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20 Apr 98 - 07:46 PM (#26089) Subject: lyr req: Banks of the Arkansas From: mark@23.com Hi all, Anyone have the lyrics for this tune? The only reference to it I could dig up on the web was this: Banks of the Arkansas 1.Morris, Neil. Sounds of the South, Atlantic SD-1346, LP (196?), cut# 1a ...but I thought I heard Kate Breslin (sp?) doing it on the radio. It's got a really cool crooked melody. Thanks, Mark Swartz mark@rain.net Engineer / Verio Northwest 503/251-4052 |
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21 Apr 98 - 12:03 AM (#26121) Subject: RE: lyr req: Banks of the Arkansas From: Dale Rose I don't have the recordings at hand, but my guess is that at some time or another, Jimmy Driftwood recorded the song. Neil Morris was his father. Jimmy was 90 last summer and still sings fairly regularly. I should be able to check on this if I go into Mt. View, AR on Wednesday.
I could find no mention of the song by Kate Brislin and Jody Stecher on their Rounder recordings. |
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22 Apr 98 - 11:52 PM (#26329) Subject: RE: lyr req: Banks of the Arkansas From: Dale Rose After an extensive remodeling, we are still unable to do any real song research at the Ozark Folk Center. I spent my day digging books out of boxes and reshelving them. I am sure that the song is there somewhere. It is just going to take longer than I thought. |
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23 Apr 98 - 11:43 AM (#26361) Subject: RE: lyr req: Banks of the Arkansas From: mark@23.com Thanks for your help. If those lyrics ever turn up, post them here or email them to me. I'll keep checking back. Thanks again! |
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23 Apr 98 - 06:21 PM (#26383) Subject: RE: lyr req: Banks of the Arkansas From: harpgirl Jimmy Driftwood used to sing the "Banks of the Buffalo" which is on the DT as the Rocky Banks of the Buffalo. Is that close? (Member in good standing of the Rackensack Soceity) |
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29 Feb 08 - 11:47 PM (#2276296) Subject: Lyr Add: BANKS OF THE ARKANSAS From: Jim Dixon Copied from http://gettherhythm.com/l/lucero/banks_of_the_arkansas.html BANKS OF THE ARKANSAS Prettiest little girl ever I saw Stood on the banks of the Arkansas Her hair was brown and her eyes were green She was the prettiest little girl ever I'd seen Well wave the ocean and wave the sea Wave that pretty girl back to me Wave the ocean and wave the sand Wave this time, wave again, now look out Prettiest little girl ever I saw Stood on the banks of the Arkansas Her eyes were wild and her stare was mean She's the prettiest damn girl ever I seen Well wave the ocean and wave the sea Wave that pretty girl back to me Wave the ocean and wave the shore Wave this time, wave no more |
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01 Mar 08 - 09:10 PM (#2277029) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Banks of the Arkansas From: Arkie At last we have words and it only took ten years. The words in the chorus are used in a local Stone County Arkansas squared Dance. |
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01 Mar 08 - 09:26 PM (#2277033) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Banks of the Arkansas From: Peace Go to Youtube. Type in Banks of the Arkansas You will have two videos to choose from. I would select the first. |
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01 Mar 08 - 09:27 PM (#2277034) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Banks of the Arkansas From: Peace PS If I did music notation, I'd take a stab at it. However . . . . |