The banjo part is from Elias Howe's Banjo Preceptor (1848). The lyrics are as sung by the Ethiopian Serenaders, Wm. Hall and Son, New York, 1848.
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Thought it would be worthwhile experiment to try a Preceptor piece as a song and with accompaniment, as it might have been done on stage. The banjo part is 99% as it is found in the Preceptor. Sorry the sound quality is not very good!
Mark--Lovely tune and Gee I wish I could sing. Also I thought the sound quality was just fine.
Mark, this is excellent!
Really nice, Mark! Put me down for a CD!
Ditto on Paul's remark. Bring them to Antietam!
Thanks folks. Also, I've just went back through my copy of Mahar (p.47) and found a listing for guitar accompaniment on the minstrel stage at least as early as 1849, when one N. Kneass appears with the New Orleans Serenaders. So I don't think my choice of guitar accompaniment is anachronistic in any way.
I have always liked this melody, there is another tune to it Life on the Vicksburg Bluff. where can I get a preceptor book?
Here is a link to it online:
Thanks once again Mark.
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