For enthusiasts of early banjo
Mystery Tune # 3
Changed from "Blindfold Test" to "Mystery Tune". This one comes from our first banjo "tutor" (NO- not the Briggs', but Gumbo Chaff...the one we don't talk about). It was a widely recognized and played song in the early Minstrel shows. This book is full of straight melody...before the idea of writing down a banjo arrangement ever happened. If this is not played in the correct spirit, let me know...I really don't know the tune. I've never heard a vocal rendition. Must have been a hoot! Must have been some European melody...IAN IAN....you are needed here.
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Comment by Sylvia on September 17, 2010 at 1:35am
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LoobyLoo. www.smart-central.com/looby You Tube jopgeembom....Kiddies song.
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P.S. forget about jop ..... and just do a You Tube search for Looby Loo.
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On second thoughts could also be "Life on the Ocean Wave".
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Comment by Trapdoor2 on September 17, 2010 at 12:43pm
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That's the tune. Written in 1838.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Life_on_the_Ocean_Wave
What is it called in the preceptor?
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Comment by Ian Bell on September 17, 2010 at 12:58pm
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A Life On The Ocean Wave - We used to play a version of this for some strange old-time couple dance when I used to play with the old guys (long before I turned into one) It's a song too.
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Comment by Tim Twiss on September 17, 2010 at 1:38pm
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It's called "A Life By The Galley Fire" in that book.
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That title may be from a parody of the original song. There were a few - "Life in A Prairie Shack", "Life on The Raging Canal" etc.- I believe the Masciales sing the last one.
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Galley Fire was big in the playbills, I believe. See the link from the Stanwood discussion.
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Comment by Tom Ward on November 25, 2010 at 9:49pm
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Tim,I've always heard this as"Life on a Vicksburg bluff" song by confederate troops during the war.
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Yes, you're right...I looked that up.
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