Tune Req: Darli'n Corry

Subject: Tune Req: Darli'n Corry
From: oombanjo
Date: 22 Oct 06 - 06:40 AM

Question, Is darli'n Corry and, dig a hole, dig a hole in the meadow, the same tune. if so has any one the banjo tab, or knows what key it's played in. Thanks Oombanjo

Subject: RE: Tune Req: Darli'n Corry
From: Sorcha
Date: 22 Oct 06 - 09:47 AM

They seem to be from what I could find. Lead sheet to Corey here

I didn't find bajo tab.

Subject: RE: Tune Req: Darli'n Corry
From: Bill D
Date: 22 Oct 06 - 10:54 AM

Yes...they are essentially the same.

Darlin' Corrie (usual spelling) has a number of variations, and some of the verses are found in other songs.

Subject: RE: Tune Req: Darli'n Corry
From: GUEST,Richie
Date: 22 Oct 06 - 11:15 AM

Although Darlin Corey is also titled "Dig a Hole" there are many different version and variants on the melody. You reall would need to have a specific version to have anyone provide a melody.

I have published one version with a melody but it's different than other versions and has one different chord change. That's just the way I learned it.

Below are some versions from online Folk Music - An Index to Recorded
Resources, an excellent resource:


Darling Corey [Me II-AA21]

Rt - Country Blues ; Dig A Hole in the Meadow ; Cora Allen ; Drowsy Sleeper/Sleepers ; Come All You Roving Gamblers ; Little Maggie ; I Ain't Gonna Work Tomorrow
Wernick, Peter (ed.) / Bluegrass Songbook, Oak, Sof (1976), p 35a
Leisy, James F. (ed.) / Songs for Pickin' and Singin', Gold Medal Books, sof (1962), p 10
Silverman, Jerry (ed.) / Folksingers Guitar Guide, Oak, Sof (1961), p48
Taussig, Harry / Teach Yourself Guitar, Oak, Sof (1971), p126
Lomax, John A. & Alan Lomax / Folk Song USA, Signet, Sof (1966/1947), # 87
Sing Out! Reprints, Sing Out, Sof (196?), 2, p 6
Blood, Peter; and Annie Patterson (eds.) / Rise Up Singing, Sing Out, Sof (1992/1989), p145
Abe and Malka. Mandelblatt, Abe & Malka A. / 100 Guitar Accompanyments, Amsco, Sof (1974), p172
Baker, Kenny. Lowinger, Gene / Bluegrass Fiddle, Oak, fol (1974), p44
Baxter, Les;'s Balladeers. Les Baxter's Balladeers, Reprise R-6064, LP (196?), trk# A.06
Brothers Four. Big Folk Hits, Columbia CS 8833, LP (1963), trk# B.02
Bugg, June. Hootenanny Folk Festival, Palace 757, LP (196?), trk# B.02
Clemmens, Ginni. Long Time Friends, Open Door, LP (1976), trk# B.01
Clifton, Bill; and the Dixie Mountain Boys. Blue Ridge Mountain Blues, County 740, LP (1973), trk# 7 [1958/03]
Deeton, Mrs. Clercy. Sharp & Karpeles / English Folk Songs from the Southern Appalachians II, Oxford, Bk (1932/1917), p204/# 152B [1918/09/19] (Gambling Man)
Dickel Brothers. Dickel Brothers Volume Two, Empty Records MTR 383, LP (2000), trk# B.01 (Little Lulie)
Farina, Richard. Dick Farina & Eric Von Schmidt, Folklore F-Leut/7, LP (1963), trk# A.04c
Farina, Richard and Mimi. Celebrations for a Grey Day, Vanguard VSD 79174, LP (196?), trk# 13f (Celebrations for a Grey Day)
Forbes, Walter. Folk Song Festival, RCA (Victor) LSP-2670, LP (1963), trk# A.02
Holcomb, Roscoe. High Lonesome Sound, Smithsonian/Folkways SF 40104, CD (1998), trk# 18
Ives, Burl. Wayfaring Stranger, Columbia CS 9041, LP (1964/1955), trk# A.08
Jane and Ireland. Jane and Ireland at Penland, Penland RSR-1027, LP (1979), trk# B.01
Justice, Dick. Home in West Virginia: West Virginia Project, Vol. 2, Old Homestead OHCS 177, LP (1987), trk# 4 [1929/05ca] (Little Lulie)
Kazee, Buell. Buell Kazee Sings and Plays, Folkways FS 3810, LP (196?/1956), trk# B.03
Kingston Trio. At Large, Capitol T 1199, LP (1959), trk# A.04 (Corey, Corey)
Kretzner, Leo. Dulcimer Player News, Dulcimer Player News, Ser, 10/2, p30(1984)
Levenson, Dan. Light of the Moon, Buzzard 2001, CD (1997), trk# 12
Mabus, Joel. Clawhammer, Fossil 491C, Cas (1991), trk# 11
May, William. Folksongs and Ballads, Vol 4, Augusta Heritage AHR 010, Cas (1992), trk# B.01 [1990/06]
McCurdy, Ed. Blood, Booze 'n Bones, Elektra EKL-108, LP (1956), trk# A.01
Monroe Brothers. Smokey Mountain Ballads, RCA (Victor) LPV-507, LP (1964), trk# 9 [1936/06/21]
Monroe Brothers. Feast Here Tonight, Bluebird AXM2-5510, LP (1975), trk# 13 [1936/06/21]
Pickin' Around the Cookstove. Pickin' Around the Cookstove, Rounder 0040, LP (1975), trk# 11
Sam Hill. Pick-a-thon Live: Vol 2, KBOO, CD (199?), trk# 8
Sam Hill. Haunted by a Memory, HDCD NTR 041, CD (2001), trk# 7
Seeger, Mike. Southern Banjo Sounds, Smithsonian/Folkways SFW 40107, CD (1998), trk# 4
Seeger, Pete. Folk Box, Elektra EKL-9001, LP (1964), trk# 15
Seeger, Pete. Pete Seeger's Greatest Hits, Columbia CS 9416, LP (197?), trk# B.06
Seeger, Pete. Seeger, Pete / Goofing-Off Suite, Hargail, Sof (1959), p20
Seeger, Pete. Seeger, Pete / American Favorite Ballads, Oak, Fol (1961), p73
Shelton, B. F.. Seeger, Pete / How to Play the Five String Banjo, Seeger, sof (1962), p22
Silverman, Jerry. Silverman, Jerry (ed.) / Folksingers Guitar Guide, Advanced, Oak, Sof (1964), p42
Stamper, I. D.. Red Wing, June Appal JA 0010, LP (1977), trk# 1
Stanley, Peter. At the Sidekick, Talkeetna 25003, CD (1999), trk# 18 [1965/03]
The Group. 'The Group' Visits Puget Sound, Golden Crest CR 3056, LP (196?), trk# A.05
Travellers. Journey with the Travellers, Kapp KL 1167, LP (196?), trk# B.06
Wayfarers. Wayfarers at the hungry i, RCA (Victor) LPM ??, LP (1963), trk# A.05
Weavers. Weavers' Song Book / Arranged by Robert De Cormier, Harper & Row, Sof (1960), p 21
Weavers. Weavers at Carnegie Hall, Vanguard VRS 9010, LP (196?), trk# A.01
Weavers. Weavers Together Again, Loom Records 1681, LP (1981), trk# A.01
Wetteland, Chris. Second Annual Willamette Valley Folk Festival, Cultural Forum, LP (1972), trk# A.03
Workman, Nimrod. Mother Jones' Will, Rounder 0076, LP (1978), trk# 18