Lyr Req: Cindy in the Meadows

Subject: lyr/info: Cindy in the Meadows
From: GUEST,Richie
Date: 31 Oct 06 - 09:36 PM

Hi,

Here's a recording of Cindy in the Meadows: http://www.honkingduck.com/BAZ/honkingduck78s.php?qt=artist&ap=10&tp=14&q=samantha&Find=Search

I've tried to transcribe it, need some help. Corrections please. There are only a few words that I can't get.

"Cindy In The Meadows" by "Samantha Bumgarner & Eva Jones (or Davis)"
Columbia 167 - D Recorded: April 1, 1924 Issued: July 1924

(Fiddle)

I asked her if she loved me,
She said she loved me some.
I throwed my arms around her
Like a (?) around a (?)
Everything's all right Cindy

Cindy in the summertime,
Cindy in the fall
If I don't get Cindy
I'll not marry at all
Everything's all right Cindy

When I went to see her,
She's standing in the door
With her shoes and stockings in her hand
And her feet all over the floor
Everything's all right Cindy.

(Fiddle)

? Great big sweet potato
While running in the sand
She swore I was the biggest fool
That lived in Dixon land
Everything's all right Cindy.

(Fiddle)

When I went to see her
She wrung her hands and cried
When I went I went to leave her
She passed away and died.
Everything's all right Cindy.

Subject: RE: lyr/info: Cindy in the Meadows
From: Peace
Date: 31 Oct 06 - 09:56 PM

RELATED TO: Rockingham Cindy; Step-Back Cindy; Georgia Row; Tell Her to Come Back Home; Whoop 'Em Up Cindy; Lulu; Fare You Well, Miss Kitty My Dear;

OTHER NAMES: "Cindy in the Summertime," "Get Along Home, Cindy," "Cindy in the Meadows," "Get Along Home (Miss) Cindy," "Git Along Cindy," "Git Along," "J'etais au Bal," "Old Time Cinda," "Run Along Home, Cindy," "Whoop 'Em Up Cindy," "Old Time Cindy"

Subject: RE: lyr/info: Cindy in the Meadows
From: Peace
Date: 31 Oct 06 - 10:05 PM

Scroll down to Cindy. I am not finding the words you quote, but I will continue to look. (Sorry, I can't get RealPlayer to work on this machine.)

Subject: RE: lyr/info: Cindy in the Meadows
From: Jim Dixon
Date: 01 Nov 06 - 11:11 PM

"I throwed both arms around her like a grapevine around a stump"

I am very doubtful about "everything's all right" and "while running" but I have no idea what those words really are.

Subject: RE: lyr/info: Cindy in the Meadows
From: stevewise
Date: 20 Aug 11 - 08:33 AM

the words are hard to make out on this - check out the Stairwell Sisters version from their Feet All Over the Floor to see what they made of them!

I think each verse ends with 'Ain't I right Cindy' rather than 'Everything's all right'

I also think that Jim Dixon is correct with 'grapevine round a stump'

I've always assumed that the fourth verse starts

Great big sweet potato
I rubbed it in the sand

steve

Subject: RE: lyr/info: Cindy in the Meadows
From: Jim Dixon
Date: 20 Aug 11 - 06:43 PM

The original link doesn't work. Try this one:

CINDY IN THE MEADOWS performed by Samantha Bumgarner & Eva Davis, at the Honking Duck web site.

Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Cindy in the Meadows
From: Jim Dixon
Date: 22 Aug 11 - 10:10 AM

I've listened again, and I agree with Steve Wise's corrections.