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02 Apr 06 - 11:18 AM (#1708792) Subject: Lyr Req: Carter Family lyrics please From: folkwaller Lyrics required for the C.F. song that begins : Take me back to the place that I first saw the light, take me back to the place I call home, where the mocking birds sing------------------------------- This is all I know. Can anyone help with the title and lyrics and a banjo tuning please. Thanks |
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02 Apr 06 - 11:34 AM (#1708799) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Carter Family lyrics please From: BanjoRay A DT search for Sweet Sunny South will get you there. Cheers Ray |
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02 Apr 06 - 11:40 AM (#1708801) Subject: ADD: Sweet Sunny South/The Mountains Of Tennessee From: GUEST,Fred McCormick No sooner said than sorted. At any rate, the song you are after seems to be Sweet Sunny South. The words are below. The only trouble is that the Carters never recorded SSS. They did though sing a very similar song called Mountains of Tennessee, so I've included that one as well. Cheers, Fred McCormick SWEET SUNNY SOUTH Take me back to the place where I first saw the light To the sweet sunny south take me home Where the mockingbirds sang me to rest ev'ry night Oh, why was I tempted to roam I think with regret of the dear home I left Of the warm hearts that sheltered me there Of the wife and the dear ones of whom I'm bereft For the old place again do I sigh Take me back to the place where the orange trees grew To my cot' in the evergreen shade Where the flow'rs on the river's green margin may blow And spread their sweet scent o'er the glade The path to our cottage they say has grown green And the place is quite lonely around And I know that the smiles and the forms I have seen Now lie 'neath the dark mossy ground Take me back, let me see what is left that I knew Can it be that the old house is gone? Dear friends of my childhood indeed must be few And now I must face death all alone But yet I'll return to the place of my birth Where the children have played 'round the door Where they gathered wild blossoms that grew on the bank That will echo our footsteps no more Take me back to the place where my little ones sleep Poor old massa lies buried close by O'er the graves of my loved ones I long there to weep And among them to rest when I die Take me back to the place where I first saw the light To The sweet sunny south take me home Where the mockingbirds sang me to rest ev'ry night Oh, why was I tempted to roam MOUNTAINS OF TENNESSEE (as sung by the Carter Family) Take me back take me back to my old mountain home Take me back where my heart longs to be Where we played by the brook in the cool shady nook In the mountains of Tennessee In my old mountain home where the wild roses bloom Is a spot just like heaven to me Take me back take me back to my old mountain home In the mountains of Tennessee Take me back take me back to my old mountain home Take me back to my old mothers knee Where the stars shine bright and the birds are free In the mountains of Tennessee Round my old mountain home where I used to roam Their waiting a welcome for me Take me back to my old log cabin home In the mountains of Tennessee |
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02 Apr 06 - 02:00 PM (#1708865) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Carter Family lyrics please From: Q (Frank Staplin) The song and variants are discussed in thread 53767: Sweet Sunny South The song was first collected by Sharp in 1918 (see the original verses in post by Richie in above thread). |
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02 Apr 06 - 02:27 PM (#1708874) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Carter Family lyrics please From: Geoff the Duck Sweet Sunny South has been recorded by a number of different people with very diferent versions, Basically the same melody, but I have heard it up tempo in major key and more soulful in a minor or modal key. Quack! GtD. |
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03 Apr 06 - 03:37 PM (#1709614) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Carter Family lyrics please From: folkwaller Thanks very much for the responces. Just what I wanted,. |
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03 Apr 06 - 03:53 PM (#1709628) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Carter Family lyrics please From: GUEST,jim re: banjo tuning I first decide what key suits my voice and then if it's C or D or E, I use double C tuning gCGcd. If it's G,A or B, I use G tuning gDGbg. Double C works equally well for minor or major(no thirds), For a G minor, I'll tune the second string to Bb or C. |
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04 Apr 06 - 03:34 AM (#1709986) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Carter Family lyrics please From: cobber I loved Joan Baez's version |