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29 Mar 08 - 03:03 PM (#2300504) Subject: Lyr Add: MARROWBONES (from Alan Lomax) From: Roberto Marrowbones (The Rich Old Lady) Alan Lomax (in Texas Folk Songs, from the singing of Iron Head) Please, I need a word I can't get (I've put a question mark where it is, in the 6th stanza), and I'd like someone to check the rest as well. Thanks R Once I knowed an old lady Round Tennessee she dwell Had a lovin' husband And loved other mens as well Love my darlin' O - Love my darlin' O Now I'm goin' down to the doctor's shop Just as quick as I can go See if I can find sumpen 'round that place To run my husband blind Love my darlin' O - Love my darlin' O Well, she only found two marrowbone An' she made him suck them all Now I'm blind my dear young wife An' I cannot see at all Love my darlin' O - Love my darlin' O Love my darlin' O - Love my darlin' O Well, I would go and drown myself If I only knew the way Come, my dear, and I'll help you out 'Cause I'm scared you run astray Love my darlin' O - Love my darlin' O Love my darlin' O - Love my darlin' O Well, she got him way down by the riverside Just to shove her Old man in He stepped back just a little one side And a-headlong she plunged in Love my darlin' O - Love my darlin' O Love my darlin' O - Love my darlin' O Well, she whooped and she hollered Just as loud as any woman could squall Come up dear and help me out 'Cause I loved you (??) it all Love my darlin' O - Love my darlin' O Love my darlin' O - Love my darlin' O But the Ol' man bein' so kind-hearted Knowin' too his sweet wife could not swim He reached right back and got a long pole And he shoved her further in Love my darlin' O - Love my darlin' O Love my darlin' O - Love my darlin' O Come all you hasty young women Take warnin' after me Don't never try to drown a po' old man He's blind and cannot see Love my darlin' O - Love my darlin' O, yeah Love my darlin' O - Love my darlin' O Love my darlin' O - Love my darlin' O, yeah Love my darlin' O - Love my darlin' O |
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29 Mar 08 - 03:31 PM (#2300526) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Marrowbones by Lomax From: Q (Frank Staplin) A transcription of Iron Head Baker in the DT gives the verse as: Title: Rich Old Lady She whoops and she hollers Just as loud as any woman could squall; Old man knows his sweet wife's dyin', An' cannot see at all. Iron Head may have recorded this for Lomax more than once, varying the words somewhat. I think you asked this question in 2005 but didn't get an answer. Sorry, maybe someone here can help. |
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30 Mar 08 - 07:39 PM (#2301554) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Marrowbones (from Alan Lomax) From: Jim Dixon At Google Book Search, snippets are viewable from both "The Folk Songs of North America in the English Language," by Alan Lomax, and "Our Singing Country: Folk Songs and Ballads," collected and compiled by John A. Lomax and Alan Lomax. Both books contain a verse exactly like the one posted by Q above. |
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31 Mar 08 - 03:35 AM (#2301784) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Marrowbones (from Alan Lomax) From: Roberto The source of Q's text and the one reported by Jim is the same, Lomax from Iron Head, but the recording with the song sung by Alan Lomax has some differencies. I'd need someone who knows the recording I'm talking about to listen to it and complete the 6th stanza... |
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31 Mar 08 - 07:13 AM (#2301872) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Marrowbones (from Alan Lomax) From: Dave Hunt See http://www.traditionalmusic.co.uk/index.html it's all there! |
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31 Mar 08 - 11:24 AM (#2302054) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Marrowbones (from Alan Lomax) From: Roberto No, it isn't. R |
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31 Mar 08 - 01:08 PM (#2302157) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Marrowbones (from Alan Lomax) From: Q (Frank Staplin) It would help a great deal if you would post the label, date and other recording data that you have when you request specific lyrics. Lomax was known for using different takes and, in some of his published work, using material he or others had re-written. |
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31 Mar 08 - 01:17 PM (#2302178) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Marrowbones (from Alan Lomax) From: Roberto You're right, Q. The CD I have (and the LP before) is titled Texas Folk Songs, recorded in 1964. The edition that is available at the moment is titled Cowboy Songs of the Old West (Label: Legacy). R |
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31 Mar 08 - 01:25 PM (#2302189) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Marrowbones (from Alan Lomax) From: Q (Frank Staplin) The "Texas Folk Songs," Alan Lomax, that you refer to must be the 1991 cd release on Arion label, with track 4, "The Rich Old Lady." It is not easily found, currently listing at around $40-45 in the aftermarket. |
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31 Mar 08 - 01:32 PM (#2302200) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Marrowbones (from Alan Lomax) From: Roberto Yes, but Cowboy Songs of the Old West has the same recordings, and should be available. At Amazon it is possible to listen to a little bit of each of these songs (and to buy the MP3 as well, but only from the USA). R |
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31 Mar 08 - 01:50 PM (#2302225) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Marrowbones (from Alan Lomax) From: Amos The traditional ENglish version -- clearly the parent to this one -- as sung by (IIRC)Dyer Bennett, has the verse as follows: "She yelled for help, screamed for help, Loudly did she bawl; But the old man said, now I'm so darned blind, I can't see you at all...". In the Tennesee version, it would make sense for the questioned line to be "I loved you best of all...", given the context and the cliches of the period. A |
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31 Mar 08 - 02:57 PM (#2302300) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Marrowbones (from Alan Lomax) From: Q (Frank Staplin) Oh, that is sung by Alan Lomax. Could be quite different from what Iron Head Baker sang. Sorry, no interest. |