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02 Oct 01 - 08:44 PM (#563832) Subject: Little Satchel From: Little Neophyte Hi Guys, I tried the lyric search but had no luck. I'm looking for Little Satchel. I think it is a Fredcockerham tune but that is all I know. It sure is a real pretty tune. Love to learn it. If anyone knows where I can find the lyrics, I would really appreciate it. Thanks, Miss Bonnie |
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02 Oct 01 - 10:08 PM (#563899) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Little Satchel From: Joe Offer Hi, Bonnie - can you remember any phrases from it? Titles can be misleading. -Joe- Foiled again! Twice in a day! It's in the Digital Tradition (click). I shoulda known. You should have, too, Bonnie.... Hey, let's blame it on sluggish Internet traffic. It's really slow today... LITTLE SATCHEL [from Digital Tradition] Under my bed you can set your little satchel And on my head come lay your little hand If you will be my own true lover And I will be your loving little man Run to the house and ask your papa A bride of mine you'll ever be If he says come back and tell me And I'll wait till you get free When you get free well then we'll get married Look how happy we will be Oh we'll go to California Any place you want to go I wish I was a little angel And over these prison walls I would fly Fly on back to the arms of my darling Stay at home and there I will die As you can see I'm no little angel Neither have I wings to fly I'll go back all broken hearted Weep and moan until I die Under my bed you can set your little satchel And on my head come lay your little hand If you will be my own true lover And I will be your loving little man filename[ LTTLSTCH AA oct99 There is no listing for this song in the Traditional Ballad Index. |
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02 Oct 01 - 10:39 PM (#563914) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Little Satchel From: Little Neophyte Oooops, thanks Mr. Offer. You sure do stand for your name.....Offering lots of help. Well it could have been worst. Remember way back when I asked for the lyrics to Oscar Meyer Wiener? You came through then too. Mr. Joe, a man who endlessly offers his help around here. Thanks Miss Bonnie
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03 Oct 01 - 01:27 AM (#563990) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Little Satchel From: Stewie My favourite rendition of this fine ballad is on Dirk Powell's 'If I Go Ten Thousand Miles' Rounder CD 0384. It is sung by Jim Miller, who also plays guitar on the track, with Dirk Powell on clawhammer banjo and Tim O'Brien on second guitar. Lovely stuff! --Stewie. |
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03 Oct 01 - 02:58 PM (#564356) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Little Satchel From: Little Neophyte Thanks Stewie, I will check it out. Dirk Powel and Tim O'Brian are amazing on 'Songs From The Mountain'. Chris Coole here in Toronto sings 'Little Satchel' mighty fine too but I don't think he has recorded it yet. Bonnie |
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04 Aug 04 - 07:45 PM (#1240482) Subject: Origins: Little Satchel From: GUEST,Stew An ongoing thread (Meet Me Tonight in the Moonlight), brings to mind a tune I once heard titled Little Satchel. Does anyone know if this tune is related to or based on MMTMoonlight. Even better would be to find a version of it somewhere on the net. Thanks. Stew |
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04 Aug 04 - 08:16 PM (#1240501) Subject: RE: Origins: Little Satchel From: Q (Frank Staplin) The title "Little Satchel" was used by the New Lost City Ramblers. It is one of the "Drowsy Sleeper" clan, not related to the Moonlight song. You can find the words here: Little Satchel |
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04 Aug 04 - 08:19 PM (#1240503) Subject: RE: Origins: Little Satchel From: Q (Frank Staplin) Now that I have read the verses, I see where you got the "moonlight." Looks like the song is made up of bits and pieces from other songs. |
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05 Aug 04 - 01:01 PM (#1240699) Subject: RE: Origins: Little Satchel From: The Shambles Is this not because the words are more a way to remember the tune? |
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05 Aug 04 - 01:17 PM (#1240706) Subject: RE: Origins: Little Satchel From: Q (Frank Staplin) Then why go past one verse? |
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05 Aug 04 - 02:06 PM (#1240735) Subject: RE: Origins: Little Satchel From: The Shambles Singing the same verse over and over does get a little tiresome. Even Old Joe Clark has more than one verse and a lot of them are similar bits and pieces of other songs. |
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05 Aug 04 - 04:28 PM (#1240847) Subject: RE: Origins: Little Satchel From: GUEST,Hootenanny Stew, I believe Little Satchell comes from a Fred Cockerham recording, down around Mount Airy/Round Peak, North Carolina. It's quite possible there is an earlier version it's just that I am not aware of one. There is also a nice version by a male singer on a Tara Nevins CD. If you have trouble locating them I'll go through my shelves and get the label numbers for you. I did copy out the words too with the intention of learning it. Too many songs, too little time. Hoot |
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05 Aug 04 - 05:51 PM (#1240884) Subject: RE: Origins: Little Satchel From: GUEST,Hootenanny Sorry, I goofed. Ignore the reference to Tara Nevins although it is a good album and includes the singer that I was thinking about. Just checked my shelves. The CD is "If I Go Ten Thousand Miles" by Dirk Powell Rounder CD 0384. The singer/gtr player is Jim Miller accompanied by Powell on clawhammer banjo, a great version of Little Satchell and a really nice CD. Hoot |
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05 Aug 04 - 08:20 PM (#1240997) Subject: RE: Origins: Little Satchel From: Joe Offer I found the song on a New Lost City Ramblers CD called Vol. II, 1963-1973: Out Standing In Their Field (Smithsonian Folkways CD40040). The notes say that the source for the song was a recording of the song by Fred Cockerham on County Records. The Cockerham recording is available on a Rounder CD called High Atmosphere, which is probably somewhere in this room where I sit typing... Here are the notes from the NLCR CD:
Who knows, I may even find the shelf where the Cockerham recording is hiding. -Joe Offer- |
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05 Aug 04 - 08:34 PM (#1241012) Subject: RE: Origins: Little Satchel From: Stewie Joe, the booklet accompanying 'High Atmosphere' does not contain lyrics. The note to the song, however, reiterates that it is a Cokerham original in the form of a conflation of elements from 'Katie Dear/Silver Dagger' etc. --Stewie. |
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06 Aug 04 - 02:28 AM (#1241238) Subject: ADD Version: Little Satchel From: Joe Offer Stewie, I thought that by this time, you'd have a transcription posted. You're better at this than I am. Here's my effort: LITTLE SATCHEL (Fred Cockerham, Low Gap, NC) [recorded by John Cohen in November, 1965] Under my bed you can set your little satchel On my head you can rest your hand If you be my little darlin' I will be your little love man Little girl, go ask your mama A bride of mine will you ever be If she says no, come back and tell me I will wait till you get free Oh, when you're free, then we will get married Look how happy then we'll be Then we'll go to California Settle down and live at home I wish I were a little sparrow And I had new wings to fly I'd fly back to the arms of my darling Weep and moan until I die* As you see I'm no little sparrow Neither have the wings to fly I'll go home all broken hearted Weep and moan until I die transcribed by ear from the Rounder CD, High Atmosphere *I'm really unsure of this line - it could be anything. |
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02 Nov 04 - 05:57 PM (#1314560) Subject: RE: Origins: Little Satchel From: GUEST I know that there is a great solo recording of 'Little Satchel' by a young man name Riley Baugus who I believe is from North Carolina. His album is called 'Life of Riley'. Check it out |
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02 Nov 04 - 08:06 PM (#1314661) Subject: RE: Origins: Little Satchel From: GLoux The Jim Miller/Dirk Powell recording of Fred Cockerham's Little Satchel is quite "refined" in comparison with Fred's version...a very special recording. Riley's version is a bit rougher...somewhere in between the two versions. -Greg |
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02 Nov 04 - 08:06 PM (#1314662) Subject: RE: Origins: Little Satchel From: Stewie Joe, re Cockerham's rendition, there are a couple of places where I hear something slightly different from you. I hear the first stanza as: Under my bed you can set your little satchel On my head you lay your hand If you be my little darlin' I will be your little man I don't think the word 'love' occurs in the final line of the stanza. Stanza 2, line 2, I hear: 'A bride of mine may ever be' Stanza 3, line 1, I hear another 'oh' before 'then' Stanza 3, line 3, Cockerham sings 'Californ-y', not 'California' I hear the final lines of the last two stanzas as: 'Weep and moan till I die'. 'Till' rather than 'until'. The way he pronounces 'moan', it could be 'mourn', but 'moan' would seem more appropriate. My favourite rendition of this song is by Jim Miller on Dirk Powell's album 'If I go ten thousand miles' Rounder CD 0384. Miller is backed by Powell on banjo and Tim O'Brien on guitar. Lovely! --Stewie. |
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27 Feb 11 - 08:01 AM (#3103503) Subject: Little Satchel - Cockerham, Down to the Cider Mill From: GUEST,RoberM I know this is an old thread, but I thought I should add the other version by Fred Cockerham on the County LP & CD 'Down to the Cider Mill. For the record: the banjo tuning used is one fret higher than the Round Peak 'Tumblin Gap tuning: from 5th to first: F#BEAD with Capo 3rd fret or ADGCF on fretless (not a recommended tuning to test with all types strings and banjos). The lyrics (with help from the other posts by Stewie and Joe Offer and from the County Album, 1968 'Down to the Cider Mill'): --------------------------- Little Satchel (Sparrow) Under my bed you will set your little satchel On my head you lay your little hand If you be my little darlin' I will be your lovin' little man Go to your house and ask your mama A bride of mine (you*) may ever be If she says no, come back and tell me I will wait 'til you get free. Oh, when you get free then we will get married Look how happy then we'll be (we will*) Then we'll go to Californ-ay Any place you wanna go Or we go to Alabama Settle down and live at home (Solo) I wish I was a little sparrow And I had new wings to fly I'd fly back to the arms of my darlin' I'd not breathe until I'd die (*?) As you (can) see I'm no little sparrow Neither have the wings to fly I'll go home all broken-hearted Weep and moan 'til I'd die. (Ending) ----------- Those words in brackets I didn't hear him sing out entirely, but they seem to be there for some reason. The line (*?): I'd not breath(e) until I'd die', seems to make little sense, but seems also quite close to the words he's actually singing. |
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27 Feb 11 - 08:23 AM (#3103512) Subject: RE: Origins: Little Satchel From: GUEST,RoberM I got another idea here: I'd "adhere" until I'd die. Adhere means among other things "remain devoted to". Maybe something like that. |
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27 Feb 11 - 04:20 PM (#3103803) Subject: Little Satchel - Fred Cockerham From: GUEST,RoberM The verse would now be: I wish I was a little sparrow And I had new wings to fly I'd fly back to the arms of my darlin' "I'd (adhere) until I'd die". |
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27 Feb 11 - 05:28 PM (#3103848) Subject: RE: Origins: Little Satchel From: 12-stringer Probably it's "had two wings," rather than "had new wings." The last line of the stanza is almost certainly "Light on her breast and there I would die." "Light" is used in hillbilly dialect to mean "land" or "come down." With an exclamation point, it's a sharp command, usually addressed to restless kids who are running around and making lots of distracting noise. "Light!" means "Sit down and be quieter!" (It's possible he's saying "Right" instead of "Light," but it sounds more like the latter to me.) Roscoe Holcomb sings the comparable lines "I'd light by the side of my own true lover And there I'd sit until the day I die." He starts the next verse "I'd light up in some weeping willow, Weep for weeks and months and years ... " |
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05 Mar 11 - 06:53 AM (#3107359) Subject: RE: Origins: Little Satchel From: GUEST,RoberM Great! I didn't have that reference, but I can't edit my post so perhaps I should add Cockerham's lyrics to Little Satchel in a separate thread in a "correct" version? |
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09 Dec 20 - 06:06 PM (#4082665) Subject: RE: Origins: Little Satchel From: GUEST,PaulCastle Sarah Jarosz does a great version on her 2020 album 'World On The Ground - here's a video of her playing it on a Chuck Lee banjo at Carter Vinage Guitars in Nashville - https://youtu.be/emoj1VkSS0Y |