by Ben Traverse | Apr 15, 2024 | America, Waltz
Clayhole Waltz Traditional Tune: • More Recordings • About the Song: “The Clayhole” is a waltz that comes to us primarily from the playing of Larkin Gifford of Springdale, UT. Larkin learned it from his father, Moses Elias Gifford, who brought it with him to...
by Ben Traverse | Apr 6, 2024 | Uncategorized
Rarden Wreck of 1893 Traditional c. mid-1890’s | Roud 777, Laws G2, Ballad Index LG02 Lyrics: It was on a summer’s eve when the wind was sighin’Through the branches of the treesA train rolled out for CincinnatiOn the old C.P. & V.They’d...
by Ben Traverse | Apr 6, 2024 | America, Non-Ballad Music
Hang Me, Oh Hang Me Traditional | Roud 3416, MFH 248, Laws dE43, Ballad Index R146 Lyrics: Hang me, oh, hang me, I’ll be dead and goneHang me, oh, hang me, I’ll be dead and goneI wouldn’t mind the hangin’, but, the layin’ in the grave so...
by Ben Traverse | Apr 6, 2024 | America, Ballad
Billy the Kid Andrew Jenkins & Irene Spain, 1927 | Roud 5097, Ballad Index LoF202 Lyrics: No man in the West ever won such renownAs young Billy Bonney of Santa Fe townOf all the wild outlaws that met a bad endNone so quick with a pistol or true to a friend When...
by Ben Traverse | Apr 6, 2024 | America, Non-Ballad Music
Bury Me Beneath the Willow Traditional | Roud 410, Ballad Index R747 Lyrics: Tonight I’m sad my heart is lonesomeFor the only one I loveWhen will I see her, oh no neverTill we meet in heaven above So bury me beneath the willowUnder the weeping willow treeSo she...
