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08 Feb 05 - 10:04 PM (#1403276) Subject: Lyr Add: MY LONG SKINNY LANKY SARAH JANE (Stanley) From: Drayman This is a Ralph Stanley tune, a lighthearted, tongue-in-cheek one about a girl. Here are the lyrics (just because you might get a bang out of them even if you don't know the chords): Not too many miles from here In a town that I love dear There's a lady that's got me on a string She's the worst you ever saw She nearly broke my jaw She made me carry my left arm in a sling. She's my darlin, my daisy She's knock-kneed, she's lazy Humpbacked, box-ankled and she's lame Oh, her nose is like a cork, She's the terror of New York My long, skinny, lanky Sarah Jane. Oh Jane, my good old Jane, Won't you come back to yer bonehead once again Oh, they say she's mighty nice but her armpits smell like spice She's my long, skinny, lanky Sarah Jane. I'm trying to pick it out in G on my banjo, because I'm strictly a novice player and heck, G's easy. Plus, I figure Ralph Stanley picked the banjo too, so mebbe he went the easy route. G treats me OK in this tune till the chord change at "my darlin, my daisy" and then I get flustered. Anybody know this funny tune? Thanks |
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09 Feb 05 - 08:33 PM (#1403948) Subject: RE: Chord Req: Long Skinny Lanky Sarah Jane From: GUEST,Steve Latimer I'm a huge Ralph Stanley fan. I hadn't heard this song until the other day. I received "An Evening Long Ago" on Monday, ordered it in December. I will try to figure out the chords, but I suspect that it is in A. Capo at the second fret. I'll try it tonight and see how it sounds. |
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09 Feb 05 - 08:40 PM (#1403954) Subject: RE: Chord Req: Long Skinny Lanky Sarah Jane From: Drayman thanks Steve! good luck with the "detective work" |
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14 Feb 05 - 11:07 PM (#1410093) Subject: RE: Chord Req: Long Skinny Lanky Sarah Jane From: Drayman *BUMP* Steve, any luck on this tune? So far, all I can figure out about the key of A is that it reminds me of "America the beautiful" ... I can't get this dang tune out of my mind and I can't pick it on the dad-gum banjo! Help me, Obi-wan Kenobi, you're my only hope! Nathan the drayman |
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15 Feb 05 - 10:25 PM (#1411395) Subject: RE: Chord Req: Long Skinny Lanky Sarah Jane From: Joe Offer wefwesh |
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16 Feb 05 - 10:59 AM (#1411775) Subject: Lyr/Chords Add: MY LONG SKINNY LANKY SARAH JANE From: GUEST,sounds this way to me MY LONG, SKINNY, LANKY SARAH JANE CHORDS: if played in G: are G/A/C/D [1] Not too many miles from here In a [4] town that I love [1] dear There's a lady that's got me on a [5] string She's the [1] worst you ever saw She [4] nearly broke my [1] jaw She made me carry my [5] left arm in a [1] sling. 1st Bridge: She's my [4] darlin, my daisy She's [1] knock-kneed, she's lazy Humpbacked, box-ankled and she's [5] lame Oh, her [1] nose is like a cork, She's the [5] terror of New [1] York My long, skinny, [5] lanky Sarah [1] Jane. 2nd Bridge: Oh [4] Jane, my good old [1] Jane, Won't you [2] come back to yer bonehead once a-[5]-gain Oh, they [1] say she's mighty nice But her [4] armpits smell like [1] spice She's my long, skinny, [4] lanky Sarah [1] Jane. Gene |
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19 Feb 05 - 05:41 PM (#1415173) Subject: RE: Chord Req: Long Skinny Lanky Sarah Jane From: Drayman thanks Gene! |
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28 Nov 07 - 01:51 PM (#2204032) Subject: RE: Chord Req: Long Skinny Lanky Sarah Jane From: GUEST,Chris In the version I have, the first verse starts out... "Oh many miles from here Where I get my Milwaukee beer..." |
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28 Apr 08 - 12:14 AM (#2327305) Subject: RE: Chord Req: My Long Skinny Lanky Sarah Jane From: GUEST,fred goldrup, Lewiston, ME 04240-8162 I have this good old song on an old 78 rpm disc (remember them?) under the title "My Sarah Jane" by Sam Bunch / 'tother side is "Poor Ellen Smith" by Harvey Farr |
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16 Sep 08 - 01:58 PM (#2442263) Subject: Lyr/Chords Add: MY LONG SKINNY LANKY SARAH JANE From: GUEST,Mr Nairn G Not too many miles from here C G Where i get my milwaukee beer D There's a lady that's got me on a string G She's the worst you ever saw C G She nearly broke my jaw D G She made me carry my left arm in a sling. C She's my darlin, my daisy G She's knock-kneed, she's lazy D Humpbacked, box-ankled and she's lame G Oh, her nose is like a cork, C G She's the terror of New York D G My long, skinny, lanky Sarah Jane. C G Oh Jane, my good old Jane, A D Won't you come back to yer bonehead once again G Oh, they say she's mighty nice C G but her armpit smells like spice D G She's my long, skinny, lanky Sarah Jane. G Oh she promised to meet me C G When the clock struck seventeen A D Down at the stockyard, just three miles out of town. G there are pigs feet and pig ears C G and tuffle texas Deer D G and serloin steaks are 14 cents a pound C She's my darling my daisy G She's not mean, She's lazy D Humpbacked, bo- legged and she's lame G Oh they say her teeth are false C G well, they rattle when she walks D G She's my long skinny lanky sarah jane C G Oh Jane, my good old Jane, A D Won't you come back to yer bonehead once again G they say her breath is sweet C G but i'd rather smell her feet G D G She's my long skinny lanky sarah jane thats the full version that i have, just watch out for the "A" in the "three miles out of town" line from the second verse |
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16 Sep 08 - 02:00 PM (#2442264) Subject: RE: Chord Req: My Long Skinny Lanky Sarah Jane From: GUEST,Mr nairn hmmm, the chords have been moved about a bit by this site, but they still run in the same order. |
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18 Jun 11 - 10:19 AM (#3172333) Subject: RE: Chord Req: My Long Skinny Lanky Sarah Jane From: GUEST My dad sang this to me in the 1950's. His version went like this: She's my darlin', my daisy She's humbacked and she's crazy She's cross-eyed, she's bowlegged and she's blind Her teeth are false from drinkin' pepper salts She's My freckled face consumptive Sarah Jane |
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03 Mar 12 - 09:23 AM (#3316601) Subject: RE: Chord Req: My Long Skinny Lanky Sarah Jane From: GUEST My gramps used to sing this with slightly different words: She' my darlin', she's my daisy; She's hog-fat, she's lazy; She's hump-backed, she freckle-faced, she's lame; They say her teeth are false, from eating epsom salts; She's my freckle-faced, fat, consumptive Sara Jane. |
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21 Mar 13 - 09:53 PM (#3493274) Subject: RE: Chord Req: My Long Skinny Lanky Sarah Jane From: GUEST,Missy poo milam My grandfather sang a similar version to me Shes my darling my daisy She's cockeyed & crazy She's pigeon toad & blind & sweet nippin sauce Her teeth were all false She's my humpback lil Mary Jane ole lady whoo Always thought he made that up...lol |
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07 Apr 13 - 10:10 PM (#3500274) Subject: RE: Chord Req: My Long Skinny Lanky Sarah Jane From: GUEST,Guest, Craig There is a verse about "The first time that I saw her she was mixing peanut butter, and the snot was running freely from her nose." It ties in with 'Sarah Jane' by Jazz Gillum. Dad used to sing this on long trips in a pickup with no radio back in the 50's and 60's. And her teeth were false from gargling epsom salts. |
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03 Nov 14 - 04:34 AM (#3674067) Subject: RE: Chord Req: My Long Skinny Lanky Sarah Jane From: GUEST,Guest This, roughly, is Blind Blake and his Royal Victoria Calypsos doing My Freckle Faced Consumptive Sara Jane - cf. Hungry Hash House it the DT D D7 G7 Gm Well, she promised to meet me when the clock struck seventeen D B7 E7 A7 Down by the stock-yards so many miles away D D7 G Gm Where string beans and onion sell for nineteen cents a pound D7 E7 A7 D /D7 My freckle faced consumptive Sara Jane G Gm D B7 She is my lady, my baby, she's cross-eyed and she's crazy E7 A7 (stop) She got a banjo belly, a parrot toe, I'm glad I made her sleep outdoors D D7 G Gm And though they say her breath is sweet, I would rather smell her feet D7 E7 A7 D A7 She's my freckle-faced consumptive Sara Jane. She is my honey, she's got the money, she's a good gal but she's funny She got iron hands, crooked feet - she don't like fish but she's crazy 'bout meat Some say her teeth was false from drinking Epsom salts She's my freckle-faced consumptive Sara Jane. Inst. D B7 E7 A7 Some say her teeth was false from drinking Epsom salts She's my freckle-faced consumptive Sara Jane. And though they say her breath is sweet, I would rather smell her feet She's my freckle-faced consumptive Sara Jane. |
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30 Nov 14 - 11:28 AM (#3681195) Subject: RE: Chord Req: My Long Skinny Lanky Sarah Jane From: GUEST Thank you for uploading the Alphonso Higgs version! I have been trying to piece together the first part of the song for awhile, |
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30 Nov 14 - 06:01 PM (#3681288) Subject: RE: Chord Req: My Long Skinny Lanky Sarah Jane From: GUEST,Bob Coltman From the Traditional Ballad Index. [Note that the 1929 J. D. Foster recording "My Sarah Jane" is actually the fine performance by Leonard Rutherford with Foster, Rutherford elsewhere being of the well-known Burnett and Rutherford duo.] Sara Jane DESCRIPTION: Singer describes his girlfriend/wife in unflattering ways; she hits him, she's the "terror of New York"; in short, ""My poor, silly Jane...She's my darling, she's my daisy, She's humpbacked and she's crazy... She's my freckled-faced consumptive Sara Jane" AUTHOR: Lyrics: unknown; tune: Will S. Hays EARLIEST DATE: 1927 (recording, Cramer Bros.) LONG DESCRIPTION: Singer describes his girlfriend/wife in increasingly uncomplimentary ways; she hits him, she's the "terror of New York"; she eats cake, eats a fly, and vomits; she's crosseyed and lame, her breath smells like onions, etc. In short, ""My poor, silly Jane...She's my darling, she's my daisy, She's humpbacked and she's crazy... She's my freckled-faced consumptive Sara Jane" KEYWORDS: madness shrewishness abuse humorous parody FOUND IN: US REFERENCES (2 citations): Pankake-PHCFSB, pp. 178-179 , "My Freckle-Faced Consumptive Mary Ann" (1 text, 1 tune -- the final verse and chorus of this song, which could circulate independently) cf. Emerson, pp. 146-147, "Sweet Mary Ann" (1 text, by Harrigan and Braham, which has the "She's a darling, she's a daisy" chorus and may have contributed to this song somehow) RECORDINGS: Cramer Brothers, "Sara Jane" (Broadway 7578 c. 1927; Broadway 8059, c. 1932; rec. 1927) J. D. Foster, "My Sarah Jane" (Gennett 6791/Supertone 9372 [as Sam Bunch], 1929) Lester McFarland & Robert Gardner, "Sara Jane" (Vocalion 5122, 1927; rec. 1926) Smoky Mountain Twins, "Sarah Jane" (Conqueror 7065, 1928) [note: this record number was also used for "I Was Born 4000 Years Ago), but that may have been the same recording, as the songs can share a floating verse] CROSS-REFERENCES: cf. "Hungry Hash House" (floating verse, tune) cf. "I Was Born About Ten Thousand Years Ago (Bragging Song)" (Charlie Poole version - floating verse) cf. "Little Old Log Cabin in the Lane" (tune) NOTES: Not to be confused with Uncle Dave Macon's "Rock About My Saro Jane." Since it shares the "freckle-faced consumptive etc." verse with Charlie Poole's 1925 recording "I'm the Man Who Rode the Mule Around the World" and several recordings of "Hungry Hash House," one suspects it was composed as an extension of those appearances. Or does the whole song appear elsewhere, earlier?- PJS I've no good answer to that question; we are, for the moment, filing loose verses about the freckle-faced girl here, but it's by no means clear where they actually originated. See, however, "Dennis McGonagle's Daughter Mary Ann." Not to be confused with "Sarah Jane," also a humorous song between lovers, but based on "Pop Goes the Weasel" and ending with him ead and her courting another. - RBW |
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30 Nov 14 - 06:13 PM (#3681294) Subject: RE: Chord Req: My Long Skinny Lanky Sarah Jane From: GUEST,Bob Coltman Little more freckle-faced consumptive research: The song was written before 1882, titled "Sarah Jane," as a parody of J. H. Peabody's 1869 "Scotch Lassie Jean," per Gus Meade's indispensable "Country Music Sources, Univ. of North Carolina, 2002. The first recording was actually by Ernest V. Stoneman: "Freckled Faced Mary Jane," OKeh 40312, NYC, April 1925. And a lot of the old time musicians recorded it including Bob Cranford and A.P. Thompson, and it was recorded as "The Man Who Rode the Mule Around the World" by Uncle Dave Macon and Sid Harkreader, whose version is quite a bit nearer the original than Charlie Poole's. Bob |
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04 Jul 16 - 02:23 PM (#3799008) Subject: RE: Lyrics to My C From: GUEST,Sharon Here's how I learned it: In a town not far from here wherehere where they sell the schnops and beer ther's a lady whose arm is in a sling. Oh she's the worst you ever saw for she nearly broke my jaw she's my cockeyed consumptive Mary Jane. Mary Jane, oh Mary Jane, oh she's the worst you ever saw for she nearly broke my jaw she's my cockeyed consumptive Mary Jane Oh she's a dandy she's a daisy she knock kneed and crazy bowlegged pigeon towed and lame oh she's the worst you ever saw for she nearly broke my jaw she's my cockeyed consumptive Mary Jane. |
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15 Feb 20 - 05:49 AM (#4034362) Subject: RE: Chord Req: My Long Skinny Lanky Sarah Jane From: GUEST Here's the version from my son's grandfather, Hobart Budlong: Well she told me to meet her when the clock struck seventeen, at the stockyards just three miles out of town; where the mules ears and frogs eyes and good old texas steers sell for 13 and 14 cents a pound. Well she's my honey, my baby, she's lockjawed and she's crazy; latterborn, consumptive and she's lame; and they say her teeth are phony from eating swiss baloney, she's my latterborn, consumptive Mary Jane. I guess the song took off like any good old folk song and developed a life of it's own as far as words go. |
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17 Feb 20 - 10:33 AM (#4034613) Subject: RE: Chord Req: My Long Skinny Lanky Sarah Jane From: GUEST,Starship Here's another that I don't think has been mentioned: https://byrdandtheboys.com/mary-jane |
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01 Jun 20 - 06:21 PM (#4056564) Subject: RE: Chord Req: My Long Skinny Lanky Sarah Jane From: and e MARY JANE This is from Songs and Ballads: Folk Material and Old Favorites(Manuscript, ca 1933) by James Kenneth Larson, McCammon, Idaho |
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01 Jun 20 - 09:36 PM (#4056597) Subject: RE: Chord Req: My Long Skinny Lanky Sarah Jane From: GUEST,Starship https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FseQowSr6rA Blind Blake Higgs, 'Consumptive Sara Jane' |
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01 Sep 21 - 09:49 PM (#4118562) Subject: RE: Chord Req: My Long Skinny Lanky Sarah Jane From: GUEST My mother taught it me this way Well she's my honey, my baby, She's cross-eyed, she's crazy She's knocked-kneed, pigeon-toed and blind Well her mouth is all foamy from eating Swiss baloney She's that freckle-face baby of mine. |
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06 Jun 23 - 10:47 PM (#4173991) Subject: RE: Chord Req: My Long Skinny Lanky Sarah Jane From: and e She promised to meet me Pg 235, The Canfield Collection. [c1927] See online here: https://archive.org/details/1926canfieldcollection/page/n235/mode/2up?view=theater |
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02 Aug 23 - 06:51 PM (#4178319) Subject: RE: Chord Req: My Long Skinny Lanky Sarah Jane From: cnd See also: https://mudcat.org/thread.cfm?threadid=172077 |
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19 Oct 23 - 02:02 AM (#4183967) Subject: RE: Chord Req: My Long Skinny Lanky Sarah Jane From: GUEST,Jaci My dad taught me this in the early 1950s. Our version is a little different. She's my darlin', my daisy She's humpback, She's crazy, That little Ole cross-eyed gal of mine. They say her breath us sweet, but I'd rather smell her feet That little Ole cross-eyed gal of mine. They say her teeth are false From drinking Epsom salt That lille Ole cross-eye gal of mine. I know there were a few more verses but can't remember them. |
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19 Oct 23 - 02:02 AM (#4187388) Subject: RE: Chord Req: My Long Skinny Lanky Sarah Jane From: GUEST,Jaci My dad taught me this in the early 1950s. Our version is a little different. She's my darlin', my daisy She's humpback, She's crazy, That little Ole cross-eyed gal of mine. They say her breath us sweet, but I'd rather smell her feet That little Ole cross-eyed gal of mine. They say her teeth are false From drinking Epsom salt That lille Ole cross-eye gal of mine. I know there were a few more verses but can't remember them. |