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Davy, Davy
Traditional Old-Time Hoedown-North Carolina, Virginia, Kentucky.
ARTIST: from Mel Bay’s- Frailing 5-Sting Banjo by Muller & Koehler.
YouTube- Prairie Ramblers- Poor Ole Davy http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mVoh72qx5U4
CATEGORY: Fiddle and Instrumental Tunes DATE: Early 1900’s.
RECORDING INFO: County Records - "Echoes of the Ozarks, Vol. 3." County Records, "Weems String Band." Rounder Records 0132, Bob Carlin - "Fiddle Tunes for Clawhammer Banjo" (1980. Learned from Ithica, N.Y., revival musicians Judy Hyman and Jeff Claus). Carlin, Bob. Fiddle Tunes for Clawhammer Banjo, Rounder 0132, LP (1980), cut# 15. New Lost City Ramblers. New Lost City Ramblers, Vol. 1, Folkways FA 2396, LP (1958), cut# 11. New Lost City Ramblers. Old-Time String Band Songbook, Oak, Sof (1964/1976), p 68. Wade, Stephen. Dancing Home, Flying Fish FF-90543, Cas (1990), cut# 5. Weems String Band. Echoes of the Ozarks, Vol. 3, County 520, LP (1970), cut# 8.
OTHER NAMES: "Poor Ole Davy" “Davy,” "Goin' Down the River," "Sailing Down the River," "Paddy Won't You Drink Some Good Old Cider."
SOURCES: Cohen/Seeger/Wood, p. 68, "Davy" (1 text, 1 tune); Kuntz, Fiddler's Companion, http://www.ceolas.org/tunes/fc;
NOTES: Standard AABB form- Key G or A. "Davy" is a version of "Goin' Down the River." (Kuntz, Fiddler's Companion, http://www.ceolas.org/tunes/fc). See lyrics to both "Goin' Down the River," and "Paddy Won't You Drink Some Good Old Cider" in this collection. Resembles Green Corn/Black-Eyed Suzy.
[Another lyrically related text that scans to the melody was collected by Josiah Combs circa 1900 from Wiley Parks in Hindman, KY titled Davy Crockett. It begins:
"I knew a little boy, his name was Davy,
He wouldn't eat meat, but he did like gravy;"
Whether the Davy in in the fiddle tune is Davy Crockett is not known- but it is a distinct possiblity. R. Matteson 2011]
A great jazzy version is the Prairie Ramblers- Poor Ole Davy which can be heard on youtube:
YouTube- Prairie Ramblers- Poor Ole Davy http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mVoh72qx5U4
Davy, Davy- from Mel Bay’s- Frailing 5-Sting Banjo by Muller & Koehler
A Section: Davy, Davy, Where is Davy?
Down in the hen house eatin’ up the gravy.
B Section: Davy, Davy, poor ol’ Davy.
Down in the chicken yard sick on the gravy.
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