Transcript Skip to My Lou, traditional

Skip to My Lou, traditional
Lost my partner,
What'll I do?
Lost my partner,
What'll I do?
Lost my partner,
What'll I do?
Skip to my lou, my darlin'.
Skip, skip, skip to my Lou,
Skip, skip, skip to my Lou,
Skip, skip, skip to my Lou,
Skip to my Lou, my darlin'.
I'll get another one
Prettier than you,
I'll get another one
Prettier than you,
I'll get another one
Prettier than you,
Skip to my Lou, my darlin'
Skip, skip, skip to my Lou,
Skip, skip, skip to my Lou,
Skip, skip, skip to my Lou,
Skip to my Lou, my darlin'.
Clementine, western folk ballad
In a cavern, in a canyon, Excavating for a mine
Dwelt a miner forty niner, And his daughter Clementine
Oh my darling, oh my darling, Oh my darling, Clementine!
Thou art lost and gone forever, Dreadful sorry, Clementine
Light she was and like a fairy, And her shoes were number nine
Herring boxes, without topses, Sandals were for Clementine.
Drove she ducklings to the water, Ev'ry morning just at nine,
Hit her foot against a splinter, Fell into the foaming brine.
Ruby lips above the water, Blowing bubbles, soft and fine,
But, alas, I was no swimmer, So I lost my Clementine.
How I missed her! How I missed her, How I missed my Clementine,
But I kissed her little sister and forgot my Clementine
She'll Be Coming 'Round the Mountain,
traditional negro folk song
She'll be coming 'round the mountain when she comes, (when she comes).
She'll be coming 'round the mountain when she comes, (when she comes).
She'll be coming 'round the mountain, she'll be coming 'round the mountain,
She'll be coming 'round the mountain when she comes, (when she comes).
She'll be ridin' six white horses when she comes, etc.
Oh we'll all come out to meet her when she comes, etc.
She'll be wearing pink pyjamas when she comes, etc.
We will kill the old red rooster when she comes, etc.
I've Been Working on the Railroad
I've been working on the railroad, All the live-long day.
I've been working on the railroad, Just to pass the time away.
Can't you hear the whistle blowing, Rise up so early in the morn;
Can't you hear the captain shouting, "Dinah, blow your horn!"
Dinah, won't you blow, Dinah, won't you blow,
Dinah, won't you blow your horn?
Dinah, won't you blow, Dinah, won't you blow,
Dinah, won't you blow your horn?
Someone's in the kitchen with Dinah, Someone's in the kitchen I know
Someone's in the kitchen with Dinah, Strummin' on the old banjo!
Singin' fee, fie, fiddly-i-o, Fee, fie, fiddly-i-o-o-o-o
Fee, fie, fiddly-i-o, Strummin' on the old banjo.
Oh! Susanna, 1848
Stephen Foster
I come from Alabama with my banjo on my knee,
I'm going to Louisiana, my true love for to see.
It rained all night the day I left, the weather it was dry
The sun so hot I froze to death, Susanna, don't you cry.
Oh! Susanna, don't you cry for me,
For I come from Alabama with my banjo on my knee.
I had a dream the other night, when everything was still;
I thought I saw Susanna dear, a coming down the hill.
A buckwheat cake was in her mouth, a tear was in her eye,
Says I, I'm coming from the south, Susanna, don't you cry.
chorus
Home on the Range
Oh, give me a home where the buffalo roam,
Where the deer and the antelope play,
Where seldom is heard a discouraging word
And the skies are not cloudy all day.
Home, home on the range,
Where the deer and the antelope play;
Where seldom is heard a discouraging word
And the skies are not cloudy all day.
How often at night when the heavens are bright
With the light from the glittering stars
Have I stood here amazed and asked as I gazed
If their glory exceeds that of ours.
Chorus
This Land is Your Land, 1940
Woody Guthrie
This land is your land, this land is my land
From California to the New York Island
From the Redwood Forest to the Gulf Stream waters
This land was made for you and me.
As I was walking that ribbon of highway
I saw above me that endless skyway
I saw below me that golden valley
This land was made for you and me.
chorus
I roamed and I rambled and I followed my footsteps
To the sparkling sands of her diamond deserts
While all around me a voice was sounding
This land was made for you and me.
chorus
When the sun came shining, and I was strolling
And the wheat fields waving and the dust clouds rolling
A voice was chanting, As the fog was lifting,
This land was made for you and me.
chorus
Midnight Special, Lead Belly
Well you wake up in the mornin´ you hear the work bell ring
And they march you to the table to see the same old thing.
Ain´t no food upon the table and no pork up in the pan.
But you better not complain boy you get in trouble with the man.
Let the Midnight Special shine a light on me
Let the Midnight Special shine a light on me
Let the Midnight Special shine a light on me
Let the Midnight Special shine a everlovin´ light on me.
Yonder come miss Rosie, how in the world did you know?
By the way she wears her apron, and the clothes she wore.
Umbrella on her shoulder, piece of paper in her hand;
She come to see the gov´nor, she wants to free her man.
chorus
If you´re ever in Houston, well, you better do the right;
You better not gamble, there, you better not fight, at all
Or the sheriff will grab ya and the boys will bring you down.
The next thing you know, boy, Oh! You´re prison bound.
Drunken Sailor, sea shanty
Weigh heigh and up she rises
Weigh heigh and up she rises
Weigh heigh and up she rises
Early in the morning
What shall we do with a drunken sailor,
What shall we do with a drunken sailor,
What shall we do with a drunken sailor,
Early in the morning?
Put him in the long boat till he's sober
Shave his belly with a rusty razor.
Cornbread and Butterbeans
Cornbread and butterbeans and you across the table
Eatin' beans and makin' love as long as I am able
Growin' corn and cotton too and when the day is over
Ride the mule and cut the fool and love again all over
Goodbye don't you cry I'm goin' to Louisiana
Buy some corn and a big fat hog and marry Suzianna
Same song ding dong I'll take a trip to China
Cornbread and butterbeans then back to North Carolina
chorus
Wearin' shoes and drinking booze it goes against the Bible
A necktie will make you die and cause you lots of trouble
Streetcars and whiskey bars and kissing pretty women
Women yeah that's the end of a terrible beginning
Chorus
I can't read and don't care and education's awful
Raising heck and writin' checks it ought to be unlawful
Silk clothes and frilly hose is just a waste of money
Come with me and stay with me and say you'll be my honey
Chorus
You Are My Sunshine,
Oliver Hood, 1933
The other night dear as I lay sleeping
I dreamed I held you in my arms
But when I awoke, dear, I was mistaken
So I bowed my head and I cried
You are my sunshine, my only sunshine
You make me happy when skies are gray
You'll never know dear how much I love you
Please don't take my sunshine away
I'll always love you, and make you happy
If only you could say the same
And if you leave me to love another
You will regret it all someday
chorus
I've always loved you and made you happy
And nothing else could come between
But now you've left me to love another
You've shattered all of my dreams
Waltzing Matilda,
Australian bush ballad
Once a jolly swagman camped by a billabong
Under the shade of a coolibah tree,
And he sang as he watched and waited till his billy boiled:
"Who'll come a-waltzing Matilda, with me?„
Waltzing Matilda, waltzing Matilda
You'll come a-waltzing Matilda, with me
And he sang as he watched and waited till his billy boiled:
"You'll come a-waltzing Matilda, with me.„
Down came a jumbuck to drink at that billabong.
Up jumped the swagman and grabbed him with glee.
And he sang as he shoved that jumbuck in his tucker bag:
"You'll come a-waltzing Matilda, with me."
chorus
Interesting Links
1. Traditional clog dance with old-time music
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cs2j8f7H2WY&list=RD-emvmP4_BSk
2. Folk America, BBC
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VMm8_SJ8IlY
3. Carolina Chocolate Drops, brilliant African-American traditional
country band
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EmPf1CJaF5s
4. O Brother Where Art Thou, Coen Brothers, 2000
Instrumental in reviving interest in traditional country music
Soundtrack includes (Ralph Stanley, Emmylou Harris, Alison Krauss,
Gillian Welch, Harry McClintock)