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21 Apr 07 - 01:44 PM (#2032059) Subject: Lyr Req: Back, back, back To Baltimore From: GUEST,old timer I am trying to find lyrics to the 1904 song "Back, back, back to Baltimore" by Harry WillIams. Can anyone help? Thanks old timer |
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21 Apr 07 - 11:22 PM (#2032377) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Back, back, back To Baltimore From: Peace "Back, Back, Back to Baltimore" Written by Harry Williams and Egbert Van Alstyne, 1904 |
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21 Apr 07 - 11:27 PM (#2032378) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Back, back, back To Baltimore From: Peace You can hear it here, but the sound is not great. |
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21 Apr 07 - 11:30 PM (#2032379) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Back, back, back To Baltimore From: Peace Sheet music can be seen here. All six pages, with words. |
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21 Apr 07 - 11:31 PM (#2032380) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Back, back, back To Baltimore From: Peace No offense, oldtimer, but if you don't know about enlarging a page, etc, I will be glad to transcribe the lyrics. But I could take me a few days. |
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22 Apr 07 - 12:31 AM (#2032396) Subject: Lyr Add: BACK BACK BACK TO BALTIMORE From: Azizi BACK BACK BACK TO BALTIMORE Respectfully dedicated to the Kings of Black face-McIntyre & Heath Words by Harry H. Williams; Music by Egbert Van Alystyne Copyright, 1904 Shapiro, Remick & Co. March tempo 1. Forty below coon from a show, Sits by a water tank out in the snow, He looped the loop with a cheap troupe And then the man-a-ger he flew the coup, why does he wait, out there so late, Just for a com-mon old ev'ry day freight, He's broke you know so is the show And thats why he cries, this much is so. Chorus I'm going back back back To Bal-ti-more This act-ing bus' ness cert'n-ly makes me sore. A black face song or a mins-trel joke won't entice this fool-ish moke. I ne-ver cared for home so much be-fore, They said we'd stop at swell ho-tels gal-lore, we on-ly stopped at them out-side the door, The next man says I'm tal-en-ted, I'll put a dent right in his head, If I get back to Bal-ti-more. Back Back 2. Some fellow mean Said "Mr. Green, You're the most comical man I've ever seen, But he took a reef, in his belief That I was as funny as McIntyre Heath I went and spent seven weeks rent.For a plug hat, now I aint got a cent, Here I am broke,that hat in soak, If I act again, I hope I choke. Chorus |
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22 Apr 07 - 12:50 AM (#2032406) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Back, back, back To Baltimore From: Azizi The storyline of that song reminds me of these two R&B songs: http://www.superseventies.com/sl_midnighttriaintoga.html MIGNIGHT TRAIN TO GEORGIA Jim Weatherly (As recorded by Gladys Knight & The Pips) L.A. proved too much for the man So he's leavin' the life he's come to know He said he's goin' back to find what's left of his world The world he left behind not so long ago He's leavin' on that midnight train to Georgia Said he's goin' back to find the simpler place and time I'll be with him on that midnight train to Georgia I'd rather live in his world than live without him in mine He kept dreamin' that someday he'd be a star But he sho' found out the hard way that dreams don't always come true So he's pawned all his hopes and he even sold his own car Bought a one-way ticket back to the life he once knew Said he's leavin' on that midnight train to Georgia Said he's goin' back to find the simpler place and time I'm gonna be with him on that midnight train to Georgia I'd rather live in his world than live without him in mine Oh he's leavin' on the midnight train to Georgia Said he's goin' back to find the simpler place and time I've got to be with him on that midnight train to Georgia I'd rather live in his world than live without him in mine All aboard, all aboard, all aboard On the midnight train to Georgia I got to go I got to go I got to go (c) Copyright 1971, 1973 by Keca Music, Inc. International copyright secured. All rights reserved. - SONG HITS, Summer 1974. -snip- MESSAGE TO MICHAEL {as reorded by Dionne Warwick} Spread your wings for New Orleans Kentucky bluebird, fly away And take a message to Michael, message to Michael He sings each night in some cafe In his search to find wealth and fame I hear Michael has gone and changed his name It's a year since he was here Kentucky bluebird, fly away And take a message to Michael, message to Michael Tell him I miss him more each day As his train pulled out down the track Michael promised he'd soon be coming back Oh tell him how my heart just breaks in two Since he journeyed far And even though his dreams of fame fell through To me he will always be a star Spread your wings for New Orleans Kentucky bluebird, fly away And take a message to Michael, message to Michael Ask him to start for home today When you find him please let him know Rich or poor, I will always love him so Fly away, Kentucky bluebird Fly away, Kentucky bluebird Fly away, fly away, fly away, fly away... http://www.lyricsdownload.com/dionne-warwick-message-to-michael-lyrics.html - 24k - |
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22 Apr 07 - 11:12 AM (#2032606) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Back, back, back To Baltimore From: GUEST,old timer Many thanks to peace and azizi. This song is very racist but played at a fast tempo without the words, it makes a great tune. |
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22 Apr 07 - 12:35 PM (#2032662) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Back, back, back To Baltimore From: Azizi Oldtimer, fwiw, I personally don't consider this song to be racist. I've read lyrics to songs on Mudcat threads that made me flinch, but I didn't feel that way about "Back, Back, Back to Baltimore". Btw, I'm speaking for myself as one African American. I'm definitely not speaking for the entire African American race. But there's no one person who can speak for an entire race, so that's a throwaway point. The Back, Back, Back to Baltimore" songwriter may or may not have meant the song to be one that made fun of a Black man struggling to become a success as a performing artist. But I decided not to waste my energy on worrying about that possiblity. I decided to focus on the story told by the "Back Back Back To Baltimore" song and not on the negative connotations of the word "coon". I hasten to say that I do believe that if the word "coon" was used nowadays in a song to refer to Black people, I would consider it to be in poor judgement and insensitive, if not downright racist. ** Here's a correction that I've just noticed in the lyrics that I transcribed from the website whose link Peace had provided: "Some fellow mean Said "Mr. Green, You'se the most comical man I've ever seen, " |
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22 Apr 07 - 04:28 PM (#2032800) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Back, back, back To Baltimore From: Q (Frank Staplin) Not pertinent, but I am amazed at the number and variety of songs written by Williams and Van Alstyne. After a stint in vaudeville, they worked for Tin Pan Alley kingpin Remick. Among their hits was "In the Shade of the Old Apple Tree." I just finished copying another of their songs because the title is the name of the town where I was raised. |
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22 Apr 07 - 05:14 PM (#2032829) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Back, back, back To Baltimore From: Charley Noble Azizi- I don't think we've got those lines correct yet: I think they read: Some fellow mean, Said "Mr. Green, You'se the most comical man I have seen,... I think I've got it right now! Cheerily, Charley Noble |
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25 Apr 07 - 08:21 AM (#2035224) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Back, back, back To Baltimore From: Jim Dixon Azizi: May I make a suggestion regarding the posting of lyrics? I notice you left in the hyphens that you no doubt found in the sheet music (e.g. "min-strel"). In sheet music, the convention is that syllables are separated to make them line up with the notes above, and hyphens are inserted ("min - strel"). There is no need for the hyphenation (I think; others might disagree) when only the words are given, so I recommend closing it up ("minstrel"). My reason is that someone might search for "minstrel" someday and they won't find it if the spelling is "min-strel". I suppose it's only fair to point out that I expressed this opinion once before, and someone else objected that they LIKE the hyphens. I guess you won't find 100% agreement on anything at Mudcat. |