Monday, April 6, 2009
New book review in "penguin eggs"
Sunday, March 29, 2009
The Old, Weird America - The much expanded Harry Smith anthology
2. for each performer on the anthology, files of other songs he/she/they recorded
Sunday, March 22, 2009
"Old Time Gambler's Song" - St. James Infirmary in 1926.
Lyrics to "Old Time Gambler's Song"
Saturday, March 21, 2009
Let her go, God bless her - dated 1909
SHE'S GONE, LET HER GO
They say true love is a blessing,
But the blessing I never could see,
For the only girl I ever loved
Has done gone back on me.
Chorus.
She's gone, let her go, God bless her,
For she's mine wherever she may be,
You may roam this wide world all over,
But you'll never find a friend like me.
There may be a change in the weather,
There may be a change in the sea,
There may be a change all over,
But there'll never be a change in me.
It's easy to think of this as the likely inspiration for the song discussed in the entry below.
Friday, March 20, 2009
"God Bless Her" - Echoes of SJI in a WW1 song
Lyrics to "God Bless Her"
GOD BLESS HER
Oh she turned me down last summer
For she said she didn't love me anymore;
But now she has written that she'll be my wife
An I've gone and joined the Flying Corps.
She has gone, let her go, God Bless her
She is mine wherever she may be
She may search this wide world over
But she'll never find another like me.
Oh there may come a change in the weather
And there may come a change in the sea.
And there may come a change all over
But there will never come a change in me.
She has gone, let her go, God Bless her.
She is mine wherever she may be
She may search this wide world over
But she'll have to fly to France to catch me.
Oh I've looked at the girls in New York
In London and gay Paris
And there’s one conclusion that I have got
There are other little fishes in the sea.
She has gone, let her go, God Bless her
She is mine wherever she may be
She wanted to marry a tin soldier
But a home-guard I never would be.
Saturday, March 14, 2009
WFHB Community Radio - yet again!
More about Border Radio on WFHB - Live!
The above image is from the web site of Bloomington, Indiana's Buskirk-Chumley Theater. This historic building will be the site for WFHB's March 27th live broadcast after the style of Border Radio - of interest here because of a) its historical context and b) it promises the first live performance after the style of Carl "Deacon" Moore in perhaps 70 years.
Sunday, March 8, 2009
Coming soon: Border Radio - live feed - including Carl "Deacon" Moore!
Tuesday, March 3, 2009
Jack Shea revisited - or should that be Irving Kaufman?
Sunday, March 1, 2009
More gems from Lefty's Attic
Wednesday, February 4, 2009
Carl "Deacon" Moore - "Waiting for the Evening Mail" MP3
It's been a while since I've posted to the site. I've been involved in a number of projects (that include working on a photo web site - although, truth be told, Pam has been doing most of that).