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Thanks for putting up some more verses Paul! We’ll sing them next week!
wow, if I’d this would have made the “flog” I would have held the came more still.
I stumbled on some lyrics via: http://www.ibiblio.org/fiddlers/SHE_SHEN.htm
Never seen the like since I was born,
Sheep shell corn by the rattlin’ of his horn.
***
Corn’s in the cupboard and the butter’s in the churn,
Never seen the like since I was born.
***
Sheep shell corn by the rattle of his horn,
Never seen the like since I was born.
***
Sheep shell corn by the rattle of his horn,
Swing that gal with the red dress on.
This is a great old time tune and a great example of creative use of internet resources for teaching and learning purposes.
The first phrase of this tune is similar to
“Ebenezer” or “West Virginia Highway” but then goes off on its own merry way:
Here’s a link to a version of “Ebenezer” from the Digital Library of Appalachia:
http://www.aca-dla.org/FerrumCollege/image/3040.mp3
This is great! Keep up the good work!
Thanks Richard. “Never seen the like” goes back to some mid-19th century songs from the minstrel shows.
The Cajun email address for Cajun Events is ernieblackcat@hotmail.com
They have Events listed thru June…and lots of them!
[...] OldTimeEntry [...]
Sorry I missed the class Paul – I will miss the next as well unfortunately. I’ll learn Black-Eyed Susie and Freres Jacques. Any idea what next weeks tune will be?
Thankls
Steve
Thanks for posting this, Paul! See you next week!
Whiplash the cowboy monkey!!!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JsHgpS2lug8
Little brown Jug is my Grandma’s favorite song!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TxmZ5sabk7U
Doh! We forgot to do Golden Slippers
Oops! If we have time, we’ll do it before graduation
[...] For more versions of “Jolie Blonde,” check my post for Fiddle 4 Cajun – Week 1 [...]
Oh, I’m glad to know the name of the tune, so I’ll know when I hear it again!
Too late. I already saved the recording as Ice Cream Truck Song!
This sounds suspiciously like “You Are My Sunshine.”
[...] And here’s a link to an earlier post with “Sourwood Mountain.” [...]
Susanna is giving me troubles.
Can we review this tune over again in the beginning of class next week? We worked on it with Mark during class–but I am a little lost.
For sure!
Hi folks!
Come on out to First Friday tomorrow, music starts @ 5:30pm!
And don’t forget second half before class next week @ 11:30am, I’ll be looking for you!
Hi!
Don’t forget First Friday is tomorrow, music starts @ 5:30pm, dancing starts @ 6pm…
See you there!
[...] For more about the Kansanmusiikkiopisto, check out the resources posted on the Flog (Fiddle Blog) [...]
Cool. Thanks for posting, Paul. Hope you’re having a good trip. By the way, where’s the rest of the fiddle on the right?
This is beautiful! Thanks Paul!
If you’re interested in reading more about Sam Hacker, you can find a few paragraphs about him in Play of a Fiddle by Gerald Milnes. Use this link http://bit.ly/eXeMG and navigate to the bottom of p. 31. (The book mentions that Sam died in 1976 and I think that’s probably a typo. My guess, based on this death record http://bit.ly/IKaTy is that he actually died in 1952 at the age of 76 which means that the recording was made about five years before his death.)
I agree. Nice contribution.
Here’s a YouTube link to April Fools playing Nancy Rowland: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oBeq1Mds_Pc
And here’s a link to the Fiddler’s Companion page with information about the tune:
http://www.ibiblio.org/fiddlers/NA.htm
wonderful of you to share this tune! thank you so much!
We have a crack researcher in our class who shared this information with me via another internet forum. The class should find this interesting.
Paul
“So, I just happened to be thinking about doodle bugs this morning and I’m pretty sure I got a lot more housework done before the days of Google, but anyway . . .
“I think we talked about pill bugs and train cars in class, but (thanks to Wikipedia) I’m thinking the song might refer to antlions. The lyrics talk about finding a “doodle hole” and the phrase “twist its head” shows up. Antlions are known for their “sand pit traps” (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antlion) which seem like doodle holes to me and they have more of an obvious head than pill bugs.
“Somehow playing with doodle bugs seems like such a wonderful summer kid thing–kind of like I used to spend hours pounding “diamond stones” into powder with friends in my neighborhood.”
An interesting note: Irish traditional music is played to a set rhythm which can be replicated in computer midi format e.g. Cakewalk. To hear the Merry Blacksmith played in this format click on the link below:
http://eleane.jimdo.com/
Feedback would be appreciated!
Please pass along my thanks to Arto for the Sunday workshop. It took me until yesterday to finally wrap my mind around the timing of the two polskas, but now that I have it–at least I think I kind of have it (smile)–they are very enjoyable to play.
I still can’t figure out, though, how to count them in 3/4. Any chance you could post the first couple of measures of one of them written out? Just curious to know how it works . . .
[...] check out posts for Paul’s Fiddle 3 and Fiddle 4 (Week 1). In Fiddle 3, Arto taught Pullonesa #1 (a Polonaise) and in Fiddle 4 (Week 1) it was Rahapolska (a wedding [...]
BTW Cynthia, Arto found your tuner left behind in the workshop. It’s in my locker. If it’s not yours, perhaps someone else can claim it?
[...] check out my Fiddle 4 (Mon) posts for Week 3 and Week 4, and for Old-Time Ensemble Week 3 and Week [...]
[...] Also, check out my Fiddle 4 (Mon) posts for Week 3 and Week 4, and for Old-Time Ensemble Week 3 and Week 4. [...]
Love the canine vocals on the Kostner Avenue Waltz. Every time I come to the end of the recording, it makes me laugh. I’m guessing it’s from the dog that co-stars in the nyckelharpa version?
Here’s the Rounder Records link http://www.rounder.com/index.php?id=album.php&musicalGroupId=1247&catalog_id=5355 and the album’s also available on iTunes. I’ve been washing dishes to it on and off for months.
That dish washing comment looks strange without the SMILE that I had added on after it. What I was really trying to say there was, “Great music!” One more hopefully-helpful-to-someone comment. I’ve only tried this once, but a program like BestPractice will not only slow these tunes down but it will let you adjust the pitch to make it possible to play along.
found some lyrics
http://www3.telus.net/On-LineMusicWorldofWendy/Music/SaddleUpTheGrey.txt
Mr. Molsky on the banjo:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=faVH6JXf7i4
Stumbled on this video looking for more information about this tune (What’s the connection to Tater Blossom?) and thought others might enjoy it. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ORLgCxQKbVQ
Thanks for posting, Steve!
This video talks a little about single foot horses and starting about the 3-minute mark you can hear the sound the gait makes.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SeEsWKuJzP0
[...] for a busy week. I will do the Full Primary series. I will make some food. I will practice my tune for Fiddle class. I will teach a yoga class. I will look at my seed starter pots and *think* about [...]
Hi Paul-
Could you please add a slower version of Old Greasy Coat for those of us who missed last week’s class?
Thanks,
John
Hi Paul-
Could you please add a slower version of Old Greasy Coat for those of us who missed last week’s class?
Thanks,
John
Stumbled on this biography of Edden Hammons tonight and thought I’d add the link.
http://www.mustrad.org.uk/articles/eddn_h.htm
The race was apparently big news. Here are a couple of articles from the 1878 Chicago Tribune.
http://www.chicagogenealogy.com/timbrook2.pdf
http://www.chicagogenealogy.com/timbrook1.pdf
Here’s a four-part video version on MySpace.
http://vids.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=vids.individual&VideoID=20038797
Stumbled on notation for this Fire on the Mountain in the Spring, 2010 Fiddler Magazine (amazing what a bit of Saturday house cleaning will turn up) and I’ll bring it to class if anyone wants to take a look. It seems to illustrate the rhythm in the B part nicely. It also mentions that Mr. Monday often played it tuned down to F# or F and so I tried it. Kind of fun . . .
Just happened to read through Breakdown 107 in The Old-Time Fiddler’s Repertory this morning and it felt so familiar. Same tune, right? Neat.
Ooh! I love Pete’s version!
I love this!
Here are some lyrics for us to sing tonight!
You ought to see my Cindy
She lives way down south
She’s so sweet the honey bees
Swarm around her mouth
(Chorus) Get along home, Cindy, Cindy
Get along home, Cindy, Cindy
Get along home, Cindy, Cindy
I’ll marry you some day
The first I seen my Cindy
She was standing in the door
Her shoes and stocking in her hand
Her feet all over the floor
She took me to her parlor
She cooled me with her fan
She said I was the prettiest thing
In the shape of the floor
She kissed me and she hugged me
She called me sugar plum
She throwed her arms around me
I thought my time had come
And if I was a sugar tree
Standing in the town
Ev’ry time my Cindy passed
I’d shake some sugar down
And if had a needle and thread
Fine as I could sew
I’d sew that gal to my coat tails
And down the road I’d go
Where’d you get your Whisky
Where’d you get your dram
I got it from my Cindy
Down in Rockingham
I wish I was an apple
A-hanging on a tree
Every time that Cindy passed
She’d take a bite a of me
Here’s a similar recording by John Masters at Digital Library of Appalachia. http://www.aca-dla.org/cdm4/item_viewer.php?CISOROOT=/Berea&CISOPTR=1816&REC=8 He pronounces the title before he starts and shares a quick story about Doc and Liebert Roberts playing the tune.