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Campfire Troubadour
เข้าร่วมเมื่อ 21 ก.ค. 2023
The purpose of this channel is to help others learn the songs of colonial America and the Rocky Mountain Fur Trade Era (1822-42). While many of these songs are period correct, other songs were written more recently and either depict those time periods, or about how we as modern-day re-enactors try to reconcile our modern lives with our re-enacting hobby, which our friends, co-workers, and even families often times don't understand. Please bear in mind that I'm not very talented either singing or playing guitar. I'm just trying to provide a place where people that actually have talent can find these songs and learn to play them.
Rising Sun Blues
The origin of Rising Sun Blues is found in a song from the late 1600s called The Unfortunate Rake, which talks of a bawdy house in the town of Lowestoft, in the northeastern part of Scotland. The only part of The Unfortunate Rake that remains today is found in the 7th verse of the Rising Sun Blues, where it talks about finding some wore-out whores at the bawdy house. That verse may give some clue as to why the protagonist in the song is headed for jail to “wear the ball and chain”; perhaps the shock of finding his wife working there made him do something rash to one of her customers.
As time passed, it became associated with a brothel in New Orleans, which was named after its owner, Madame Marianne LeSoleil Levant, which translates as “Rising Sun” in French. While the song followed a traditional English ballad arrangement, it became a phenomenon as an African-American folk song. First recorded in the 1920s by Texas Alexander, it was later recorded by Leadbelly, Woody Guthrie, Bob Dylan, and Nina Simone, whose version was heard by 1960s folk/rock group The Animals who had a smash hit with it in 1964 under the title House of the Rising Sun.
As time passed, it became associated with a brothel in New Orleans, which was named after its owner, Madame Marianne LeSoleil Levant, which translates as “Rising Sun” in French. While the song followed a traditional English ballad arrangement, it became a phenomenon as an African-American folk song. First recorded in the 1920s by Texas Alexander, it was later recorded by Leadbelly, Woody Guthrie, Bob Dylan, and Nina Simone, whose version was heard by 1960s folk/rock group The Animals who had a smash hit with it in 1964 under the title House of the Rising Sun.
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Barbara Allen
มุมมอง 40วันที่ผ่านมา
"Barbara Allen" comes from the British Isles, though whether from England, Scotland, or Ireland is unclear. It is old enough to have been mentioned by Samuel Pepys in his diary entry of January 2, 1666. From the British Isles, the song soon established itself in America, where it became very popular. It is believed that the song refers to a relationship between King Charles II and the most noto...
The Jug Of Punch
มุมมอง 4314 วันที่ผ่านมา
A well-known and beloved song in Ireland, The Jug of Punch is often performed in pubs and folk festivals. It tells a story of longing, camaraderie and the joys of dinking. It captures the essence of Irish culture and traditions while also reflecting on the universal themes of friendship and celebration. The song’s lyrics delve into the emotions of a man yearning for a taste of punch, and the me...
The False Young Sailor
มุมมอง 33หลายเดือนก่อน
The False Young Sailor is a murder ballad gone awry that was collected by Francis Child, one of the foremost collectors of songs in the late 19th century. He classified it as a variant of Lady Isabel and the Elf Knight.
Lillibullero
มุมมอง 144หลายเดือนก่อน
Thomas Wharton is credited with writing the lyrics for Lillibullero in 1686, and the tune was composed by Henry Purcell. Wharton was a man of great charm and political ability, being the liaison between the House of Commons and King William III of England. Wharton was also notorious for his debaucherous lifestyle which made him unpopular with Queen Anne, who discharged him from his government o...
Twiddle
มุมมอง 40หลายเดือนก่อน
Janie Meneely wrote this bawdy little ditty. She writes modern sea songs celebrating the maritime history, characters, and traditions of the Chesapeake Bay.
What Shall We Do With A Drunken Sailor
มุมมอง 61หลายเดือนก่อน
The first written reference of What Shall We Do With A Drunken Sailor? appeared in an account of life aboard a whaling ship that set sail from New London, Connecticut in 1839. It was obviously sung aboard ships long before it made it into print. Terms: “Rusty razor” - give him tetanus and die a long painful death; “scuppers…..hosepipe” - the holes that allow water washed aboard deck to drain ba...
Pretty Polly
มุมมอง 1202 หลายเดือนก่อน
Pretty Polly is a traditional murder ballad found in the British Isles, Canada, and the Appalachian region of the United States. Many, but not all, of the versions have the ship’s carpenter as the villain of the story. When he goes back to sea, he is either haunted by her ghost, confesses to the murder, goes mad and dies, or the ship will not sail due to a thick fog and calm seas. Later version...
Nottingham Ale
มุมมอง 682 หลายเดือนก่อน
The song Nottingham Ale was written by an officer of the British navy who was simply referred to as Gunthorpe. It is said he wrote the song in praise of a barrel of Nottingham ale which had been brewed and sent to him by his brother who kept a public house called The Punch Bowl in Peck Lane, Nottingham. It first appeared in print as far back as 1752, when it appeared anonymously in The Gentleme...
The Cuckoo's Nest
มุมมอง 1472 หลายเดือนก่อน
The Cuckoo’s Nest is a Scots/Irish bawdy song that was and still is extremely popular throughout the British Isles and British North America, whose title was common slang that referred to a woman’s pubic hair and accompanying anatomy. It dates to at least the early 18th century, and appears in numerous 18th and 19th century dance collections. The song was known to be a favorite of Davy Crockett...
The Wild Rover
มุมมอง 1212 หลายเดือนก่อน
The origin of The Wild Rover is believed to be not an Irish but an English broadside titled The Bad Husband’s Return From His Folly by Thomas Lanfiere, printed around 1680. This broadside tells the same story as The Wild Rover, sometimes word for word, without a chorus but with some thirty verses. Interestingly, while arguably one of the most popular Irish drinking songs, it was originally inte...
Shady Grove
มุมมอง 2722 หลายเดือนก่อน
Shady Grove is a traditional Appalachian folk song consisting of floating verses that is believed to have originated in eastern Kentucky or western North Carolina. The song was very popular among old-time musicians of the Cumberland Mountains before being widely adopted into the bluegrass repertoire. It’s been theorized that Shady Grove is a variant of Matty Grove, because they sometimes uses t...
Down The Road
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I first heard Down the Road at the High Plains Rendezvous in the Black Hills of South Dakota in 2023, where it was sung as part of the closing ceremonies. That rendezvous was where I met and became friends with a grey bearded buckskinner by the name of Dave Rambo. He has been of immeasurable help in locating songs that were actually sung in the 18th and 19th centuries. Dave told me that Down th...
The Miller of Dee
มุมมอง 993 หลายเดือนก่อน
The Miller of Dee, sometimes referred to as There Was A Jolly Miller Once, or sometimes simply as The Jolly Miller, is a traditional folk song from the Chester area of Northwest England. The song was originally published as part of Isaac Bickerstaff’s ballad opera Love in a Village in 1729, though it was sung as a folksong before that back into the mid-17th century. The opera premiered at the R...
Johnny Jump Up
มุมมอง 1873 หลายเดือนก่อน
Johnny Jump Up is an extremely popular Irish drinking song about the joys and perils of alcohol. It was written by Tadgh Jordan (pronounced “Tīg”, with a long “i”) of County Cork in 1934, and was spread throughout County Cork by the singer Jimmy Crowley around 1973; Christy Moore learned the song from Crowley and brought it to a world-wide audience. Usually the alcohol in question in drinking s...
Good memories from a time past. 😢
Thanks! I learned something!
No worries. There is so much history hidden in music. I love digging through it!
It must of been pretty good if you are still singing about it. I like most ales if not there is allows tomato juice. Yay to the campfire!
Well, our cousins across the pond do like their ale, as well as their stouts and porters. And libations are always better around the campfire!
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very nice!...
Glad you like it.
Sheets are not sails. Sheets are the ropes that control the sails.
@kenhamer4793 Thank you for the correction. I'm a landlubber, lol.
lovely..always been a favorite❤
Thank you.
Thanks so much. You filled in a lot of gaps.
You are welcome. Glad I could help.
Jeremiah Johnson is stll there
THE BEST SONG!🥰 fits the rendezvous...I took a pic of the girls and little boy collecting those frogs in buckets.
I'm glad you enjoyed the song. You and I have spent many hours over the fire at Sweetwater....so many memories. Pls send me a copy of that pic.
You are a really great history teacher, im very impressed about your teaching and greatful history explanation ... and your honest and passion song, I heard this song in many versions. Yours is the honest and the deep impressionest at all. Faithfully yours ... if i ever visit the USA, I will sit down and listen to your cool songs .. Greetings from Family Grebner, Bavarian ... we love our homeland too ...
Thank you for the kind words. I was indeed a high school history teacher for a time. I brought my love of historical reenacting to the classroom and taught my classes as if they were campfire chats, which is how I had learned alot about history. I was stationed in Berlin in the US Air Force when the Berlin Wall came down, and often visited a buddy down in Würzburg, in the Bavarian area. Tschüss!
Great telling of the story, and very enjoyable performance. I've known this story, read the books and loved the movie. I will be sharing this video with my grandkids. Thank you!
Thank you for the kind words. Glad you enjoyed, and thanks for sharing.
well done man
Thank you.
Yer killin it Grandad! Keep on.
Thank you. I plan on pickin' & grinnin' for a long time!
❤thank you for my "5 mins. of fame"..Dreams of Horses would be me. feeling the call for rendezvous always😊...except I shoot archery and bake soda bread...lol❤
You are welcome. I miss your Irish soda bread. 😊
This is my favorite, thank you for this video!!! ✝️🤍🕊
You are welcome. Glad you enjoyed.
I heard a rumor that Tom had found himself a full-time night woman. When I asked him about it, he said that he could neither confirm nor deny the rumor. He also said that he ain't responsible for any decisions he makes when he's drunk.
I found you through this, I couldn’t see it at the time cause I’m at work. But I can only think of an older Bob Ross
Thanks. I don't think I'm quite that chill, though, lol.
very nice❤! absolute trueth!
Glad you think so!
dont think I have heard this song b4. good match for your voice.
Thank you. It's one of the new ones I picked up at High Plains.
How do you only have 35 subs you deserve way more than that
Thanks for the compliment. I've never claimed to be a good singer or guitar picker; I make plenty of mistakes. I'm just trying to raise awareness of songs that people can play at rendezvous that would better fit the time period.
Sissel, Dearheart, I see us somehow united in this song along with millions of others of course. Just as you it belongs to the ages. The first time I heard it was on my little radio in Melita, Manitoba, in 1952, while a very young boy working on the oil. As I listened it told me there was hope. Had I known I would somehow share it with you I think I'd have fainted in the sadness of knowing you were not yet in the world. In my troubled life I think there was still a spark of something divine.
Thank you. I'm glad you enjoyed it.
always a campfire favorite.
One of the oldest songs in my repertoire. Buffalo Wolf named his daughter Mariah after listening to me sing it at the Sweetwater Rendezvous.
that is a good one! never heard it b4.
Thank you. This one tickled my occasional whimsical sense of humor.
LOVE the full version...tells more of a story.
Thank you.
that is absolutely true about going to rendezvous!😂...but well worth the troubles❤
Agreed. Thanks for the comment and like.
very nicely done! House of the Rising Sun music-wise.
Yes. An older version of House of the Rising Sun was called the Rising Sun Blues. Changes the whole feeling of Amazing Grace. I quite like it this way.
Best lyrics ever. Thanks!
Glad you enjoyed!
always a favorite! yes, we all know the feeling of rendezvous blues..lol
I can't count the number of times I've opened my clothing trunks over the years just to sit and be enveloped in the smell of camp smoke and get lost in memories.
It isn't the best version. SO much better than this
I love this song so much 💕
Thank you.
😊😂❤ that is a good one! love the ending.
Thank you.
well done! a nice rendition of Blackhawk's golden oldie❤.
Thank you.
nice to learn the history of the song. love the original (1st song).. would like it sung at my funeral.❤
Thank you. I like the original version best as well.
this has been a favorite of mine for ALL these years. all of the songs much better in person at camp with the campfire🥰 great to see you take your music to the public and global.
Thank you.