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'''LAZY JOHN.''' Old-Time, Breakdown. G Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AB. From the playing of Kentucky fiddler Clyde Davenport [http://www.fieldrecorder.com/docs/notes/davenport.htm] (b. 1921), and a largely different tune (and song) from the similarly titled "[[Sleepy John]]/[[Sleepy-Eyed John]]," with only small similarities in the chorus. | '''LAZY JOHN.''' Old-Time, Breakdown and song. G Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AB. From the playing of Kentucky fiddler Clyde Davenport [http://www.fieldrecorder.com/docs/notes/davenport.htm] (b. 1921), and a largely different tune (and song) from the similarly titled "[[Sleepy John]]/[[Sleepy-Eyed John]]," with only small similarities in the chorus. | ||
[[File:clydedavenport.jpg|200px|thumb|left|Clyde Davenport]] | [[File:clydedavenport.jpg|200px|thumb|left|Clyde Davenport]] | ||
Davenport told interviewer Jeff Titon that he learned the tune from the radio, possibly, notes Titon, from the western swing band version by Johnny Lee Wills, who recorded a song called Lazy John on the Decca label in the 1940's. | Davenport told interviewer Jeff Titon that he learned the tune from the radio, possibly, notes Titon, from the western swing band version by Johnny Lee Wills, who recorded a song called Lazy John on the Decca label in the 1940's. The lyric begins: | ||
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''I've got a gal, she lives by the road,''<br> | |||
''Her eyes is crooked and her legs are bowed;''<br> | |||
''But she sure is a lot of fun,''<br> | |||
''Why don't you go away Lazy John.''<br> | |||
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''Lazy John, Lazy John,''<br> | |||
''Why don't you get your day's work all done;''<br> | |||
''I'm in the shade and you’re in the sun,''<br> | |||
''Why don't you go away Lazy John.''<br> | |||
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LAZY JOHN. Old-Time, Breakdown and song. G Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AB. From the playing of Kentucky fiddler Clyde Davenport [1] (b. 1921), and a largely different tune (and song) from the similarly titled "Sleepy John/Sleepy-Eyed John," with only small similarities in the chorus.
Davenport told interviewer Jeff Titon that he learned the tune from the radio, possibly, notes Titon, from the western swing band version by Johnny Lee Wills, who recorded a song called Lazy John on the Decca label in the 1940's. The lyric begins:
I've got a gal, she lives by the road,
Her eyes is crooked and her legs are bowed;
But she sure is a lot of fun,
Why don't you go away Lazy John.
Cho:
Lazy John, Lazy John,
Why don't you get your day's work all done;
I'm in the shade and you’re in the sun,
Why don't you go away Lazy John.
Source for notated version: W. Bruce Reid [Silberberg].
Printed sources: Silberberg (Tunes I Learned at Tractor Tavern), 2002; p. 88.
Recorded sources: Appalachian Center, Berea College AC002, Clyde Davenport - "Puncheon Camps" (1992). Brad Leftwich - "Say Old Man." Field Recorders Collective FRC 103 & FRC 104, Clyde Davenport.
See also listing at:
Jane Keefer's Folk Music Index: An Index to Recorded Sources [2]
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