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My Creole Belle
Bluegrass/Old Time Rag; USA, Tune widely known.
ARTIST: J.B. Lampe's "My Creole Belles"
Listen To: Creole Belles by New Orleans Ragtime Orchestra
Listen to: Creole Belles by Lampe (Sousa Marching Band) Last Strain is the melody
Listen To: McLain Family Back Up And Push
Listen To: Skillet Lickers Back Up And Push (instrumental excerpt)
CATEGORY: Fiddle and Instrumental Tunes
DATE: Hurt’s version from the early 60’s; Early 1900’s- My Creole Belles by Lampe 1900; Rubber Dolly late 1800’s
RECORDING INFO:
Bing Bang Boys. I'm Feeling Good, Rubinchik 054, CD (2002), trk# 9 (Creole Belle)
Cohen, David. How to Play Folk Guitar, Kicking Mule KM 119, LP (1976), trk# B.09
Cooney, Michael. Michael Cooney or: "The Cheese Stands Alone", Folk Legacy FSI-035, LP (1968), trk# 6 (Creole Belle)
Hurt, Mississippi John. Folk Songs and Blues, Piedmount PLP 13157, LP (1963), trk# 10
Hurt, Mississippi John. Traum, Happy / Finger-Picking Styles for Guitar, Oak, Sof (1966), p17
Hurt, Mississippi John. Garwood, Donald / Masters of Instrumental Blues Guitar, Oak, Fol (1967), p17
Hurt, Mississippi John. Grossman, Stefan; Stephen Calt, Hal Grossman / Country Blues Songb, Oak, Sof (1973), p 74
Kweskin, Jim. Relax Your Mind, Vanguard VSD-79188, LP (1965), trk# B.05
Watson, Doc and Merle. Lonesome Road, United Artists UA-LA725G, LP (1977), trk# 5
RELATED TO: “Rubber Doll/Dolly (Rag);” “Back Up and Push;” "My Bucket's Got a Hole In It;" “Good Bye Booze”
OTHER NAMES: Creole Belles; Rubber Doll/Dolly (Rag) Back Up and Push
SOURCES: The Library of Congress American Memory Collection has sheet music for "Creole Belles" (sic).
NOTES: “My Creole Belles” is a song from Mississippi John Hurt as heard on "Avalon Blues," Rounder CD 1081, 1963. Hurt’s version as well as Back Up Push and Rubber Dolly evolved from the melody of Jens Bodewalt Lampe’s piano rag with song lyrics, “My Creole Belles” which was published in Detroit, Michigan by Whitney-Warner in 1900. It was the melody to the second strain by J. B. Lampe (1869-1929) that became popular during the early 1900’s. "My Creole Belle" by Mississippi John Hurt is a reworking of Lampe’s melody and lyrics. No one knows where he learned his version.
ORIGINAL LRYICS by J.B. Lampe: Last Strain is the vocal melody
Listen To: Creole Belles by New Orleans Ragtime Orchestra
Listen to: Creole Belles by Lampe (Sousa Marching Band)
I love her well,
Around my heart she cast a spell
When stars do shine
I call her mine
My dusky baby,
My Creole Belle.
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