Was sitting with her head bowed down; Her hair was as curly as the waves at the sea. Singin' and Pickin', Bethlehem BX 4013, LP (1963), trk# B. It appears on her album, Heartsongs: Live From Home. Her head was crushed in the driving wheel, Her body was lost but found. Oh, don't you see that little dove. Mark Lanegan's version of "Where Did You Sleep Last Night" was recorded in August 1989, and appears on his 1990 debut solo album, The Winding Sheet. Bill Monroe "In The Pines". In 1925, a version of the song was recorded onto phonograph cylinder by a folk collector. Sam Hinton Sings the Song of Men, Folkways FA 2400, LP (1961), trk# 12. And who's going to kiss those rosy cheeks. Tottle, Jack / Bluegrass Mandolin, Oak, Sof (1975), p 85. The only known release of this live performance is on R. Crumb's Music Sampler that is included with the R. Crumb Handbook. O darling, O darling, don't tell me no lie. Josh White Song Book, Quadrangle, Sof (1963), p114 (Black Girl).
The song appears in the 1958 play A Taste of Honey, by the British dramatist Shelagh Delaney. The identity of the song's author is unknown, but it has been recorded by dozens of artists in numerous genres. He said he throwed his watch away. Little girl, little girl, what have I done. The tradional American folk song "In the Pines" was first recorded by Dock Walsh on 17 April 1926, which superb record I have reviewed on my 1926 list, in which review I also give the context and lyrics of the song.
Bill Monroe & His Blue Grass Boys, "In The Pines" (Bluebird B-8861, 1941); (Decca 28416, 1952). "The Longest Train" stanzas probably began as a separate song that later merged into "Where Did You Sleep Last Night". It appears as "In The Pines" on their 2001 box set, The Golden Road. Old-Time Mountain Banjo, Oak, sof (1968), p31. Tragic Songs of Life, Rounder SS012, LP (1987/1956), trk# A. My father was an engineer. The Railroad in American Folksong, U. Illinois, Sof (2000/1981), p491 [1926/04/17]. Wolfe, Charles K. ) / Folk Songs of Middle Tennessee. All The Good Times Are Past And Gone. IN THE PINES- Brown Collection.
In a 1970 dissertation, Judith McCulloh found 160 permutations of the song. The train has been described killing a loved one, as taking one's beloved away or as leaving an itinerant worker far from home. For Burnett & Rutherford] "Let Her Go, I'll Meet Her" (Champion 15691, 1929; on KMM). Fiddlin' Arthur Smith and His Dixieliners, Vol 2., County 547, LP (1978), trk# B.
In variants in which the song describes a confrontation, the person being challenged is always a woman, and never a man. Obtained from Mamie Mansfield of the Fowler School District, Durham county, in July 1922. 100 Folk Songs and New Songs, Wolfe, Sof (1968), p114 (Black Girl). Who who hoo hoo hoo, who who hoo hoo hoo. I've included the song in my Fiddle and Instrumental Tunes becasue the melody is used as a fiddle solo and appears under the title "June Wedding Waltz" as a fiddle solo by Clayton Schultz (Clyton's Melody Makers) in 1930. Will Holt Concert, Stinson SLP 64, LP (1963), trk# A. You caused me to weep, you caused me to mourn. Intermediate arrangement features more 16th note up and down strokes than the beginner version and Advanced version adds some tasty melodic flare. Tenneva Ramblers, "The Longest Train I Ever Saw" (Victor 20861, 1927). Mrs. Ellison had stated that it was her belief that the song was from the time shortly after the U. S. Civil War. Promo single from Nirvana's 1994 album MTV Unplugged in New YorkNirvana occasionally performed "Where Did You Sleep Last Night" during the early 1990s.
That makes you treat me so. Oh, I shivered when the cold wind blowed. Exciting New Folk Duo, Columbia CS 8531, LP (1962), trk# B. Or heard that lying tongue. Nobody Knows You When You're Down and Out, Sonyatone ST-1001, LP (1973), trk# 12. OTHER NAMES: Where Did You Sleep Last Night? That dress that fits so fine? When you've found it, test your speed with the "Speed Up" function, which will steadily increase the tempo each time the song or selected measures loop. The A text begins with the shoe-and-glove dialogue from "The Lass of Roch Royal, ' proceeds to a bitter denunciation of a false lover, and closes with the stanza about the high-topped shoes. Going to carry me away from home. EARLIEST DATE: 1870s "Joe Brown's coal mine" (Wiki); 1917 (Sharp); 1922 (Brown); Dock Walsh 1926. Kenny Hall and the Sweets Mill String Band, Vol. Midnight On The Stormy Deep. The 2nd version of High-Top shoes is closely related so it's included here.