[78-L] Watermenlon Smilin' on the Vine

[Cary Ginell]

The song is related to "Watermelon on the Vine" and "Watmermelon Hanging on the Vine" - it was also recorded by Henry Whitter (OKeh), Gid Tanner & his Skillet Lickers (Columbia), Ernest Stoneman (Edison), Bill Chitwood (OKeh), the Binkley Brothers' Dixie Clodhoppers (Victor), and J.E. Mainer's Mountaineers (Bluebird), in addition to the recordings cited below.

Cary Ginell

On Jun 8, 2014, at 10:01 AM, Erwin Kluwer <ekluwer at gmail.com.invalid> wrote:

> 
> Monroe brothers recorded it in the thirties..
> 
> There are also several live version known of Bill Monroe..
> 
> 
> 
> On Sunday, June 8, 2014, David Lennick <dlennick at sympatico.ca.invalid>
> wrote:
> 
>> 
>> Probably by many black soloists and groups as well. I just transferred it
>> yesterday by the Hall Negro Quartet on a Lang-Worth transcription.
>> 
>> dl
>> 
>> On 6/8/2014 8:45 AM, Julian Vein wrote:
>>> 
>>> On 08/06/14 13:41, Mark Bardenwerper wrote:
>>>> Hello,
>>>> I am doing some research for a family who lives near me. Jodi (the
>>>> wife)'s father was Harvey Cox, a locally popular country musician from
>>>> the 30's until the 70's. He was only recorded twice, in the early 70's.
>>>> By then he was getting up in age. He died in 1998 at the age of 90 (or
>> so).
>>>> 
>>>> One of the songs was "The Watermelon Song." I have now figure out that
>>>> this is the sang, "Watermelon Smilin' on the Vine," which as written
>>>> possibly in the late 1800's.
>>>> 
>>>> Was it recorded by anyone else?
>>>> ==========================
>>> According to Tony Russell's Country Music disco it was recorded by Bela
>>> Lam, Uncle Dave Macon, Frank Marvin, Johnny Marvin and the Prairie
>> Ramblers.
>>> 
>>>       Julian Vein
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