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Lyr Req: Sandy River Belle

03 Apr 10 - 06:26 PM (#2879004)
Subject: Sandy River Belle
From: The Sandman

did this tune originally have words?I have just recorded this on you tube,Ijust wondered if there were words to the tune.http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JeFcpc584Os


03 Apr 10 - 06:36 PM (#2879018)
Subject: RE: Sandy River Belle
From: The Sandman

spot the cat[scribble]at about 1 40.


03 Apr 10 - 10:52 PM (#2879163)
Subject: RE: Sandy River Belle
From: Padre

I remember these words:

Sandy River Belle, I'm goin' away to leave you
Sandy River Belle, I'm goin' away to leave you
Sandy River Belle, I'm goin' away to leave you
Goin' away to leave you now

repeated as often as you like

Padre


04 Apr 10 - 05:50 AM (#2879258)
Subject: RE: Sandy River Belle
From: GUEST,Hootenanny

According to Clarice Shelor the piano player on the Blackard/Shelor Family recording it was an instrumental but the A&R man wanted lyrics so Dad Blackard I believe it was came up with the words you see in Padre's posting.

Hoot


04 Apr 10 - 03:08 PM (#2879509)
Subject: RE: Sandy River Belle
From: Richie

There are two recordings on Honkingduck, Dad Blackard's has lyrics, which are incidental:

http://honkingduck.com/mc/listen/dad-blackards-moonshiners/sandy-river-bell

Richie


03 Jul 16 - 03:19 PM (#3798892)
Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Sandy River Belle
From: Brian Peters

I've just come across these words from Cecil Sharp's Appalachian collection, sung to the second part of the tune (the high part). Singer Lucy Cannady, Endicott, VA, 22/8/1918:

Sandy River bells keep jingling, jingling [x3]
I've got no use for Sandy River Bells