Old Rosin the Beau
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- First published in Philadelphia in 1838, “Old Rosin the Beau” likely comes to us from the British Isles. The words and melody are ‘traditional’, meaning there is no known lyricist or composer on record. For the longest time, we naturally thought the title referred to the “bow” that is “rosined” to make it grab the strings of the violin. As it turns out, a version that circulated prior to 1838, actually was titled, “Old Rosin the Bow,” and the lyrics speak of a well-traveled and popular fiddler, now grown old and reflecting upon his approaching death.
However, the 1838 version, arranged and published by one J.C. Beckell, is the more familiar and often raucous drinking song. Because of its catchy melody and swinging waltz-time rhythm, the tune has been borrowed for many other uses: several 19th century political campaigns, among them notably Abraham Lincoln (“Lincoln and Liberty”); various folk songs (e.g., “Denver”, by the 1963 New Christy Minstrels; and more recently by our friend, David Kincaid, who applied it to a rebel treatment of “Kelly’s Irish Brigade”, on his “The Irish-American’s Song” album.
Not surprisingly, we learned the raucous drinking version and that’s the one presented here. Sing along if you like !
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The 2nd south Carolina String band is my favorite civil war band and this song is really good I love this type of music and I love your version of my old Kentucky home but I know you all sing a lot of Stephen voster songs I thank if stephen voster was still alive he would be proud to see a decated band play his great songs rip Stephen voster and a rebel yell for the 2nd south Carolina String band
My favorite civil war songs from your band
Bonnie blue flag
Dixie land
Southern soldier
Dance you boat man dance
Old dan tucker daniel Decatur
Old joe
And am 17 listening to this great band
Me and my mom love old dan tucker your version any way great job
Personally I love the Amazing Grace one
I concur, but for me, there are no other civil war bands.
Why would I need em?
Love it ...my favorite band ever ...and I’m from London England 👌
Thanks, Chris ! Rule Britannia !!!
Greatings from Poland! God bless you and all the south!
Am Polish too cousin, please do not bless the south. The average confederate fought to preserve the institution of slavery, with Alexander Stephens (Vice President of the confederacy) stating the reason for the confederacy was to create a government that ‘accepted’ the natural inferiority of Africans to white Americans, and that slavery would act as a teaching mechanism. Fuck the south.
Hello!!!!
( capitalize that “S”, pretty please, with sugar on top!!! :)
@@youarewrong5523 Kid named the 4 union states that kept slavery:
Excellent 👍 greetings from Dublin Ireland 🇮🇪
Hurrah for the Bonnie Blue Flag that bears a single star! Hurrah for the 2nd South Carolina String Band! This music is 1,861 times better then modern music and you guys play it exceptionally well!
Modern music could hardly even be called music 🙄
@@AwRighttttt You said it
Always loved these reenactments. Thanks for bringing back the memories.
I didn’t know you were born in 1838
Same!!!
I really love the United States and especially the spirit of the South !
Salutations depuis la France :)
MercI vous! Avez vous un translation de le chante "Old Rosin' Le Beau", Si Vous Plait?
God Save Southern culture - another compliment from your English admirer.
These guys are the best at what they do...authentic victorian string band music. Proud to have been asked to document this weekend of shows for them. This is as close to musical time travel as you'll get.
Gee, thanks MIke ! Check's in the mail... 😃
These guys always make me smile whenever they make music. It’s always so cheerful and I love it.
One more hurrah for the confederacy!
The union forever
why
@@sackitch2784 because Long love the Union
thats not a reason
@@sackitch2784 that’s all the reason
Honestly this music has been getting me through this pandemic up north.
Glad to hear it !
Irish Southerner here❤️🇮🇪🏴
Man, I'm glad I stumbled upon this. This is great.
A beautiful song. The real People's music. Greethings from Ukraine.
I admire your authentic musical persona.
THE OLD SONGS ARE SO BEAUTIFUL.
👆👊🤜🤛📺🇺🇸
Those Mississippians, Alabamians, and Floridians spent that first year of the war training, seemingly nonstop, under Braxton Bragg and were some of the fiercest fighters at Shiloh a year later.
Reminds me of the tune of Kelly’s Irish Brigade and Lincoln and Liberty
Same tune. Although I don't think Kelly’s Irish Brigade is a period song, couldn't find anything about it being such. The melody is also used for When Sherman Marched Down to the Sea.
Once upon a time there was a superb band of music...
Thanks again, David. (Check's in the mail...)
Glad to see you folks are still active.
Don't stop! Hope you seek out and train new musicians!
Love this one. I play this at reenactments, etc., and our KCW Round Table Lincoln guy always asks for it. :D But the drinking version is fun. Very Irish. lol
We loved that one too !
Amazing performance! 2nd South Carolina String Band is my favourite band.
Great melody, whether its Rosin the Beau, Kelly's Irish Brigade or Men From the West.
Or "Lincoln & Liberty, too" may I add... ;-)
@@Freawulf Don't know that one to be honest
@@ollie_hellhunter3356 th-cam.com/video/wxWwDgOj0oE/w-d-xo.html :)
@@Freawulf same good tune then, i still prefer Men of the West myself as It's more local to me here in North West Ireland, I do wonder why Lincoln & Liberty isnt well known here though tbh considering all the others using the tune tend to be
I always think of Gods and General's when I hear these guys! I wish I could have ridden with my ancestors who rode with Stuart! God bless the South, and God bless Trump 2020 and God bless these guys and America too!!!
Stay tuned... something from Gods & Generals coming soon...
I love the music no matter who makes it no matter who they are no matter their past no matter who they support music is music
One of my favorite songs to play on the violin, maybe because it’s about a fiddler! I can’t help but smile when I hear the song.
Fantastic playing. The music sounds so much better when it's being played live
You should hear it with headsets on...
I hope I get to see you guys live some day. The music is sensational and I can imagine the crowd is as well.
Somehow it feels like I was back to my hometown. What a wonderful band!!!!
That was a really nice thing to say ! Thanks so much for your kind comment !
Do Whiskey in the Jar please!!!
you guys are great. i went to antietam many years ago i bought one book and a great cd by the 2nd sc string band
Thanks, Matt ! Antietam Battlefield is truly awe-inspiring. Beautifully preserved. And thanks also for picking up a CD !
How wish I to find such an evening there...but America, its South is huge, especially for a foreigner like me. You're the lucky ones who witnessed that by own ears and eyes:)
Great perfoming, precise entourage and spirit!
Прекрасно, как всегда! 👏
Продолжайте петь свои чудесные песни 👍
What a fantastic video! I love the many versions of this song, with the tune also being used in “Lincoln and Liberty too,” and “Kelly’s Missouri Irish Brigade!” Incredible to see a few different camera angles in this one (just a side note.) I must say, your voice work sounds absolutely phenomenal in this installment. These are some of the best vocals that I have heard from the band! Thanks so much for posting, very happy to see you releasing more content!
There are many more civil war songs that use the tune as well
Gave up what drinking I was doing which wasn't much in 71 and was coerced into that one and my 3 score and 10 ran out a bit ago. The old codger is a lot closer than he was but he'll not get me till it's my time. My Lord will see to that. So rosin your own beau if'n you can stand it. I'll remain as calm as I can here at home watching the pretty leaves fall. Thanks, Lads! Always a pleasure! From a fellow Carolinian just across the line to the North. GBWYall!
Thanks, Lewie. So did Fred.
@@2ndSouthCarolinaStringBand Sometimes wisdom comes a little late but we can be glad if it comes and lodges at all! Maybe even get downright thankful!
@@lewiemcneely9143 Amen to THAT, Lewie !!! Otherwise, I'd have no brother at all...
@@2ndSouthCarolinaStringBand There you go! A-PLUS!
@@lewiemcneely9143 A-PLUS-PLUS !!
Long live the south. Greetings from spain.
Here I am Hearties and Dixies again.
Ain't that one Swell of the day song
5:04 PM }{ 10//26//2020
Love american civil war music, and you guys are probably the best playing them. A Fan from Colombia!
I love this tune!
OK, just when I thought you gentlemen couldn't possibly record another brilliant song, I went and came across this... Now I can't stop listening to it!
Yeah. As my Tennessee grandma used to say: "It's a good 'ern !!!" And sung by one of her 2 grandsons (with the other on banjo)...
@@2ndSouthCarolinaStringBand that's really wonderful!
Great music. Love it .
Many thanks!
Love Civil war era music, thanks chap's for bringin' back the memory of these crack songs. Bully For You!
Greetings from Europe!
Best band ever to walk the South or World, hands down!
Stop now ! You're making me blush !
Excellent! Love these Candlelight videos. Perhaps the best version of this song ever recorded, and I've heard many.
That was amazing! You can tell the love and dedication they have towards their craft even in a TH-cam video. Would love to see these guys live.
2nd South Carolina String Band,
When will you do new album ?
Γεια και χαρά πατριώτη! ;-)
I genuinely can't help but smile when I see and listen to you guys. Thank you so much for the upload! :D
my favourite band, to watch you guys as well especial, is just what is captured in the music you give us. Merriment forever !
Another exciting performance of one of my favorite 19th cent. songs! Thank you!!
Brilliant stuff old buddies
I'm always here to listen to you guys keep up the good work fellas.
Used to sing this in VA. 32nd Virginia Co H
First comment thank you for posting your videos God save the South deo vindice
Wish i could see this one day
Beautiful stuff
amaziiiing, just amazing, I feel support the tropes, living the forest, working the woods, u r the best!!!
Great job! it's a wonderful song.
Fantastic! This is my kind of night! Maybe one day I'll get to hear you guys live
God blees you always i AM a Brit
Thanks much ! We like Brits.
FANTASTIC! Another 5+ greenbacks in the hat!
the welsh claimed it was a scottish song- was played by my great great grandfather (a fiddler) in Wales- prior to 1884
How cool is that !? Sometimes it seems like all the good tunes are Scots/Irish... Thanks for the comment.
@@2ndSouthCarolinaStringBand just re read the article and it says that a blind man learned the tune on a fife 50 years prior to 1886!
Huzzah!! Very fine performance, gentlemen!!
Outstanding , best version I have heard.
As my gran'ma used ter say: "It's a good 'ern alright !" Thanks !
Same tune as the Irish Brigade!
Guess which came first... Not that it matters. Great tunes, both.
If Im not completely wrong i believe that the Irish brigade doesnt have a known tune.
God bless Dixie.
This is beautiful boss brilliant! 👌🙏
I learned to play violin at age 8, so "rosin" and "bow" evoke ancient memories! Rosining produces a lot of dust. (I had actually wanted to learn the clarinet.) Although, unlike you, i was not very ambitious or proficient on the violin, i kept playing in school and then college orchestras, mainly because i loved music and was content to be a part of it. I also learned piano and guitar too but alas, never got highly proficient with them either! I'm far better at graphic arts without even trying. So now i don't play, i just listen to high quality music and am quite content!
Beautiful that is the best
love it
super groupe
It doesn't get better.
well done even better than clancy bros
STOP it !!! You're making me blush ! You're TOO kind !
Long live the Dixie!
An oldIrish drinking song.
Very good
Lord bless you all, and lord bless the U S of A! Love yall!
The men of the West!
It's the tune of the Irish Brigade
And Lincoln and Liberty
And When Sherman Marched Down to the Sea
1:52
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Love it! Btw, Where did you do this?
Thanks ! 'Filmed' at the 155th Anniversary Battle of Gettysburg reenactment, in, predictably, Gettysburg PA, in July of 2018.
@@2ndSouthCarolinaStringBand Nice! Keep it up!
great version but great granny from Donegal sang "Dark Rosaleen."
Makes me wanna start drinkin agin!!
Say it ain't so, Joe !!!
@@2ndSouthCarolinaStringBand Just kidding. LOL Great song! Thank you!
THANK YOU FOR THE MUSIC!
@@Joe-gu6oe No problem - one Joe to another. It was TRULY our pleasure !
@@2ndSouthCarolinaStringBand ~ If it matters to you and friends, I will always teach my children ( both) sides of the WBTSs.
Yeeeeeeee Yeeeeeeee!!
Those guys remember me Dutch's gang on Red Dead Redemption 2
wE neEd MoNeY aRtHur !
Hey 2nd South, what did the skit with da lady and da frog mean, of course, referring to lightning in a jar, what was the back story if there is one. I may have missed it
During the 'arc' of our reenacting/performing years, we were fortunate to meet many wonderful, and colorful folks. One of the most wonderful such persons was Chip Breeze, once a very imposing Richmond, VA, detective and larger-than-life personality. He had long collected and studied 19th century 'stump speeches' (many of them comedic minstrel versions), and created a period character, Dr. Hezikiah T. Witherspoon, who would reenact these hilarious speeches at events where we and a few other bands similar to ours would appear. "The Lady and De Frog" is one of them. A “Stump Speech” traditionally followed the first act of a minstrel show.
@@2ndSouthCarolinaStringBand wow very cool detail you added to your show thanks for the description.
I disagree with most of your listeners' opinions, but your songs slap.
What are these opinions? Is it slavery? We don't support that here
How do you know them, O mind-reader?
😮😮😮😮😮
Oh and thats Roisin Dubh.....pronounced rosheen dubho or something like.
If we let biden win you guys can say good bye to these great patriots as far as im concerned these lads are the finest sons dixie has to offer these days
Patriots = people who waged war on America
The confederates weren’t patriots. They were traitors. Everyone who supports what they stood for are traitors as well
1:53 personal replay button
Because ??? Not interested in the back story ? Fair enough...
@@2ndSouthCarolinaStringBandIt kind of gets in the way of listening to the song, especially if its a playlist.
Shame the actual music only begins two minutes in. Wtf?
it's good with the experience too though
DID YOU DIE?!
Leave irish ballads to the irish please.
What? I'm Irish and I think this is great! ... and I mean actually born and bred here, not a plastic paddy..
@debhin only the Irish do it like it should be done. My father is from Patrickswell Limerick. My mother is from Kilgarvan Kerry. My cousins are the Healy Rae's. My father hurled and played the accordion his whole life. I have it in my blood. I know what it should sound like.
@@seanoregan998 But are you from Ireland?
@stick8982 why? What difference does it make?
@@seanoregan998 So you aren't?