Welcome to Sunday Singalong with Circlemending!
I was pleased to see some gospel singalong participants in the last couple of weeks. This week was the anniversary of my mother's passing and, as can be imagined, I was in something of a "funk" as a result. While I'm doing OK now (thanks, in part, to the Flagstaff Folk Festival this weekend), I thought that "sad songs" would be a good theme for this week (don't worry, I'll counter with "happy songs" for a future theme). So what songs do you remember as being sad? Remember, we want to keep these "older" songs (i.e., not something that was written last week, OK?). You can print out the lyrics, give a link to a set of lyrics, MP3, YouTube, or all of the above, if you like. Or just identify the sad song by title.
With the many disasters that have befallen our country in recent years (and currently, in the Gulf region), I can't help but think of songs written about those events. One comes immediately to mind as being particularly sad (maybe because it is still shrouded so much in mystery). July 2 will be the 73rd anniversary of the disappearance of Amelia Earhart. The song "Amelia Earhart's Last Flight" by Kinky Friedman is thought to be the first song that carried her name. The refrain, "Happy Landings to you, Amelia Earhart; Farewell, first lady of the air" are both catchy and poignant. Why, one can even get the tune as a ringtone for the cell phone!
To hear the song, go to the YouTube showing of Red River Dave (the first to record the song).
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For me, one of the sadder songs has always been "Will The Circle Be Unbroken" especially if you follow the three verses:
ReplyDeleteI was standin' by my window
On a cold and cloudy day
When I saw a hearse come rollin'
To carry my Mama away
Chorus:
Will the circle be unbroken
By and by Lord, by and by
There's a better home a waitin'
In the sky, Lord, in the sky
I said to the undertaker
Undertaker, undertaker please drive slow
For this body you are haulin'
How I hate, I hate to see it go
Chorus
I will follow, close behind her
I'm gonna stand up and be brave
But I will not hide my sorrow
When they lay her down in that grave
Chorus
I can remember Daddy playing the guitar and singing the Kingston Trio's version of Tom Dooley:
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Throughout history
There've been many songs written about the eternal triangle
This next one tells the story of a Mr Grayson, a beautiful woman
And a condemned man named Tom Dooley...
When the sun rises tomorrow, Tom Dooley... must hang...
Hang down your head, Tom Dooley
Hang down your head and cry
Hang down your head, Tom Dooley
Poor boy, you're bound to die
I met her on the mountain
There I took her life
Met her on the mountain
Stabbed her with my knife
Hang down your head, Tom Dooley
Hang down your head and cry
Hang down your head, Tom Dooley
Poor boy, you're bound to die
This time tomorrow
Reckon where I'll be
Hadn't a-been for Grayson
I'd a-been in Tennessee
Hang down your head, Tom Dooley
Hang down your head and cry
Hang down your head, Tom Dooley
Poor boy, you're bound to die
Hang down your head, Tom Dooley
Hang down your head and cry
Hang down your head, Tom Dooley
Poor boy, you're bound to die
This time tomorrow
Reckon where I'll be
Down in some lonesome valley
Hangin' from a white oak tree
Hang down your head, Tom Dooley
Hang down your head and cry
Hang down your head, Tom Dooley
Poor boy, you're bound to die
Hang down your head, Tom Dooley
Hang down your head and cry
Hang down your head, Tom Dooley
Poor boy, you're bound to die
Poor boy, you're bound to die
Poor boy you're bound to die
Poor boy, you're bound to die...
[You can listen to this on You Tube at:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AoBLGE2cCdU&feature=related ]
Just saw Bill Yates and the Country Gentlemen Tribute Band sing "Amelia Earhart's Last Flight", last night. Makes me sad because it reminds me of Charlie Waller, I miss him every time I hear a Country Gentlemen song.
ReplyDeleteI was introduced to The Blackest Crow--a song about parting--by a classmate and I'm very fond of it. Here's a link to my favorite YouTube version (Bruce Molsky): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d6jh1vqNvMs
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