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Sail Away, Ladies (demo)

by Jeff Curtis

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inspired by tonight's thunderstorms, I did this as an overdubbing experiment with my little ZOOM H1n recorder for the first time, with accompanying rumblings and alert buzzes. 100% first (mis)takes.

This is a very old traditional song made popular in 1927 by Uncle Dave Macon. More than you might ever want to know about it you can read here: mudcat.org/thread.cfm?threadid=97649

Also, many thanks to Casey Joe Abair & Hunter Robertson (hunterrobertson.bandcamp.com/track/sail-away-ladies) for putting the phrase, "Don't sheetrock that patio!" into my head; and to Bbob Drake (fluxmonkey.bandcamp.com) for first teaching me this song.

(I've temporarily put some artwork by George Herriman as the "cover" here, but will be replacing it soon with some of my own.)

lyrics

from: https://mudcat.org/thread.cfm?threadid=97649

SAIL AWAY LADIES
Uncle Dave Macon and His Fruit Jar Drinkers Vo 5155
Banjo and lead vocal- Uncle Dave Macon; Fiddle- Maizi Todd;
(Fiddle w/banjo intro)

Ever I get my new house done,
(Sail away Ladies, sail away)
Give my old one to my son.
(Sail away Ladies, sail away.)

*[one line of chorus by fiddle]
Chorus: Don't she rock die-dee-o,
Don't she rock die-dee-o,
Don't she rock die-dee-o.

[instrumental chorus/ verse]

Ever I get my new house done,
(Sail away Ladies, sail away)
Give my old one to my son.
(Sail away Ladies, sail away.)

[one line of chorus by fiddle]
Chorus: Don't she rock die-dee-o
Don't she rock die-dee-o
Don't she rock die-dee-o.

[instrumental chorus/ verse]

Ain't no use to grieve and cry,
(Sail away Ladies, sail away)
You'll be an angel by and by,
(Sail away Ladies, sail away)


[Three lines of chorus by fiddle]
Don't she rock die-dee-o.

[instrumental chorus/verse]

Come along boys and go with me
(Sail away Ladies, sail away)
We'll go back to Tennessee
(Sail away Ladies, sail away)

[one line of chorus by fiddle]
Chorus: Don't she rock die-dee-o
Don't she rock die-dee-o
Don't she rock die-dee-o.

[instrumental chorus/verse]

[one line of chorus by fiddle]
Chorus: Don't she rock die-dee-o
Don't she rock die-dee-o
Don't she rock die-dee-o.

[instrumental]

*the unusual thing is Uncle Dave doeesn't sing on the first line of the chorus.

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released August 24, 2023
Trad. Arr. Jeff Curtis - clawhammer banjo, multiplexed vocals

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Jeff Curtis is an experimental clawhammer banjo and bass player, and cat cartoonist, in the Cleveland, Ohio area.

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