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Can I Sleep in Your Barn Tonight, Mister-record?

17 Nov 03 - 02:42 PM (#1055653)
Subject: Can I Sleep InYour Barn Tonight, Mister;
From: Mark Ross

I'm looking for the "Haywire Mac" McClintock recording of this. Anyone?

Mark Ross


17 Nov 03 - 03:59 PM (#1055683)
Subject: RE: Can I Sleep InYour Barn Tonight, Mister;
From: GUEST,Lyle

Not sure if you are looking for the lyrics, record info or what, but put:
MAY I SLEEP IN YOUR BARN TONIGHT, MISTER?
in the search and there are several threads that might answer your request.

Lyle


17 Nov 03 - 07:02 PM (#1055798)
Subject: RE: Can I Sleep InYour Barn Tonight, Mister;
From: Mark Ross

Just want the recording. I know where to find the words.

Mark Ross


17 Nov 03 - 07:58 PM (#1055818)
Subject: RE: Can I Sleep InYour Barn Tonight, Mister;
From: pyewacket

Mark:
Two recordings of "May I Sleep IN Your Barn Tonight Mister"
located at "Rose The Record Ladys" site on Real Country Pages 4 and 15. One is by Mac Wiseman and the other is by Hank Thompson.


17 Nov 03 - 08:23 PM (#1055829)
Subject: RE: Can I Sleep InYour Barn Tonight, Mister;
From: Mark Ross

Thanks, but I REALLY WANT THE HAYWIRE MAC version.

Mark Ross


18 Nov 03 - 01:45 PM (#1056375)
Subject: RE: Can I Sleep InYour Barn Tonight, Mister;
From: Joe Offer

I've looked all over, and can't find the Haywire Mac version on a current recording. The Traditional Ballad Index says it's Victor V-40264, 1930.
It was easy to find recordings of Haywire or Harry "Mac" McClintock singing "Big Rock Candy Mountain" on CD, but reissues of other recordings seem to be rare. American Gramophone & Wireless has some, but its convoluted index makes it hard to find recordings. Look deep into their site, and maybe you'll get lucky.
I found somewhere (click) that he may have used the name "Radio Mac" when he recorded this one.
-Joe Offer-


18 Nov 03 - 02:05 PM (#1056386)
Subject: RE: Can I Sleep InYour Barn Tonight, Mister-record?
From: GLoux

Why not try Joe Bussard's website of Vintage 78s
If he's got it, he'll make a copy of it for you for a nominal fee.

-Greg


18 Nov 03 - 02:16 PM (#1056394)
Subject: RE: Can I Sleep InYour Barn Tonight, Mister-record?
From: GLoux

I did a brief search at Joe Bussard's website and came up empty, which seems weird to me...

-Greg


19 Nov 03 - 01:00 AM (#1056714)
Subject: RE: Can I Sleep InYour Barn Tonight, Mister-record?
From: GUEST,Gene

have this cd but requested song not on it..

    HARRY McCLINTOCK
01 - Get Along Little Doggie
02 - Cowboy's Lament
03 - Goodbye Old Paint
04 - The Texas Rangers
05 - Sam Bass
06 - Jesse James
07 - The Trail To Mexico
08 - Sweet Betsy From Pike
09 - My Dad's Dinner Pail
10 - The Bum Song
11 - The Man On The Flying Trapeze
12 - Jerry Go Ile (oil) That Car
13 - The Old Chisolm Trail
14 - My Last Old Dollar
15 - Bar Top Mountain
16 - Red River Valley
17 - Billy Venero
18 - The Circus Days
19 - Hallelujah I'm A Bum
20 - Ain't We Crazy


19 Nov 03 - 08:36 AM (#1056900)
Subject: RE: Can I Sleep InYour Barn Tonight, Mister-record
From: GUEST,Dale

I HAVE looked, but so far have not turned up my Harry McClintock LP. I don't think it is on there, anyway. I have a few other sources that so far have come up empty as well. I'll continue to look around and will ask Stewie to see what he can do.


19 Nov 03 - 09:26 PM (#1057379)
Subject: RE: Can I Sleep InYour Barn Tonight, Mister-record?
From: Stewie

Dale, it is not on the only McClintock LP that I have and I can't recall seeing reference to any reissue of a McClintock version of the song.

According to Meade et alia 'Country Music Sources' p 309, he recorded it twice for Victor in Culver City, California, on 13 December 1929, the first as Radio Mac McClintock with Mac's Haywire Orchestra {vcl, 2 vlns, hca & bjo} and the second as Radio Mac McClintock {vcl w/gtr}. The band recording was unissued and the solo recording was issued as Vi B40264 in July 1930.

--Stewie.


07 Sep 08 - 11:58 AM (#2433311)
Subject: RE: Can I Sleep in Your Barn Tonight, Mister-record?
From: GUEST,Ron

I have the 78.

rulrici@hotmail.com


07 Sep 08 - 12:22 PM (#2433330)
Subject: RE: Can I Sleep in Your Barn Tonight, Mister-record?
From: Peace

http://209.85.173.104/search?q=cache:qk_2cSExdwIJ:www.venerablemusic.com/catalog/TitleDetails.asp%3FTitleID%3D8576+haywire+mac,+%22sleep+in+your+barn+tonight,+mister%22&hl=en&ct=clnk&cd=3&gl=ca


I will try a hotlink, Mark.

http://209.85.173.104/search?q=cache:qk_2cSExdwIJ:www.venerablemusic.com/catalog/TitleDetails.asp%3FTitleID%3D8576+haywire+mac,+


07 Sep 08 - 01:21 PM (#2433389)
Subject: RE: Can I Sleep in Your Barn Tonight, Mister-record?
From: Sandy Mc Lean

Bruce, my Opera browser brings a fraud warning up on that link. It says that the site is blacklisted and advises against giving them any confidential information.


07 Sep 08 - 01:29 PM (#2433391)
Subject: RE: Can I Sleep in Your Barn Tonight, Mister-recor
From: Peace

Jaysus. Thanks Sandy.

I will message Mark in case he clicks that link before reading your post.


07 Sep 08 - 01:32 PM (#2433394)
Subject: RE: Can I Sleep in Your Barn Tonight, Mister-recor
From: Peace

Thanks again, Sandy. I messaged Mark and warned him off. Good eye, buddy.


07 Sep 08 - 04:03 PM (#2433510)
Subject: RE: Can I Sleep in Your Barn Tonight, Mister-record?
From: Sandy Mc Lean

I guess you are OK as long as you don't let them near your credit card. The sound clips seem to work. This is the Opera message:

The page you are trying to open has been blacklisted as fraudulent. It will likely attempt to trick you into sharing personal or financial information. We strongly discourage visiting this page. Learn more about Opera's fraud protection.


07 Sep 08 - 04:41 PM (#2433535)
Subject: RE: Can I Sleep in Your Barn Tonight, Mister-record?
From: GUEST,DWR

I have never heard any complaints against Venerable, but I never have done business with them either so I don't have any first hand knowledge.


07 Sep 08 - 07:01 PM (#2433656)
Subject: RE: Can I Sleep in Your Barn Tonight, Mister-record?
From: Mark Ross

I got your message before I saw the posting. I already have a copy of the Haywire Mac version on CD. Thanks everybody. Now I need to get the Charlie Poole version.

Mark Ross


07 Sep 08 - 07:19 PM (#2433662)
Subject: RE: Can I Sleep in Your Barn Tonight, Mister-record?
From: Sandy Mc Lean

Mark, I suppose that Charlie Poole has been dead long enough that nobody cares so if you want to PM me with an e-mail address I'll send that to you.


08 Sep 08 - 10:44 AM (#2434100)
Subject: RE: Can I Sleep in Your Barn Tonight, Mister-recor
From: dick greenhaus

Mark-
It's on a BACM CD of McClintock--CAMSCO can supply it ($12.98+S&H)


08 Sep 08 - 04:11 PM (#2434454)
Subject: RE: Can I Sleep in Your Barn Tonight, Mister-record?
From: Sandy Mc Lean

By the way, anyone interested in these old recordings can find free plays on the Honking Duck site. It takes a bit of navigating and the old 78's are sometimes scratchy but there is a wealth of stuff there.

Honking Duck


03 Jan 09 - 04:41 PM (#2530730)
Subject: RE: Can I Sleep in Your Barn Tonight, Mister-record?
From: GUEST,Dotty

The song that I beleive you are looking for is Can I sleep in your arms tonight mister. Jeanie Seely---Willie Nelson and lots of others.


03 Jan 09 - 06:32 PM (#2530824)
Subject: RE: Can I Sleep in Your Barn Tonight, Mister-record?
From: GUEST,leeneia

No, Dotty, I don't think that's it.

I was at a session once where an old man sang a song from the 30's. It was about a man who'd lost his job and family and was looking for shelter for the night. The chorus included this:

Can I sleep in your barn tonight, mister?
tum tum tum tumty tum tumty tum
I don't have no tobacco or matches...

In other words, he was saying he couldn't set the hay on fire.

The tune was "Red River Valley."


03 Jan 09 - 11:16 PM (#2530943)
Subject: RE: Can I Sleep in Your Barn Tonight, Mister-record?
From: Mark Ross

Dick, I've got the Haywire Mac version(I think I bought it from CAMSCO), now I want Charley Poole's.


Mark Ross