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Origins: Young Rapoleon?

10 Jan 07 - 01:06 PM (#1932473)
Subject: Origins: Young Rapoleon?
From: GUEST

On Jody Stecher's 1999 release "Oh The Wind And Rain," he includes a song titled "Young Rapoleon," which is a derivation of a ballad called "The Bonny Bunch Of Roses." In the liner notes, he credits this particular version to Dee Hicks. Does anyone know if a recording of Dee Hicks doing this one exists? I have one Dee & Delta Hicks LP, but this tune is not on there.

Thanks!

Brian


19 Jan 09 - 11:46 AM (#2543137)
Subject: RE: Origins: Young Rapoleon?
From: GUEST

I've heard Mike Seeger sing it, and he did spend some time with the Hicks.


20 Jan 09 - 01:24 AM (#2543690)
Subject: RE: Origins: Young Rapoleon?
From: Nerd

It appears to have been released on a County Records anthology called:

Five Miles Out Of Town: Music Of The Cumberland Plateau - Vol. 2

I don't have this CD, and I suspect it's out of print.


20 Jan 09 - 11:20 AM (#2544044)
Subject: RE: Origins: Young Rapoleon?
From: Fred McCormick

I can't tell you whether the CD reissue, Traditional Music of the Cumberland Plateau Volume 2 Five Miles Out Of Town is still available. But Young Repoleon, as Dee Hicks called it, was included on the LP release. County 787.

BTW., I haven't relistened, so I'm not going to comment, but Steve Roud's Folksong Index lists the piece as Roud 664/Laws J5. Which presumably means that he regards Young Repoleon as a version of the Bonny Bunch of Roses, rather than a derivation.


21 Jan 09 - 04:13 AM (#2544769)
Subject: RE: Origins: Young Rapoleon?
From: Joe Offer

Sounds interesting. Can somebody post the lyrics?

-Joe-