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31 Jan 07 - 06:29 PM (#1953986) Subject: Lyr Req: Get up in the Morning (minstrel) From: Jon W. On Bob Flesher's "Civil War Banjo" CD there is an instrumental that includes a tune he calls "Get up in the Morning." It is very close to the tune Mike Seegar uses for "Blue Tail Fly" on his "Southern Banjo Sounds" CD - which is pretty much the same as Burl Ives et. al. My question is are there any other lyrics - traditional or from the minstrel era (1830-1870) - for this fine tune that perhaps include the title? |
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31 Jan 07 - 07:32 PM (#1954040) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Get up in the Morning (minstrel) From: Q (Frank Staplin) Original sheet music for "Jim Crack Corn or The Blue Tail Fly" at American Memory and Levy Sheet Music. The Virginia Minstrels, 1846. The opening notes are similar to those of "Miss Lucy Long." http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/index.html Another copy at Levy Sheet Music- http://levysheetmusic.mse.jhu.edu/levy-cgi/display.cgi?id=020.008.000;pages=3;range=0-2 Singers of the 'folk song era,' including those you mentioned, used slight variations on the original for their interpretations. Threads here at Mudcat on "Jimmy Crack Corn" and "Blue tail Fly" may have some information, but I know of no old related song, "Get up ..." |
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31 Jan 07 - 07:33 PM (#1954043) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Get up in the Morning (minstrel) From: Bob the Postman Would it be the same as Rise When The Rooster Crows? |
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01 Feb 07 - 12:22 PM (#1954704) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Get up in the Morning (minstrel) From: Jon W. Bob, it doesn't appear to be the same song - I don't think those words scan well to the tune. Here is a version close to Mike Seegar's in the Digitrad. BTW Bob Flesher got the tune out of "Brigg's Banjo Instructor." (1855?) Anyone have that book, and if so, does it include lyrics? PS I don't know why I said the Mike Seeger version is similar to Burl Ives etc. The tune is similar but the lyrics are completely different except the chorus. |
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01 Feb 07 - 12:52 PM (#1954735) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Get up in the Morning (minstrel) From: Jon W. I found this set of lyrics. They would scan to the same tune but of course would need to be cleaned up a lot for modern audiences. |
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01 Feb 07 - 01:32 PM (#1954769) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Get up in the Morning (minstrel) From: Q (Frank Staplin) Sheet music for "Oh! Wake Up in de Morning," 1846, at Levy Sheet Music. http://levysheetmusic.mse.jhu.edu/levy-search.html http://levysheetmusic.mse.jhu.edu/levy-cgi/display.cgi?id=020.093.000;pages=4;range=0-3 Oh! Wake Up in de Morning |
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02 Feb 07 - 01:31 AM (#1955279) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Get up in the Morning (minstrel) From: Jon W. Q, that looks like the same tune (I'm not the greatest sight reader in the world so I can't say for sure). Thanks much. The Mudcat triumphs again! |
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03 Feb 07 - 02:29 PM (#1956727) Subject: Lyr Add: OH! WAKE UP IN DE MORNING (minstrel) From: Jim Dixon Lyrics below copied from Public Domain Music and corrected a bit by me, based on the sheet music images at The Library of Congress American Memory Collection (which are a bit more legible than those at The Lester S. Levy Collection of Sheet Music). Whitlock's Collection of Ethiopian Melodies. as sung with great applause by William Whitlock at the Principal Theatres in the United States No. 3 of 12 OH! WAKE UP IN DE MORNING Words by W. C. T. & Sung by William Whitlock. New York: C. G. Christman, 164 Pearl Street, 1847. 1. Oh! I was born in Tenese War de sihts de boys do see Oh I did wake dem ebry morn And dis de way I blowd my horn Oh! wake up in de morning Oh! wake up in de morning Oh! wake up in de morning afor de brake ob day. 2. My massa owned a pretty gal De folks dey called her yaller Sal De greatest gal in that big place Wid de broadest foot and blackest face Oh! wake up—— 3. Dis Sal was tall as you could see Her shape was like de poplar tree And when she passed de dogs dey howled De bullfrogs screamed and tadpoles growl'd Oh! wake up—— 4. And Sal she had a lubly moufe Twould reach de poles from norfe to soufe And when it oped from ear to ear You'd jump about a foot from fear Oh! wake up—— 5. De Darkies once did gib a ball Dey hab it at de darkies hall So Sall and I to de ball did go War we did out de biggest show Oh! wake up—— 6. While sal was dancing in a reel A nigger stept upon her heel She turned around to gib a grin Open'd her mouth and her head fell in Oh! wake up—— 7. Dey formed a jury on de spot De Darkies sweet it was so hot But pity changed to deep dispair When her leg give a jerk and her body was'nt dere Oh! wake up—— |