Saddest Songs

**pefjr** · May-22-2012, 5:14pm

**allenhopkins** · May-22-2012, 9:36pm

Wish I could find a vid of the Louvins actually playing this; I almost posted the "live" Jim & Jesse version, from Wembley Stadium, but decided you can't beat the original

I'd be like a flower, unwanted in Spring,
Alone and neglected, transplanted in vain,
To a garden of sadness, where its petals would fall
In the shadows of undying pain.

Now, where's that razor blade?

**terzinator** · Jun-04-2012, 1:45pm

We LOVE weary blues. We play it kinda like how Tim O'Brien and Darrell Scott did on their Real Time album. Great version.

Another crazy sad song is "Dreadful Wind and Rain." Garcia/Grisman did a great job with that one.

**justkaron** · Jun-05-2012, 3:16pm

@allenhopkins....Louvin Brothers aways excellent.

**devilsbox** · Jun-07-2012, 11:30pm

Barbara Allen
Pretty Polly
Four Marys

**resophonic** · Jun-08-2012, 9:25am

I'm So Lonesome I Could Cry
Dreadful Wind And Rain

**Denny Gies** · Jun-08-2012, 9:43am

"The Water's So Cold". Don't know who did the original or who wrote it but I learned it from a friend. Pretty sad.

**Greg Stec** · Jul-27-2012, 3:30pm

The Charlie Waller version of Let Me Fly Low.

**doc holiday** · Jul-27-2012, 10:03pm

Tonight I Burned Your Old Love Letters
The Girl in the Blue Velvet Band

**Mike Bunting** · Jul-27-2012, 11:44pm

Tecumseh Valley.

**dcoventry** · Jul-28-2012, 12:37am

Ballad of Hollis Brown

Bob Dylan. Wow.

**John McCoy** · Jul-28-2012, 12:19pm

He Stopped Loving Her Today
Old Shep

**J.Albert** · Jul-28-2012, 7:40pm

About a dog, not a lost love, but Echo Mountain is a good 'un....

**jazzman13** · Jul-29-2012, 5:42am

How about a bit of Punch Brothers/How To Grow a Band?

Soon or never.

You're an angel and I'm going to cry.

Missy

**oneeyeross** · Aug-27-2012, 9:48am

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3GEcRirHlqE
Neil Gow's Lament

Love playing this on the fiddle, one day I hope to do it justice...

**jbrwky** · Aug-27-2012, 10:07am

Faithless Love.

**Mandolin Mick** · Aug-27-2012, 10:13am

The classical song that I'm currently learning, "Czardas" in F, sounds like a Gypsy funeral!
The first part sounds sad, but the second part sounds like a wedding celebration!

Even a Bluegrasser like me likes to expand his repertoire!

**pefjr** · Aug-27-2012, 12:05pm

Originally Posted by Mandolin Mick

The classical song that I'm currently learning, "Czardas" in F, sounds like a Gypsy funeral!
The first part sounds sad, but the second part sounds like a wedding celebration!

Even a Bluegrasser like me likes to expand his repertoire!

A beautiful piece of music. Fiddle or Mando?

**Mandolin Mick** · Aug-27-2012, 12:34pm

Mandolin! I've play learned how to play many instruments, but
would never even think of trying to play the fiddle!!!

**pjlama** · Aug-27-2012, 12:35pm

Long Black Veil and Black Peter, I played both the other nigh and my wife who was singing with us cried.

**JoanB** · Aug-27-2012, 12:53pm

Not a mandolin song - but Mozart's Piano Sonata No. 2 in F Major, K, 280, Adagio always brings a tear to my eye. I'd love to be able to play this on the mando.

Joan

**pefjr** · Aug-27-2012, 12:59pm

**Jim Garber** · Aug-27-2012, 1:11pm

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Originally Posted by Mandolin Mick

The classical song that I'm currently learning, "Czardas" in F, sounds like a Gypsy funeral!
The first part sounds sad, but the second part sounds like a wedding celebration!

Do you mean this one by Vittorio Monti?

**Mandolin Mick** · Aug-27-2012, 1:32pm

Jim,

Yes sir! Actually you & I talked about this a couple of years ago. I play it on the mandolin like Y H Chen. There's a video of her doing it on Youtube.