756. Drunkard's Dream

756. Drunkard's Dream

[See other versions in Brown Collection Vol. 3 - II. Drink and Gambling Songs: 22. The Drunkard's Dream (I) and 23. The Drunkard's Dream (II). A Kentucky version (by Art stamper originally from this father, Hiram Stamper) was used to create Ralph Stanley's instrumental solo, Clinch Mountain Backstep. Hiram titled it Young Edward and sang lyrics.]

'Drunkard's Dream.' Sung by Mrs. Minnie Church with accordion accompaniment, Heaton, Avery county, August 10, 1939. The Churches live on Dark Ridge, End of Nowhere Branch, Beech Creek. (Mrs. Minnie Church's address is now 1511 Calvary Street, Detroit, Michigan.) For other text cf. JAFL Lix 434, also F-33. The first two and a half measures are identical with 'The Wearing of the Green,' the first two of the chorus with 'There's No Place Like Home.' Not all of the words could be understood.

F-655

 The lit - tie child was dy - ing, She called her fa - ther there.

And- on his arm re - clin - ing She whis-pered in his ear,

'I'm goin' home to glo - ry, A gold - en crown* to wear;

 Meet me, oh, meet me. Meet me o - ver there.'

Scale: Hexatonic (4). Tonal Center: b-flat. Structure: ababcc1c1b (2,2,2, 2,2,2,2,2) = aabb1 (4,4,4,4) ; b1 shares the ending with a. The tonal center is the lowest tone.

2nd stanza:
Our father was no Christian,
His sins were unforgiven,

3rd stanza :
The angels came and took her,
The angels are not there,
They bore her up to heaven
She whispered as

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