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26 Apr 07 - 03:40 PM (#2036525) Subject: Lyr Add: CODE OF THE MOUNTAINS From: Goose Gander CODE OF THE MOUNTAINS There's a code in the mountains way down in the backwood There's code in the mountains and an unwritten law There Harry and Joe Brown way down in the backwoods There Harry and Joe Brown shot Charlie McGraw. Said Harry to Joe Brown way down in the backwoods Said Harry to Joe Brown, "You thought you were brave, But the code of the mountains way down in the backwoods The code of the mountains says that we must die." They caught them at daybreak way down in the backwoods They caught them at daybreak, down on their knees They pleaded for mercy way down in the backwoods They pleaded for mercy, but they heard not their plea. There's a code in the mountains way down in the backwoods A code in the mountains and an unwritten law There's a code in the mountains way down in the backwoods Code in the mountains is the only law there. Transcribed from the singing of Bonnie McKinney, recorded June 1991. Source: Folksongs & Ballads, Vol. 4 (Augusta Heritage Recordings, AHR 010). Notes: "A relative from Enoch, in Clay County, taught Bonnie this song. The family names indicate that it may be of local origin." A song of commercial origin, written by Karl & Harty and Patrick McAdory, recorded by Brownie Ford and Tennessee Ernie Ford and Texas Ruby & Curly Fox, I believe (among others). |
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26 Apr 07 - 04:12 PM (#2036554) Subject: RE: Lyr Add: Code of the Mountains From: Goose Gander I should have mentioned that AHR 010 is a compilation of West Virginia traditional singers. Here is some biographical information for McKinney from the cassette's sleeve notes: "Bonnie McKinney, born in 1936, left her native Clay County in the early '60s to seek work in Ohio. As is the case with many West Virginians who have had to migrate to find employment, she and her late husband, Paul, a dulcimer player, returned at every opportunity to the mountains of West Virginia and what she still knows as 'home'". |
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26 Apr 07 - 05:53 PM (#2036632) Subject: RE: Lyr Add: Code of the Mountains From: Deckman I first heard this song when the late Terry Wadsworth sang it in Seattle in 1957. Bob(deckman)Nelson |
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26 Apr 07 - 07:55 PM (#2036700) Subject: RE: Lyr Add: Code of the Mountains From: Stewie Michael Hurley had a weird song by this title on his 'Blue Navigator' album on the long defunct Rooster label. It involved his characters Jocko and Boone, first introduced on his classic 'Armchair Boogie' album also on a defunct label - Jesse Colin Young's Racoon label. 'Where the code of the mountains is the law'. --Stewie. |
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07 May 07 - 03:12 PM (#2045368) Subject: Code of the Mountains LYRICS From: GUEST,Gladys Hi there.... Looking for lyrics to an older song... Bluegrass, I believe The only words that I can remember are those two lines... They buried my darling way down in the backwoods The code of the Mountains is the only law there Anhyone recognize what song this might be? Gladys :) |
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07 May 07 - 03:20 PM (#2045378) Subject: RE: Code of the Mountains LYRICS From: Charlie Baum The lyrics are here on Mudcat: http://www.mudcat.org/thread.cfm?threadid=101132 |
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07 May 07 - 04:08 PM (#2045424) Subject: Lyr Add: CODE OF THE MOUNTAINS From: Goose Gander A more complete set of lyrics here, but no source cited . . . Code of the Mountains CODE OF THE MOUNTAINS The code of the mountain, way down in the backwoods The code of the mountain, the unwritten law There Harry and Joe Brown, way down in the backwoods There Harry and Joe Brown, shot Charlie McGraw They caught him at daybreak, way down in the backwoods They caught him at daybreak, down on his knees He pleaded for mercy, way down in the backwoods He pleaded for mercy, heed to my pleas Said Harry to Charlie, way down in the backwoods Said Harry to Charlie, you thought you were sly The code of the mountains, way down in the backwoods The code of the mountains, says you must die He loaded his rifle, way in the backwoods He loaded his rifle, Joe loaded up too One shot and another, wat down in the backwoods The code of the mountains, is the only law there They buried poor Charlie, way down in the backwoods They buried poor Charlie, without any prayer The code of the mountains, way down in the backwoods The code of the mountains, is the only law there Deep in the earth now, down in the backwoods Deep in the earth now, lies Charlie McGraw For the code of the mountains, way down in the backwoods The code of the mountains is the unwritten law |
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07 May 07 - 06:21 PM (#2045553) Subject: RE: Code of the Mountains LYRICS From: GUEST,Gladys Thank you so much! With all t he searching I did on Google and elsewhere...I wrongly assumed that it wouldn't be on Mudcat - so I didn't ut it in searhc, sorry about that. I am now trying to find a music clip of this song...no luck so far. Thanks so much for your time Gladys :) |
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07 May 07 - 08:06 PM (#2045632) Subject: RE: Code of the Mountains LYRICS From: Peace Music clip here. |
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07 May 07 - 10:47 PM (#2045732) Subject: RE: Code of the Mountains LYRICS From: GUEST,Gladys Thank you so much ! :) |