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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:
he pick upon de banmjo string,
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Dis am de song dat he would sing.
''Away down in de Kentuck brake''<br>
            Ree-ro my true lub,
''De darkey lib, dey call him jake,''<br>
O come along my darlin,
''he pick upon de banmjo string,''<br>
So fare you well, my Dinah gal,
''Dis am de song dat he would sing.''<br>
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.
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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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See also listing at:<Br>
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]




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