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'''OVER THE MOUNTAINS [2].''' American, Reel (2/4 time). G Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AB. Away down in de Kentuck brake | '''OVER THE MOUNTAINS [2].''' AKA - "I'm gwine ober de mountains." American, Reel (2/4 time). G Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AB. | ||
De darkey lib, dey call him jake, | A song for the black-face minstrel stage composed by entertainer Dan Emmett (1813-1904), one of the original Virginia Minstrels, an early troupe. Emmett's dialect lyric begins: | ||
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Dis am de song dat he would sing. | ''Away down in de Kentuck brake''<br> | ||
''De darkey lib, dey call him jake,''<br> | |||
''he pick upon de banmjo string,''<br> | |||
''Dis am de song dat he would sing.''<br> | |||
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''Ree-ro my true lub,''<br> | |||
''O come along my darlin,''<br> | |||
''So fare you well, my Dinah gal,''<br> | |||
''I'm gwine ober de mountains.''<br> | |||
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''Come my lub an go wid me,''<br> | |||
''I'm gwine away to Tennessee;''<br> | |||
''A hoss an cart dhall pull you roun',''<br> | |||
''Walk up hill an foot it down.''<br> | |||
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''Recorded sources'': <font color=teal>Car Tunes, Bob Carlin - "The Boys from North Carolina" (2003).</font> | ''Recorded sources'': <font color=teal>Car Tunes, Bob Carlin - "The Boys from North Carolina" (2003).</font> | ||
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Hear/see the tune played by Tim Twiss on fretless banjo on youtube.com [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JQ-8jJKX5n8]<br> | |||
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OVER THE MOUNTAINS [2]. AKA - "I'm gwine ober de mountains." American, Reel (2/4 time). G Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AB. A song for the black-face minstrel stage composed by entertainer Dan Emmett (1813-1904), one of the original Virginia Minstrels, an early troupe. Emmett's dialect lyric begins:
Away down in de Kentuck brake
De darkey lib, dey call him jake,
he pick upon de banmjo string,
Dis am de song dat he would sing.
Chorus:
Ree-ro my true lub,
O come along my darlin,
So fare you well, my Dinah gal,
I'm gwine ober de mountains.
Come my lub an go wid me,
I'm gwine away to Tennessee;
A hoss an cart dhall pull you roun',
Walk up hill an foot it down.
Source for notated version:
Printed sources: Gumbo Chaff (The Complete Preceptor for the Banjo), 1851; p. 10.
Recorded sources: Car Tunes, Bob Carlin - "The Boys from North Carolina" (2003).
See also listing at:
Hear/see the tune played by Tim Twiss on fretless banjo on youtube.com [1]