Comments - Tunes - Minstrel Banjo2024-03-29T06:20:29Zhttps://minstrelbanjo.ning.com/profiles/comment/feed?attachedTo=2477478%3ABlogPost%3A59466&xn_auth=noLovin' this song. For what it…tag:minstrelbanjo.ning.com,2011-12-12:2477478:Comment:594912011-12-12T14:29:19.690ZTim Twisshttps://minstrelbanjo.ning.com/profile/TimTwiss
<p>Lovin' this song. For what it's worth, I took it down a P5....fits my vocal range and is still a good lay on the banjo...kind of in the Rose of Alabama range. All the verse are great...a "root" tune I believe.</p>
<p>Lovin' this song. For what it's worth, I took it down a P5....fits my vocal range and is still a good lay on the banjo...kind of in the Rose of Alabama range. All the verse are great...a "root" tune I believe.</p> Here's is a parody on "Clare…tag:minstrelbanjo.ning.com,2011-12-12:2477478:Comment:594892011-12-12T12:30:13.780ZAl Smitleyhttps://minstrelbanjo.ning.com/profile/AlSmitley
<p>Here's is a parody on "Clare De Kitchen", printed as a song sheet and must be from 1833 or shortly thereafter, referring to the nullification issue during the Jackson Administration in which S. Carolina threatened to secede. In fact Calhoun (VP to Jackson) quit his job with several months remaining, in order to help his home state, S. Carolina, in its fight. I think I've mentioned it before...but here are the words....</p>
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<p>A mighty angry quarrel rose,</p>
<p>Among the Tarrif's…</p>
<p>Here's is a parody on "Clare De Kitchen", printed as a song sheet and must be from 1833 or shortly thereafter, referring to the nullification issue during the Jackson Administration in which S. Carolina threatened to secede. In fact Calhoun (VP to Jackson) quit his job with several months remaining, in order to help his home state, S. Carolina, in its fight. I think I've mentioned it before...but here are the words....</p>
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<p>A mighty angry quarrel rose,</p>
<p>Among the Tarrif's friends and foes</p>
<p>And South Carolina, in a fit</p>
<p>De Union vows to curse and quit, .....but</p>
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<p> [Chorus]</p>
<p> Save de Union old folks, young folks</p>
<p> Save the Union old folks, young folks</p>
<p> Old Virginny never tire</p>
<p></p>
<p>Virginny love her sister State</p>
<p>and most as much the Tariff hate</p>
<p>but while the Tariff she despise</p>
<p>de Union very much she prize,....so</p>
<p></p>
<p>She send her son Mas Watkins Leigh</p>
<p>De South Carolina folks to see</p>
<p>To tell em just to wait a while</p>
<p>and better times will on us smile, so....</p>
<p></p>
<p>The Tariff chief, name Henry Clay</p>
<p>who love his country much dey say</p>
<p>Begin to fear its danger great</p>
<p>and says I join my native State, to.....</p>
<p></p>
<p>Calhoun, a great Calina man</p>
<p>Abominate the Tariff plan</p>
<p>but he too say, Oh yes, 'tis right</p>
<p>And Clay, let's me and you unite, to.....</p>
<p></p>
<p>McDuffie too, when he see dat,</p>
<p>off-hand begin to smell de rat</p>
<p>he say, no doubt Calhoun is wise</p>
<p>and we must do what he advise, to.....</p>
<p></p>
<p>Den all de folks in Congress Hall</p>
<p>De ladies, gentlemens an all</p>
<p>all smile upon Calhoun and Clay</p>
<p>and say well done, dat is de way, to.....</p>
<p></p>
<p>And when Calina hear de news</p>
<p>she come into Virginny's views</p>
<p>she smile upon Mas Watkins Leigh</p>
<p>and say my Nullies all agree</p> You should share more of your…tag:minstrelbanjo.ning.com,2011-12-12:2477478:Comment:594862011-12-12T05:01:54.788ZTim Twisshttps://minstrelbanjo.ning.com/profile/TimTwiss
<p>You should share more of your findings.</p>
<p>You should share more of your findings.</p> You're welcome, Tim. I've be…tag:minstrelbanjo.ning.com,2011-12-12:2477478:Comment:591912011-12-12T04:57:54.965ZElaine Mascialehttps://minstrelbanjo.ning.com/profile/ElaineMasciale
<p>You're welcome, Tim. I've been pursuing musical cultural references for about a year now and really enjoy how much they add. Nothing worse than a spectator asking you what something means and saying, "I don't know." Nothing wrong with saying that, of course, but when you don't understand most of the references in a song it can get a bit tricky.</p>
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<p>You're welcome, Tim. I've been pursuing musical cultural references for about a year now and really enjoy how much they add. Nothing worse than a spectator asking you what something means and saying, "I don't know." Nothing wrong with saying that, of course, but when you don't understand most of the references in a song it can get a bit tricky.</p>
<p></p> Thanks Elaine. I enjoy point…tag:minstrelbanjo.ning.com,2011-12-12:2477478:Comment:593872011-12-12T04:46:48.285ZTim Twisshttps://minstrelbanjo.ning.com/profile/TimTwiss
<p>Thanks Elaine. I enjoy points of illumination such as that within this music...</p>
<p>Thanks Elaine. I enjoy points of illumination such as that within this music...</p> A bit of cultural background…tag:minstrelbanjo.ning.com,2011-12-12:2477478:Comment:592632011-12-12T04:24:51.378ZElaine Mascialehttps://minstrelbanjo.ning.com/profile/ElaineMasciale
<p>A bit of cultural background on one of the alternate verses above.</p>
<p>"Hark from the tombs a doleful sound" ("minstrelized" to doeful) is a hymn by Issac Watts. It is inscribed as "a funeral thought" and seems to have been used as a momento mori, being written as an inscription on tombstones. I find it in other literature and appears to be a well known phrase.</p>
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<p>The hymn runs, </p>
<p>Hark! from the tombs a doleful sound</p>
<p>Mine ears attend the cry -</p>
<p>Ye living…</p>
<p>A bit of cultural background on one of the alternate verses above.</p>
<p>"Hark from the tombs a doleful sound" ("minstrelized" to doeful) is a hymn by Issac Watts. It is inscribed as "a funeral thought" and seems to have been used as a momento mori, being written as an inscription on tombstones. I find it in other literature and appears to be a well known phrase.</p>
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<p>The hymn runs, </p>
<p>Hark! from the tombs a doleful sound</p>
<p>Mine ears attend the cry -</p>
<p>Ye living men, come view the ground,</p>
<p>Where you must shortly lie.</p>
<p>Princes,this clay must be your bed,</p>
<p>In spite of all your towers;</p>
<p>The tall, the wise, the rev'rend head,</p>
<p>Must lie as low as ours.</p>
<p>Great God! is this our certain doom?</p>
<p>And are we still secure!</p>
<p>Still walking downwards to our tomb,</p>
<p>And yet prepare no more!</p>
<p>Grant us the powers of quick'ning grace</p>
<p>To fit our souls to fly;</p>
<p>Then when we drop this dying flesh,</p>
<p>We'll rise above the sky.</p> Vocally, a rather wide range.tag:minstrelbanjo.ning.com,2011-12-12:2477478:Comment:594832011-12-12T03:45:18.214ZTim Twisshttps://minstrelbanjo.ning.com/profile/TimTwiss
<p>Vocally, a rather wide range.</p>
<p>Vocally, a rather wide range.</p> 1832....that is quite early.…tag:minstrelbanjo.ning.com,2011-12-12:2477478:Comment:594822011-12-12T03:43:31.903ZTim Twisshttps://minstrelbanjo.ning.com/profile/TimTwiss
<p>1832....that is quite early. The melody is said to be a lift from Negro fireman on the Mississippi. Floating phrases...many we see in other tunes.</p>
<p>1832....that is quite early. The melody is said to be a lift from Negro fireman on the Mississippi. Floating phrases...many we see in other tunes.</p> I love Clare de Kitchen. A gr…tag:minstrelbanjo.ning.com,2011-12-12:2477478:Comment:594812011-12-12T03:20:32.652ZBell Banjoshttps://minstrelbanjo.ning.com/profile/TerryBell
<p>I love Clare de Kitchen. A great rip 'n tear tune! These are great lyrics. It's cool with concertina, very dynamic. Strange, like you said John, hardly every heard today.</p>
<p>I love Clare de Kitchen. A great rip 'n tear tune! These are great lyrics. It's cool with concertina, very dynamic. Strange, like you said John, hardly every heard today.</p> Clare de Kitchen was a minstr…tag:minstrelbanjo.ning.com,2011-12-12:2477478:Comment:593862011-12-12T02:41:37.714ZJohn Mascialehttps://minstrelbanjo.ning.com/profile/JohnMasciale
<p>Clare de Kitchen was a minstrel era classic. It was first performed in the early 1830s, and was still being performed in minstrel shows in the 1870s and 1880s. It is interesting that a song which was popular for over 50 years is barely known today. I often play it at reenactments, and many of the reenactors had never heard the song.</p>
<p>Clare de Kitchen was a minstrel era classic. It was first performed in the early 1830s, and was still being performed in minstrel shows in the 1870s and 1880s. It is interesting that a song which was popular for over 50 years is barely known today. I often play it at reenactments, and many of the reenactors had never heard the song.</p>