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16 Sep 01 - 05:31 PM (#551786) Subject: MOONSHINER'S LAMENT From: GUEST,RedCassis Hi folk music luvers! I'm with ya! I was just wondering if anyone has the lyrics (chords wouldn't hurt either) to the Moonshiner's Lament.. It is sung by Ronny Cox in the movie Deliverance from 1972. Please, if you know the lyrics or have a book with the lyrics in it, post them :) |
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16 Sep 01 - 07:50 PM (#551891) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: MOONSHINER'S LAMENT From: Sorcha I found a listing of songs on the soundtrack and there is not one by that name. Is it possible you mean Good Old Mountain Dew? If so, the chords are easy--straight G major progression. |
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16 Sep 01 - 08:28 PM (#551923) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: MOONSHINER'S LAMENT From: Joe Offer Red, do you remember any of the words from the song? A phrase or two would help ensure we have the right song. -Joe Offer- |
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16 Sep 01 - 08:54 PM (#551943) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: MOONSHINER'S LAMENT From: Deckman Do you mean this one? ... I've been a moonshiner, for seventeen long years, I've made all my money on whiskeys and beers ...? |
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16 Sep 01 - 11:39 PM (#552013) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: MOONSHINER'S LAMENT From: Jim Dixon An Internet search shows that Vernon Dalhart, accompanied by Carson J. Robison, recorded a song called "The Moonshiner's Lament" in 1925 on the Victor label, #20058. I can't say whether it's the same song described above, though. |
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17 Sep 01 - 12:18 AM (#552029) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: MOONSHINER'S LAMENT From: Joe Offer Apparently, Hedy West sang that song on her second Vanguard album. -Joe Offer- |
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17 Sep 01 - 05:05 PM (#552596) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: MOONSHINER'S LAMENT From: GUEST,RedCassis yes, i remember one half meaning.. (about what people need i think) He sings something like "religion when you cry" (or die)
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17 Sep 01 - 05:08 PM (#552601) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: MOONSHINER'S LAMENT From: GUEST,RedCassis Sorca: no its not the mountain dew.. Actually i wrote a letter to Mrs. Cox and asked the name of the song Ronny was singin in that movie.. She wrote "The song is called Moonshiner's lament". |
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17 Sep 01 - 05:11 PM (#552604) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: MOONSHINER'S LAMENT From: Sorcha I didn't really think so, but your song is not on the official soundtrack. That is where I looked first. |
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17 Sep 01 - 05:12 PM (#552605) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: MOONSHINER'S LAMENT From: GUEST,RedCassis Deckham: Thanx, that might be the one! :) do you know the chords? |
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17 Sep 01 - 08:51 PM (#552768) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: MOONSHINER'S LAMENT From: Jim Dixon Could it be that the song you want is really The Bootlegger's Lament ? |
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18 Sep 01 - 04:27 AM (#553012) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: MOONSHINER'S LAMENT From: Wolfgang Moonshiner is in the DT (upper right search window, enter 'moonshiner') and many many version in the Forum. In the DT you can also listen to a midi. The three basic chords suffice. Wolfgang |
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18 Sep 01 - 02:33 PM (#553358) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: MOONSHINER'S LAMENT From: kytrad (Jean Ritchie) I recorded our family version of, "God Bless the Moonshiners" on the old Prestiege label in the early sixties. Long out of circulation, though I may have one or two albums here somewhere. Title: The Best of Jean Ritchie. (About this series, Ed McCurdy said, 'No- I'm not recording for them- no one's gonna get the best of ME!') |
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19 Sep 01 - 04:41 PM (#554279) Subject: Lyr Add: MOONSHINE BLUES (Bob Dylan) From: GUEST,RedCassis Hmm. Even Dylan has sung this song, but I think he called it Moonshine Blues. I think it's a traditional. The lyrics differ from everywhere it's sung. Here goes:
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I'd go to some bar room and drink with my friends
Let me eat when I’m hungry, moonshine when I’m dry
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06 Jul 09 - 06:21 PM (#2673297) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: MOONSHINER'S LAMENT From: GUEST,sam who's version does Ronny Cox play in Deliverance? |
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06 Jul 09 - 07:46 PM (#2673387) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: MOONSHINER'S LAMENT From: GUEST,TJ in San Diego I did a version of this song in the 1950's, before I heard The Clancy Brothers and Tommy Makem do the song that has to be its Irish predecessor. The Irish song is edgier and has a defiant ring to it, where the American "lament" seems to evoke the hardscrabble life of makers of illicit booze in places like the West Virginia "Hollers." I like them both and they are one good illustration of what happens to songs as they travel and begin to reflect new places and customs. You could almost create a whole performance dedicated to the history and traditions of the moonshiner genre. Why does Foster Brooks come to mind.....? |
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06 Jul 09 - 09:25 PM (#2673468) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Moonshiner's Lament From: Deckman Yes indeed! |
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23 Mar 17 - 04:14 PM (#3846360) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Moonshiner's Lament From: GUEST,Sysse Well it's red meat/When I'm hungry/Moonshine when I'm dry/Greenbacks when I'm hard up/Religion when I die I am looking for the lyrics too |
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03 Jun 17 - 04:40 PM (#3858696) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Moonshiner's Lament From: GUEST,BigDaddy If you get a good DVD copy of Deliverance, you can go directly to that scene. It's readily available, even at most libraries. |
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17 Feb 22 - 06:06 AM (#4136952) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Moonshiner's Lament From: GUEST,me Anybody find the song yet? |
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20 Feb 22 - 06:16 AM (#4137270) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Moonshiner's Lament From: beachcomber The great Irish balladeer, Delia Murphy, recorded "The Moonshiner" back around the late 1930s or early 1940s. Would that be the same ballad ? "I've been a moonshiner for many a year and I've spent all my money on whiskey and beer etc.." |