Annotation:I Just Don't Want to Be Rich: Difference between revisions
m (Text replace - "[[{{BASEPAGENAME}}|Tune properties and standard notation]]" to "'''Back to [[{{BASEPAGENAME}}]]'''") |
Alan Snyder (talk | contribs) m (Fix HTML) |
||
| Line 2: | Line 2: | ||
---- | ---- | ||
<p><font face="garamond, serif" size="4"> | <p><font face="garamond, serif" size="4"> | ||
'''I JUST DON’T WANT TO BE RICH'''. AKA | '''I JUST DON’T WANT TO BE RICH'''. AKA – "You Wonder Why I'm a Hobo." Canadian, Jig or Air. Canada, Prince Edward Island. G Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AA’BB. The tune was once a popular song that begins: | ||
<blockquote> | </font></p> | ||
<blockquote><font face="garamond, serif" size="4"><i> | |||
''You ask me why I’m a hobo,''<br> | ''You ask me why I’m a hobo,''<br> | ||
''And why I sleep in a ditch;''<br> | ''And why I sleep in a ditch;''<br> | ||
''Its not because I’m lazy, boys,''<br> | ''Its not because I’m lazy, boys,''<br> | ||
''I just don’t want to be rich.''<br> | ''I just don’t want to be rich.''<br> | ||
</blockquote> | </i></font></blockquote> | ||
<p><font face="garamond, serif" size="4"> | |||
The song was recorded for the Library of Congress from the singing of Sam Hinton in 1947; Hinton said he had learned it from an uncle in the late 1920's. Folksinger Bruce ('U. Utah') Phillips revived the song in the late 20th century. | The song was recorded for the Library of Congress from the singing of Sam Hinton in 1947; Hinton said he had learned it from an uncle in the late 1920's. Folksinger Bruce ('U. Utah') Phillips revived the song in the late 20th century. | ||
</font></p> | </font></p> | ||
| Line 17: | Line 19: | ||
</font></p> | </font></p> | ||
<p><font face="garamond, serif" size="4"> | <p><font face="garamond, serif" size="4"> | ||
''Printed sources'': Perlman (''The Fiddle Music of Prince Edward Island''), 1996; p. 129. | ''Printed sources'': Perlman ('''The Fiddle Music of Prince Edward Island'''), 1996; p. 129. | ||
<br> | <br> | ||
<br> | <br> | ||
Revision as of 17:49, 18 January 2017
Back to I Just Don't Want to Be Rich
I JUST DON’T WANT TO BE RICH. AKA – "You Wonder Why I'm a Hobo." Canadian, Jig or Air. Canada, Prince Edward Island. G Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AA’BB. The tune was once a popular song that begins:
You ask me why I’m a hobo,
And why I sleep in a ditch;
Its not because I’m lazy, boys,
I just don’t want to be rich.
The song was recorded for the Library of Congress from the singing of Sam Hinton in 1947; Hinton said he had learned it from an uncle in the late 1920's. Folksinger Bruce ('U. Utah') Phillips revived the song in the late 20th century.
Source for notated version: Connie Gallant (b. 1920's, North-East Kings County, Prince Edward Island) [Perlman].
Printed sources: Perlman (The Fiddle Music of Prince Edward Island), 1996; p. 129.
Recorded sources:
Back to I Just Don't Want to Be Rich