[78-L] Old cowboy song...

[Bud]

The melody line is the same as "Beautiful, Beautiful Brown Eyes."

Bud

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> On Dec 11, 2016, at 2:54 PM, Rodger Holtin <rjh334578 at gmail.com.invalid> wrote:
> 
> 
> Graham,
> 
> This one is going to nag at me for a while, too.
> 
> The melody is the same as Carson Robison used on his Mussolini's Letter to
> Hitler and Hitler's Reply, American Bluebird 11459, from 1942.  I'll bet he
> stole the melody.
> 
> I just *know* I've heard this thing before and it certainly reminds me of
> Edward B Marks "Mother Was a Lady" ("If Brother Jack Were Here").  It's that
> KIND of song.  I'm going to bet that it's a vaudeville warm over that
> slipped into folk song tradition.  It just seems too well-crafted to be
> "folk song" material.
> 
> Donna has certainly found an answer we can live with until something else
> can be found - it's more than you had a few hours ago, anyway, and may well
> be where your uncle got it.  I just think there *may* be more to the story,
> and if so, it might not be found online.  Some archive with 19th century
> temperance material may be the only way to track it down, but that's what it
> sounds like to me.
> 
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> Subject: [78-L] Old cowboy song...
> 
> 
> 
> Hello All and thanks to those who replied to my "Old cowboy song" question.
> 
> The song was ID'd by a few people including Donna Halper who said:-
> 
>> It may be a Canadian folk song/country ballad called "If You'll Only 
>> Let Liquor Alone."  I found some information that said the song was 
>> first identified in 1963, in New Brunswick Canada.
> 
> and later she added:-
> 
>> And I have also found that there was an earlier version, from 1947 
>> (still Canadian) under the title "If You'll Only Leave Whiskey Alone."
>> Compiled in Edward Ives' Folksongs of New Brunswick.
> 
> It seems the "Liquor" version is probably it!
> 
> Thank you all again for this assistance!
> 
> 
> 
> ... Graham Newton
> 
> ============================================================================
> 
> Howdy pardner...
> 
> This is important for my 90+ year old aunt who recently lost her husband,
> the love of her life.  He wasn't a singer but he has left a cassette of a
> few songs that he sung with no identification of titles or anything like
> that.
> With the help of Google and some of my references, I've been able to ID
> everything BUT this one which remains.
> 
> It is incomplete, starting just into the song but is complete from there on.
> It's conceivable that the tune may be known by something other than the
> words that accompany this, so any suggestions are welcomed.
> 
> It is on my web site, so click on it and see if it rings any bells for you!
> 
> http://www.audio-restoration.com/Jean_Sherman.WAV
> 
> Any leads would be appreciated
> 
> 
> 
> ... Graham Newton
> 
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