Blue grass, mountain music, etc was carried over here from Celtic music of Ireland and Scotland. This song is most likely from Irish song. It is fascinating to read about this music since many lost songs of Ireland and Scotland have been "found" in our American bluegrass.
Last time I heard this song was on an Everley Brothers recording - "Songs Our Daddy Taught Us" - when I was a young teenager. I'm 73, now. Just beautiful.
You can watch Dan. It's in G. He plays G C Em D That's it. It's simple. But these guys make it sound magical. Check out all the transatlantic sessions. Some you may not like, but I bet you like most of them.
I found my way here from the Coen brothers’ movie O Brother Where art Thou because of the vocals on A Man of Constant Sorrow. Then I recognized this song as the one Holly Hunter sang to the baby in Raising Arizona by, you guessed it, the Coen Brothers.
Lyrics corrected for Dan's wording Down in the willow garden where me and my love did meet There we sat a-courting my love fell off to sleep I had me a bottle of burgundy wine which my true love did not know And there I poisoned that dear little girl down by the banks below I drew my sabre through her which was a bloody knife I threw her in the river which was an awful sight My father often told me son that money would set me free If I would murder that dear little miss whose name was Rose Connelly And now he sits by his old cabin door a wiping his tear-brimmed eyes Mourning for his only son out on the scaffold high My race is run beneath the sun the devil is waiting for me Cause I did murder that dear little girl whose name was Rose Connelly
This is really more a music video than a live performance. It looks like a "re-enactment" of a studio session. Stone rooms don't sound like that, there aren't many mics, no mistakes and nobody's working very hard.
+Ted Crum Aly Bain & Jerry Douglas put this together. The recordings were made in different lodges or homes in Scotland. You can purchase the DVDs. Transatlantic Sessions. Maybe about 6 of them. I'm sure they did some rehearsing but as Jerry Douglas said, "We tried to leave a little bark on the tree."
...as for the "lack" of mics - many instruments were taken direct, as they often are in stage performances. You can see (for example) the transducer lead coming down off the whistle.
@@ethanholshouser5648 , there certainly seem to be a lot of murder ballads! Usually it's a guy murdering a gal, but there's one I've heard where one sister pushes the other in a river to drown. Nice kids, huh? Or maybe there were a lot of sociopaths in those days.
I'm pretty sure that is a D whistle made by Chris Abell. African Blackwood and sterling silver. Beautiful instruments! Julie Fowlis (who is often on this series) plays Abell whistles as well.
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