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26 Dec 99 - 10:17 PM (#154389) Subject: Zeb Tunney's Girl From: harpgirl ...AP Hudson's collection of "Folksongs of Mississippi", a sourcebook I have been seeking, lists this song as a good example of the feud ballad. It comes from Tishomongo County, Mississippi: Zeb Tunney's Girl It was out in the Tennessee Mountains Away from the sins of the world There Dan Kelly's son stood leaning on his gun Thinking of ZebTunney's girl Dan was a hot blooded youngster His dad raised him thirty hand right And he had him sworn from the day he was born To shoot every Tunney in sight "Powder and shot for the Tunney's Don't save a hair on their head!" Old Dan Kelly cried as he lay down and died With young Danny there by his bed Dan took the vow to his pappy He would kill every one His heart in a whirl with his love for the girl He loaded his double-barrel gun Moon shining down on the mountains The moon shining down on the still Young Dan took a sip, hung his gun to his hip Started out to slaughter and kill Over the mountains he wandered Son of a Tennessee man With fire in his eyes and his gun on his thigh Lookin for old Zeb Tunney's clan Shots ringing out on the mountain Shots ringing out on the breeze Old Dan Kellys son with the smoke in his gun The Tunney's all down on their knees The fame of old Dan Kelly's moonshine Had gone far and wide of the world How Dan Kelly's clan shot them down to a man And brought back old Zeb Tunney's girl ...another charming Mississippi song...harpgirl |
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26 Dec 99 - 11:03 PM (#154399) Subject: RE: Lyr Add: Zeb Tunney's Girl From: Dale Rose Hank Snow recorded this twice as Zeb Turney's Gal, first in 1951 as a part of the Thesaurus Transcriptions, and the following year for RCA Victor. At the moment I don't know where I left the notes for the latter, but The TT gives composer credits to Marjorie Lampkin and Maggie Andrews. I find that a bit curious, as he (in my opinion) was better than the average at crediting sources properly. I am not saying it is not traditional, just that that is what I found. The version he sings has only minor variations to that given by harpgirl. The greatest variation is in line 6, His dad raised him sturdy and right. |
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26 Dec 99 - 11:30 PM (#154405) Subject: RE: Lyr Add: Zeb Tunney's Girl From: harpgirl ...Dale...I see now that it is in the DT as Old Zeb Tourney's Girl...harpgirl |
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26 Dec 99 - 11:33 PM (#154407) Subject: RE: Lyr Add: Zeb Tunney's Girl From: harpgirl ..er, I mean Zeb Tourney's Girl...and those 'greenie things'in the SHOP led me to this....much as I USED TO hate them... |
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27 Dec 99 - 12:40 AM (#154420) Subject: RE: Lyr Add: Zeb Tunney's Girl From: Dale Rose The Folk Music Index lists three recordings, by Bradley Kincaid, Vernon Dalhart and the Williams Family (from Arkansas). It lists it as Laws E18 - Lamkin, Marjorie/Robison, Carson. The DT listing noted by harpgirl sez From Traditional American Folk Songs, Anne and Frank Warner Collected from Frank Proffitt, 1941 note: A song by this title was copyrighted in 1925 by Carson Robison, Shapiro, Bernstein.(notes by Mr. RG!)
So we have multiple author credits, tallying up it seems to come to two votes each for Lamkin and Robison, one each for Andrews, Shapiro, and Bernstein. |