Sleepy Time Down South - Fingerstyle Jazz Lesson - TAB avl.

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"When It's Sleepy Time Down South", also known as "Sleepy Time Down South", is a 1931 jazz song written by Clarence Muse, Leon René and Otis René. It was sung in the movie Safe in Hell by Nina Mae McKinney, and became the theme song of Louis Armstrong, who recorded it almost a hundred times during his career. The song is now considered a jazz standard.
I'm playing a "Big Sound" gypsy jazz guitar made by dutch luthier Gerrit van Bergeijk
The lyrics concern the Great Migration in the United States, the movement of African-Americans from the South to cities in the North, with the singer talking about the "dear old Southland... where I belong", and contain many racial stereotypes. Armstrong's popularity among African American audiences dropped because of the song, but at the same time it helped the trumpeter to make his fan base broader. There is a 1942 film short of the song where Armstrong and others played slaves and farm workers.
A version by the Boswell Sisters (song starts at 01:24) with the much contested lyrics • The Boswell Sisters - ...
Despite that some of words in this lyrics are absolutely not done. I think the sisters were in good faith, but I think it's a bit a shame that they were naive in reproducing this lyrics. This song was written in 1930’s and in the 1940’s justly the discussion about this lyrics became a hot item.
The updated lyrics Louis Armstrong (and I) used in later performances.
Pale moon shining on the fields below
Folks are crooning songs soft and low
Needn't tell me so because I know
It's sleepy time down south
Soft winds blowing through the pinewood trees
Folks down there like a life of ease
When old mammy falls upon her knees
It's sleepy time down south
Steamboats on the river a coming or a going
Splashing the night away
Hear those banjos ringing, the people are singing
They dance till the break of day,
Dear old southland with his dreamy songs
Takes me back there where I belong
How I'd love to be in my mammy's arms
When it's sleepy time way down south
The arrangement is in standard tuning, key of F and was made by Duck Baker; it was only available through a series of jazz fingerstyle cassette taped lessons for Stefan Grossman in the seventies (out of print now).
Duck finally issued a recording on his cd "I'm Coming Virginia" duckbaker.com/...
I recorded the song as an instrumental on a nylon string guitar, many years ago
• When It's Sleepy Time ...
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[@KCDrippyStache]

Papa you are THE TEACHER. Thank you very much!

[@peeweesherman]

Beast. Excellent.

[@helenakangur1389]

well done, 💖🙏😁

[@user-pr5yx5dg1x]

It sounds like soundtrack for ,,one hundred years of solitude’’

[@stsgabe]

Very nice

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[@awaywithpaul3423]

What a beautiful lilting melody. Absolutely adore that guitar, I’m learning Gypsy Jazz at the moment and can only dream of owning a guitar like that one day. How does it play? Is it comfortable?

[@daddystovepipe]

Thanks, yes, it plays very comfortable. Here's the luthier's site, scroll down this page www.gitaarbouw.nl/big_sound_.html Here's my playlist of other pieces with this guitar th-cam.com/video/sdBj3sY-fHo/w-d-xo.html

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@@daddystovepipe thank you I’ll take a look 😊🙏