain't We Crazy

Subject: RE: Can I Sleep InYour Barn Tonight, Mister-record
From: GUEST,Dale
Date: 19 Nov 03 - 08:36 AM

I HAVE looked, but so far have not turned up my Harry McClintock LP. I don't think it is on there, anyway. I have a few other sources that so far have come up empty as well. I'll continue to look around and will ask Stewie to see what he can do.

Subject: RE: Can I Sleep InYour Barn Tonight, Mister-record?
From: Stewie
Date: 19 Nov 03 - 09:26 PM

Dale, it is not on the only McClintock LP that I have and I can't recall seeing reference to any reissue of a McClintock version of the song.

According to Meade et alia 'Country Music Sources' p 309, he recorded it twice for Victor in Culver City, California, on 13 December 1929, the first as Radio Mac McClintock with Mac's Haywire Orchestra {vcl, 2 vlns, hca & bjo} and the second as Radio Mac McClintock {vcl w/gtr}. The band recording was unissued and the solo recording was issued as Vi B40264 in July 1930.

--Stewie.

Subject: RE: Can I Sleep in Your Barn Tonight, Mister-record?
From: GUEST,Ron
Date: 07 Sep 08 - 11:58 AM

I have the 78.

[e-mail]

Subject: RE: Can I Sleep in Your Barn Tonight, Mister-record?
From: Peace
Date: 07 Sep 08 - 12:22 PM

http://209.85.173.104/search?q=cache:qk_2cSExdwIJ:www.venerablemusic.com/catalog/TitleDetails.asp%3FTitleID%3D8576+haywire+mac,+%22sleep+in+your+barn+tonight,+mister%22&hl=en&ct=clnk&cd=3&gl=ca


I will try a hotlink, Mark.

http://209.85.173.104/search?q=cache:qk_2cSExdwIJ:www.venerablemusic.com/catalog/TitleDetails.asp%3FTitleID%3D8576+haywire+mac,+

Subject: RE: Can I Sleep in Your Barn Tonight, Mister-record?
From: Sandy Mc Lean
Date: 07 Sep 08 - 01:21 PM

Bruce, my Opera browser brings a fraud warning up on that link. It says that the site is blacklisted and advises against giving them any confidential information.

Subject: RE: Can I Sleep in Your Barn Tonight, Mister-recor
From: Peace
Date: 07 Sep 08 - 01:29 PM

Jaysus. Thanks Sandy.

I will message Mark in case he clicks that link before reading your post.

Subject: RE: Can I Sleep in Your Barn Tonight, Mister-recor
From: Peace
Date: 07 Sep 08 - 01:32 PM

Thanks again, Sandy. I messaged Mark and warned him off. Good eye, buddy.

Subject: RE: Can I Sleep in Your Barn Tonight, Mister-record?
From: Sandy Mc Lean
Date: 07 Sep 08 - 04:03 PM

I guess you are OK as long as you don't let them near your credit card. The sound clips seem to work. This is the Opera message:

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Subject: RE: Can I Sleep in Your Barn Tonight, Mister-record?
From: GUEST,DWR
Date: 07 Sep 08 - 04:41 PM

I have never heard any complaints against Venerable, but I never have done business with them either so I don't have any first hand knowledge.

Subject: RE: Can I Sleep in Your Barn Tonight, Mister-record?
From: Mark Ross
Date: 07 Sep 08 - 07:01 PM

I got your message before I saw the posting. I already have a copy of the Haywire Mac version on CD. Thanks everybody. Now I need to get the Charlie Poole version.

Mark Ross

Subject: RE: Can I Sleep in Your Barn Tonight, Mister-record?
From: Sandy Mc Lean
Date: 07 Sep 08 - 07:19 PM

Mark, I suppose that Charlie Poole has been dead long enough that nobody cares so if you want to PM me with an e-mail address I'll send that to you.

Subject: RE: Can I Sleep in Your Barn Tonight, Mister-recor
From: dick greenhaus
Date: 08 Sep 08 - 10:44 AM

Mark-
It's on a BACM CD of McClintock--CAMSCO can supply it ($12.98+S&H)

Subject: RE: Can I Sleep in Your Barn Tonight, Mister-record?
From: Sandy Mc Lean
Date: 08 Sep 08 - 04:11 PM

By the way, anyone interested in these old recordings can find free plays on the Honking Duck site. It takes a bit of navigating and the old 78's are sometimes scratchy but there is a wealth of stuff there.

Honking Duck

Subject: RE: Can I Sleep in Your Barn Tonight, Mister-record?
From: GUEST,Dotty
Date: 03 Jan 09 - 04:41 PM

The song that I beleive you are looking for is Can I sleep in your arms tonight mister. Jeanie Seely---Willie Nelson and lots of others.

Subject: RE: Can I Sleep in Your Barn Tonight, Mister-record?
From: GUEST,leeneia
Date: 03 Jan 09 - 06:32 PM

No, Dotty, I don't think that's it.

I was at a session once where an old man sang a song from the 30's. It was about a man who'd lost his job and family and was looking for shelter for the night. The chorus included this:

Can I sleep in your barn tonight, mister?
tum tum tum tumty tum tumty tum
I don't have no tobacco or matches...

In other words, he was saying he couldn't set the hay on fire.

The tune was "Red River Valley."

Subject: RE: Can I Sleep in Your Barn Tonight, Mister-record?
From: Mark Ross
Date: 03 Jan 09 - 11:16 PM

Dick, I've got the Haywire Mac version(I think I bought it from CAMSCO), now I want Charley Poole's.


Mark Ross