Annotation:Wolves a Howling: Difference between revisions
No edit summary |
No edit summary |
||
Line 65: | Line 65: | ||
</font></p> | </font></p> | ||
<p><font face="Century Gothic" size="2"> | <p><font face="Century Gothic" size="2"> | ||
<font color=red>''Recorded sources'': </font> <font color=teal> - Briar 4204, Earl Collins – “That’s Earl”. County 401, "The Stripling Brothers." Marimac 9000, Dan Gellert & Shoofly "Forked Deer" (1986). Mississippi Department of Archives and History AH 002, W.E. Claunch & John Brown "Great Big Yam Potatoes: Anglo American Fiddle Music From Mississippi" (1985. Two different renditions, originally recorded for the Library of Congress in 1939). Rounder 0361, Bruce Molsky – “Lost Boy” (1996. 1st part based on John Brown, 2nd on the Stripling Bros.). Rounder RO-0388, Gene Goforth –“Emminence Breakdown” (1997). Rounder CD-0432, Bob Holt – “Got a Little Home to Go to” (1998). Rounder 0442, John Hartford – “Hamilton Ironworks” (2001). Rounder Records CD-0435, Bob Holt – “Traditional Fiddle Music of the Ozarks, vol. 1” (2000. Various artists). Vocalion 5412/02770 (78 RPM), Stripling Brothers (Alabama) {1929}. </font> | <font color=red>''Recorded sources'': </font> <font color=teal> - Briar 4204, Earl Collins – “That’s Earl”. County 401, "The Stripling Brothers." Document Records DOCD 8007, "The Stripling Brothers vol. 1: 1928-1934" (1997). Marimac 9000, Dan Gellert & Shoofly "Forked Deer" (1986). Mississippi Department of Archives and History AH 002, W.E. Claunch & John Brown "Great Big Yam Potatoes: Anglo American Fiddle Music From Mississippi" (1985. Two different renditions, originally recorded for the Library of Congress in 1939). Rounder 0361, Bruce Molsky – “Lost Boy” (1996. 1st part based on John Brown, 2nd on the Stripling Bros.). Rounder RO-0388, Gene Goforth –“Emminence Breakdown” (1997). Rounder CD-0432, Bob Holt – “Got a Little Home to Go to” (1998). Rounder 0442, John Hartford – “Hamilton Ironworks” (2001). Rounder Records CD-0435, Bob Holt – “Traditional Fiddle Music of the Ozarks, vol. 1” (2000. Various artists). Vocalion 5412/02770 (78 RPM), Stripling Brothers (Alabama) {1929}. </font> | ||
<br> | <br> | ||
<br> | <br> |
Revision as of 16:23, 16 March 2019
X:1 T:Wolves a Howling S:The Stripling Brothers, Charlie (1896-1966) and Ira (1898-1967), west Alabama. M:C| L:1/8 Q: N:AEae tuning (fiddle) R:Country Rag D:Vocalion 5412 (78 RPM), Stripling Brothers (1929) F:https://www.slippery-hill.com/recording/wolves-howling-2 Z:Transcribed by Andrew Kuntz K:A cd|eeef eec2|eeec B2cd|eeef eecc|BAAF (F/G/F)EA| ceef eecd|eeec B2 cd|eeef eecc|BAAF (F/G/F)E|| D|CEEE +slide+[AA][AA][AA][AA]|cAB(c A2)AA|CEEE +slide+[AA][AA][AA][AA]|AcBA (F/G/F)ED| CEEE +slide+[A2A2][AA][AA]|cAB(c A2) AB|c[e2e2][ef] [e2e2][c2e2]|([B2e2]A2) (F/G/F)E2:|
"Wolves a Howling" resemblances “Cotton Eyed Joe (1)” (according to John Hartford), while Mark Wilson sees similarities with “Pretty Girl Going Down the River.” See also Kentucky fiddler Buddy Thomas’s cognate reel “Sheep and Hogs Walking through the Pasture” and bluegrass fiddler Eddie Stubb's "Pretty Polly Ann." Little Jimmy Dickens recorded the tune under the title "Poor Little Darlin'." The tune was played by Tom Sauber in Walter Hill’s 1980 film The Long Riders.
The first line of the lyrics, according to Rankin, is common in tradition, but the second is often composed at the whim of the source. Sometimes sung ‘howls’ are included.
Wolves outside howl and a hollar
They gonna getch you
Bet you a Dollar! [Unknown]
O don't you hear them wolves a howlin,
All around my poor little darlin';
Four on the hillside, six in the holler,
They're gonna get 'er, betcha a dollar. ... [Thede]
Don't you hear them wolves a howling,
Setting in the corner talking to my darling. ... [Rankin]
' Wolves a howlin' All around my poor little darlin'
Can't you see those blue clouds flyin'
Poor little darlin', home a cryin' . ... (or ‘hollerin’ and cryin’)
Wolves are, howlin', howlin', howlin'
Oh the wolves are howlin'
Howlin' found my...{stop singing} ... [John Hatcher, Mississippi]
Can't you hear them wolves a'howlin'
All around you poor little darlin'
One on the hillside, two in the hollar
Bet them wolves have done and got her.
Sheep and Hogs and walkin' thru the pasture
Sheeps said, `Hogs can't you run a little faster?'
Go on there and hush your growlin'
Can't you hear them wolves a'howlin'? ... [Goldie Goforth, sister of fiddler Gene Goforth]