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Collected by Merlin Mitchell Transcribed by Nathaniel Lucy Sung by Alvis Wood Combs, Arkansas July 26, 1950 Reel 55, Item 5 Lullaby Yodel Merlin Mitchell: Where do you live? Child: With Paw. MM: Where does Paw live? Child: With Maw. MM: Where does Maw live? Child: (murmur) . . . Point. MM: What’s that last? Alvis Wood: Terrapin Point Child: (babbling) MM: The next song is “Lullaby Yodel” My baby I want you tonight dear After my work is through To rock you to sleep in my arms dear And sing lullabies to you Why did she take you away from my arms? Leave nothing to cherish there She left me so blue when she took you too Seems more than I could bear (Yodeling) My baby you know that I want you It’s lonely night and day Your deep blue eyes, how they haunt me Although you’re far away Your future would be the chief theme of my life We’ll never know what it meansMy plans and my schemes are all blasted it seems That you are mine only in dreams (Yodeling)
Object Description
Title | Lullaby yodel |
First Line | My baby I want you tonight dear |
Performer | Wood, Alvis |
Performance Location (Town) | Combs (Ark.) |
Performance Location (County) | Madison County (Ark.) |
Performance Location (State) | Arkansas |
Performance Date | 1950-07-26 |
Collector | Mitchell, Merlin P., 1918-1997 |
Transcriber | Lucy, Nathaniel; Parler, Mary Celestia |
Genre | vocal music |
Instrumentation |
guitars voice |
Subject (Library of Congress) | Love |
Subject (Ethnographic Thesaurus) | love |
Keywords | Separation; Broken Heart |
Language | English |
Analog Location | 55:5 |
Type | Sound; Text |
Digital Format | application/pdf; audio/mp3 |
Digital Publisher | University of Arkansas Libraries, Fayetteville |
Digital Collection | Ozark Folksong Collection |
Rights and Reproductions | Standard Federal Copyright Laws Apply (U.S. Title 17). It is the responsibility of the user to determine the rights status and secure permissions for the use of this item. |
Funded By | Funding for digitization provided by the Arkansas Humanities Council and the Happy Hollow Foundation. |
Identifier | FolkProjectr55t5use |
Description
Title | Lullaby yodel (Transcription) |
Transcriber | Lucy, Nathaniel |
Transcript | Collected by Merlin Mitchell Transcribed by Nathaniel Lucy Sung by Alvis Wood Combs, Arkansas July 26, 1950 Reel 55, Item 5 Lullaby Yodel Merlin Mitchell: Where do you live? Child: With Paw. MM: Where does Paw live? Child: With Maw. MM: Where does Maw live? Child: (murmur) . . . Point. MM: What’s that last? Alvis Wood: Terrapin Point Child: (babbling) MM: The next song is “Lullaby Yodel” My baby I want you tonight dear After my work is through To rock you to sleep in my arms dear And sing lullabies to you Why did she take you away from my arms? Leave nothing to cherish there She left me so blue when she took you too Seems more than I could bear (Yodeling) My baby you know that I want you It’s lonely night and day Your deep blue eyes, how they haunt me Although you’re far away Your future would be the chief theme of my life We’ll never know what it meansMy plans and my schemes are all blasted it seems That you are mine only in dreams (Yodeling) |
Identifier | FolkProjectr55t5use |
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