09 Feb 02 - 09:51 PM (#646300) Subject: Go Way From My Bedside From: DougR Belafonte included this song on one of his recording of folksongs. I'm not certain it's considered folk by folkies though. I couldn't find it in the digitrad, so it may not be. Anyway, the only lyrics I know are:
Go way from my window I was reminded of this song because someone started a thread about favorite celtic songs that he wanted to arrange for a sextette. I realize it is not Celtic, but I have heard a beautiful choral arrangement of this song, an it might do for him. Thanks, DougR |
09 Feb 02 - 09:53 PM (#646301) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Go Way From My Bedside From: DougR Oops. The name of the thread should have been "Go way from my window." DougR |
09 Feb 02 - 10:17 PM (#646313) Subject: Lyr Add: GO WAY FROM MY WINDOW (John Jacob Niles) From: Giac Near as I remember, it is: Go Way From My Window (John Jacob Niles) Go away from my window Go away from my door Go away way from my bedside And bother me no more And bother me no more I'll give you back your presents You give me back my ring And I won't forget my own true love As long as song birds sing As long as song birds sing I'll tell all of my brothers I'll tell my shipmates too The reason that my heart is broke Is all because of you Is all because of you Hope this is what you wanted... Mary |
09 Feb 02 - 10:23 PM (#646315) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Go Way From My Bedside From: Giac At the John Jacob Niles website I found this quote from him about the song: "In 1908 my father had in his employ a Negro ditch-digger known as Objerall Jacket. As he dug, he sang, "Go way from my window, go way from my door" -- just those words, over and over again, on two notes. Working beside Jacket all day (I was sixteen at the time), I decided that something had to be done. The results were a four-verse song dedicated to a blue-eyes, blond girl, who didn't think much of my efforts. The song lay fallow from 1908 to 1929, when I arranged it and transposed to a higher key. "Go 'way from My Window" was was first sung successfully in Berlin, Germany, in 1930. It has gone a long way since." -JOHN JACOB NILES |
09 Feb 02 - 10:52 PM (#646331) Subject: Lyr Add: GO 'WAY F'OM MAH WINDOW From: masato sakurai Part of the song can be heard at the John Jacob Niles site (CLICK HERE). The following is the Sandburg version.
GO 'WAY F'OM MAH WINDOW
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From: Carl Sandburg, The American Songbag (p. 377; with music). The same version is in the Lomaxes' American Ballads and Folk Songs (p. 198). ~Masato
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09 Feb 02 - 11:01 PM (#646338) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Go Way From My Bedside From: DougR Thanks, Mary and Masato, that looks like it! I can't imagine this sone would be considered racist, can you? DougR |
09 Feb 02 - 11:27 PM (#646349) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Go Way From My Bedside From: Giac Don't see how it could be, DougR, certainly not moreso than other work songs and hollers. May be wrong, but I think Joan Baez also recorded the JJN version. Mary |