This falls nicely on the mandola (and fits my mood after a day of snow on May 2nd). Sorry I don't have abcs or tab for this. It's pretty simple to figure out by ear. This is in the key of C. "Many days you have lingered around my cabin door, Oh hard times come again no more." Gilchrist H-1 mandola
You've stirred my soul Don. I remember James Taylor doing this with O'Conner, Ma, and Meyer.
Lovely stuff there Don!
I might add my vocal version when I am back home.
Thanks, Eddie & Jill. Bertram, I look forward to hearing you sing it.
Another great tune and the mandola sounds sweet. Thanks! Eric
Don I've always loved this song since I heard Willie Nelson sing it on Darol Anger's Heritage album. Your rendition has made me love this song even more. Thanks!
What a great song. Check out Mavis Staples' version on "Beautiful Dreamer : the Songs of Stephen Foster". Lots of good tracks on that disc.
Thanks guys. Emmie Lou Harris (Emmie Hair Lewis) sings it like she means it too.
I really dislike this song. The tune is nice enough, but the lyrics, sheesh. Give me murder, sex, mayhem, and drinking, even laments, remorse and regret--- but this one is just pathetic.
Great pickin' Don! I'm really enjoying the mandola videos!
I like pathetic songs, they really resonate with my own life Good job, Don, this is a very pretty tune.
Shaun, your new dola made me want to get mine out and play it more. Thanks! OS, is there a bluegrass version in the works?
Here it is with more enthusiasm than skill... Played on a K&S Mandola.
Great job Eddie, you added your own flavor to that one. Here's my bluegrass version Don, in the much underused mandolin key of F. I guess there's more than one arrangement of this tune, Bob Dylan seems to do one like this.
Excellent version David. I got a little confused with the melody of another song. I'll get it right in time though. Thanks again Don for bringing up this gem.
Eddie, nice chord melody on the tune. David, wonderful as always. Sounds sweet in F.
Here's a banjo version, for all you banjo-lovers out there:
I don't care what anyone says, I'll proudly proclaim... I LOVE banjos! Great picking!
Very American approach OS, gives it a nice relaxed attitude I first heard this song from Mary Black & De Dannan, representing the Irish adoption of the song, and Regina's and my rendition follow that line. I added some charcoal-on-paper drawings of German artist Kδthe Kollwitz (1867 - 1945). I hope I didn't get carried away too much by GarageBand's features in the last verse For the audio-only version, there's a download here.
Bertram & Regina.... that was awesome!
Bertram: Not only a spectacular performance but a timely message as well. Well done.
Bertram and Regina, thanks. That was a beautiful rendition. Amazing backup on the octave.
OK, Bertram & Regina, this one HAS to be on the S-A-W CD everyone has been suggesting. Tremendous playing and harmony!!! 5 *****'s michael BTW when is that CD going to be cut?
That was terrific!
Excellent rendition!
Thank you so much Ladies and Gentlemen There went more time in dealing with GarageBand and iMovie than in the actual playing of instruments, but I just can't resist an idea burning a hole in my head
Wow, what great harmony.
Old Sausage, your banjo version rocked! Bertram, yourself and Regina set the bar high with that one - great stuff altogether!!
Thanks again, Marcelyn and Jill. I appreciate the tickertape parade yr'all giving me
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Worth a revisit... Played on a Phil Crump C-III Cittern and a Vega 305 Mandolute 10-string.
Wonderful Eddie! Instruments perfect for the song.
