Sam Shackleton, "The Gypsy Davey" // GemsOnVHS™
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 12 ก.ย. 2024
- Some of y'all might remember the first recording in this series of Highland adventures with Sam Shackleton and Tom from Fandabi Dozi ( • Sam Shackleton, "Scott... ). Tom is a enthusiast of all things historical and Scottish, who was kind enough to take us up to his little cottage on the Loch for some pints, songs and stories. You can see our full discussion of the historic bards of the Highlands here on his channel ( • Highland Bards - The H... ).
You may notice Sam's breath visible as he sings. That isn't special effects, it was just that fucking cold. We got our water from a well in buckets, had big laughs and plucked banjos and guitars all night long. Tom is such a class guy, I reached out to him expecting nothing in particular but offering to collaborate while I was in Scotland, and he was super into it and agreed to meet us for a weekend out. Another cool thing that happened with this recording trip, I introduced Sam Shackleton to the Mary Wallopers in Ireland. That was a wild weekend, and now they're on tour together in England, so that's cool.
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Will you be making your way into Wales? Some great folk music there. Gwilym Bowen Rhys, Alaw, Calan just to name a few. 🏴
The sounds of rural Appalachia thousands of miles away. Folk music is so tightly knitted. Beautiful video.
That’s some of the roots of Appalachia. We are connected by ancestral ties to the Scottish and Irish immigrants that settled in the mountains and were secluded so the culture remained isolated and untainted
@@bannermain4192 was going to say the exact same thing I would say over 80% of all Appalachian residents have their ancestral roots in Scotland
@@BhaktaChase very true! I’m mostly Russian but part Scottish, as well.
Other way around, Appalachian music stems from this.
You mean the sound of rural Scotland 😊
Lovely song, lovelier rendition. That hitch in your voice at times clinches it. Nothing like a Scottish burr. ❤️
Can't get enough of those folk traditionals, especially if they're sung by Sam Shackleton. Great stuff!
Chords and lyrics below folks. Sounds better with a banjo of course, but works with a guitar just fine as well!
Standard tuning, Capo on 3
Intro C Am / C Am / Am C
Verses C Am / C Am / Am C
Interlude 1 C Am / C Am / Am C
Interlude 2 C Am / C Am / Am C (x2)
Interlude 3 C Am / C Am / Am C
Outro C Am / C Am / Am C
[Intro]
[Verse 1]
Oh where'd you go my pretty little dove, where'd you go my baby
Oh where'd you go my pretty little dove, away with the gypsy laddie
Away with the Gypsy Davey
[Interlude]
[Verse 2]
I cried, I cried the whole day through, I cried for my baby
I left my baby in my arms and ran away with Davey
Oh cursed Gypsy Davey
[Verse 3]
Oh saddle for me my big old horse, clad in Spanish leather
I will ride on after her, blow down that Gypsy Davey
Evil Gypsy Davey
[Interlude]
[Verse 4]
Under the light of a pale blue moon I saw a campfire gleaming
Heard the notes of an old banjo and the voice of a rambler singing
A song of the Gypsy Davey
[Verse 5]
Why'd you forsake your house and home, why'd you forsake your baby
Why'd you forsake your house and home, all for the Gypsy Davey
Oh evil Gypsy Davey
[Verse 6]
Oh I don't care about your house and home or your crown of gold
The only thing that I do miss is my wee blue eyed baby
Oh my wee blue eyed baby
[Interlude]
[Verse 7]
Oh when I saw her dancing there I felt so free and truly
I turned my old horse on it's heels and down the road I go
Oh down the road I go
[Verse 8]
I don't need that evil gal who stole my heart of mine
I'll find another lassie dear and love her all the time
Oh I'll love her all the time
[Outro]
I think it might be "pretty little dove!" Thank you so much for doing these!
@@kjell1632 It most definitely is! Cheers man, corrected it! And thanks for your kind words!
Hi, those chords aren't applicable on the banjo version are they? Looks like a lot of G/EM work on the banjo?
@@shadowmanNI Hey man! No expert in Banjo, but yeah, he seems to be playing G and Em, but this means he must've used some kind of Eb tuning which would be quite uncommon. Alternative would be just to Capo your Open G banjo on 3rd fret and play C and Am as well. But Sam hangs around in the comments as well from time to time, maybe he can help us out when he reads this
@@cedarriver cheers for the reply. Hope so, Sam if you are watching, help a banjo brother out🤣
Dude I love TH-cam, just came across this guy on a GemsOnVHS playlist, playing in the background at work and I open the window to see Fandabi Dozi sitting next to him. I'm subscribed to his channel for Scottish bushcraft and now he vibing next to Sam Shackleton... crazy how TH-cam algorithm works.
Another solid performance and timeless - he has an old Scottish soul for a young lad
Old Man Shackleton
Truly a hidden gem of all music everywhere.
Only found this guy recently through GEMS and I am a big big fan, that scottish voice cutting through is just perfect with the banjo, extremely unique I think in the old banjo folk genre!
Just stunning. Sam doesn't miss. Have had his new album on constantly the past couple weeks
What's the album called?
Lyrics :
"oh where'd you go my pretty little doll,
where'd you go my barbie?
oh where'd you go my pretty little doll,
away with the gypsy laddy,
away with the gypsy davy. (Yeah)
I cried and cried the whole day through
I cried for my baby.
Left my baby in my arms and ran away with davy
Oh cursed gypsy davy.
Oh saddle for me my big old horse Clyde
and Spanish leather
I will ride on after her, blow down that gypsy davy
evil gypsy baby
Under the light of a pale blue moon I saw a campfire gleaming, heard the notes of an old banjo and the voice of a rambler singing, a song of a gypsy davy.
Why'd you forsake your house and home, why'd you forsake your baby?
Why'd your forsake your house and home all for the gypsy davy, oh the evil gypsy davy.
Oh I don't care about your house and home or your crown of gold,
the only thing that I do miss is my wee blue eyed baby, my wee blue eyed baby.
Oh when I saw her dancing there I felt so free and truly, I turned my old horse on it's heels and down the road I go, far down the road I go.
I don't need that evil gal who stole my heart of mine.
I'll find another lassy dear and love her all the time, oh love her all the time."
(Couldn't find this exact version for some reason so I did it by ear)
It’s baby
Thanks 👍
I just spent so long looking for these lyrics! You are a true giver to the world thank you!
One of my favorite youtubers Fandabi Dozi just randomly chilling in this video in full highland regalia is my favorite part
Oi Sam you got the fire in the head, from one bard to another never let the old songs die and may your strings always be blessed
Awesome,,,,beautiful,,,,,love it sir..
I’m Native American , Irish Scots . Fiercely proud of this song
Heard other versions of this song here in the mountains of NC, but I never knew the origins of it beyond it being vaguely from the British Isles. Unsurprising it's a borderer tune since they were some of the first people to settle and even today many of us are descended from them.
Anyone want to get up and dance with me 💃🕺
I am still in awe of this overlap. So extremely awesome.
it was an epic collab. who should we collab with next????
@@GemsOnVHS That's a damn fine question. Only issue is that I don't got a clue.
@@GemsOnVHS more Mary wallopers
@@Tony_02 im on the case
idk what’s in this song but i wanna snort it
Fandabi Dozi!!! Love your channel, glad to see you here!! 0:35
Saw him open for The Mary Wallopers on Monday in Leeds (along with Lewis Burner, who opened for them last time in Leeds and came back for the 2nd gig).
I'd only seen brief clips of his stuff before I saw him and he blew me away on that stage. Such a nice lad too. Had this banjo line stuck in me head for days. The Mary Wallopers were also absolutely killer as they always are, and they're fuckin lovely people too. It was a fantastic gig all round
what a gig to catch. wish i was there.
That would’ve been a real treat to see both Sam and the Mary wallopers at the same show..
I’ve just been listening to peg leg Howels skin game blues and it’s as though these songs come from the same well.Grand job !!
How's your banjo tuned brother?
National Treasure!
Easily the best version of this song hangs down. Amazing
god such a fricken wonderful tune
def my fav version of this song
WE LOVE SAM
discord fam
Brilliant. keep coming back to this. that little cottage looks idyllic
This was great, Doc and Richard Watson do an awesome version of this song as well
Sweet
NEED these banjo tabs
Agreed!!
Did you ever find the tuning?
@@jessehawkes1298
He plays standard tuning but 1 1/2 whole steps down I think, so open E. Then the whole song is just the open G and Em chord shapes with some melody and embellishments over it that you can probably figure out by looking at his fingers in the video
There's a fire going, but I can see your breath, man. 😳
Awesome banjo and singing! I think we call that song “Black Jack Davey” here in Appalachia. Again… you nailed it… nice job 👍
In a class of his own.
This is fantastic. Everything about it.
to all the banjo players he is playing in the key of E which is standard tuning down 3 steps
here is the tuning order
5: e flat
4: B flat
3: E flat
2: G
1: b flat
Super version of this great song ❤
Absolutely great.
This is what i was looking for.. Black Jack Davey Folk number.. Love the old traditional celtic stuff.
Omg I love it. I feel the soul in this.
So good!
Sam Shackleton: My wee blue-eyed baby
Google Captions: Maui blue-eyed baby
scottish hawaiin vibes
Should release this wow 👏👏
so good
Just stumbled across you channel. And I have to say I was fascinated by this song and your delivery style. (I've watched it about 14 times now!) And I've watched several of your videos now, and love them all.
Love this guy! Tramps and hawkers gets the blood pumping
This is great
Is that my favorite bushcraft guy there with you?
Goodjob Sam! 🤠
sams finest peice on this channell forsure
unreal
Brilliant Sam 👏 👏 👏
He reminds me of a Scottish Clifton Hicks.
Fellow banjo players! Attention... My tuner reads:
d# A# d# G A#
Got right into that.
I need a tutorial on how to play this
As a davey I can relate
That's some jumper.
Hell, yeah! Sam is great!
Great music as always Sam!
Great version sam👍 Doc watson also does a great version of gypsy davey, different to this, both great, well done
Outstanding!!
Listening to this lad and I get a jist of the early Appalachian embryonic journey 🧰 🪕 ⚒️ 🏺
What tuning is he playing in?
Damn, you really rocks! 😎
Love how the transcript ai doesn’t understand tone yet that well with the pace and cadence along with the word play
The things I’d do to be able to strum a banjo like this
🤘
That was brilliant.
cabt seem to find an official version of this, get it recorded mate! love it
Great tune lad
Trying to work out chords for the banjo on this, anyone have it sussed?
You figure it out mate? What tuning is this? Literally just got home from buying a banjo and trying to work it all out, is he in open E or something?
@Kunningstunts the way I play it (and keep in mind I'm winging it lol) is just standard open g tuning.
Kick off with
Em chord 4th string strum thumb, hammering on the 4th spring 2nd fret intermittently), then kicking into the g chord for the "where'd you go..." bit ,sliding from 2nd fret to 4th fret on the 3rd string and a strum thumb then open 3rd string strum thumb, he does this 3 times.
Then a pull off on the 2nd fret third string then strum thumb...then back to that e minor (with intermittent hammer on ). That's the bulk of the song tbh.
Sam also does a wee instrumental run in-between, which is slide on 3rd string from 2nd fret to fourth (then strum thumb) then 2nd string fifth fret, then 2nd string 3rd fret, then hammer on 2nd fret string then open 3rd string strum thumb....then an open 3rd string strum thumb, slide from 3rd string second fret to fourth then strum thumb, pull off 2nd fret third string then strum thumb...then back into the e minor chord
Go on sammy boi you fuckin legend son
Yes shakky lad
i love you
You killed it bruv
It would be awesome if someone could make some claw hammer tabs for Sam’s TH-cam stuff! Does anyone know of any?
Agreed
Bro slid dat 💯
He built the Road, and along it he trudges. carrying his kit, and wonders why in the hell he BUIL THE ROAD
I envy the aesthetic of these boys, love to go lumberajcking with ya lady
Doc Watsons rendition led me to sam. I'm saving up to go see him Scotland.
hes playing in nashville, tennessee in september at americanafest.
Oh damn ! Gonna make that Scott deal with a Delaware farm boy. I will be there.
The key to world peace is definently folk music
So many versions and endings to this song ..... sometimes Gypsy Davey and the Lady are killed with a sword.... others, Gypsy Davey leaves her and she's left a beggar. A warning to ladies to not be charmed by an evil man.
Ia this the same melody as hills of Mexico? Or just similar?
I love how this song basically is about a guy finding out his wife is cheating on him and him being like "nah she for the streets." 💀
It's similar to black jack davey, which I guess is the American version.
Cholken for a jam we Sam like
Does anyone know what the banjo is tuned to
Dang man, them Scots getting down!
Thats fandabi dozie next to him!
This has serious Scarlet Begonias precursor vibes
💀⚡🌹😎🔫
No one's curious about this sartorial forthright Scot?
😄👍
GemsOnVHS never fails to turned me on to artist i may never would of head of
Glad we could help
Did he just drop the open G to an Open E? Sounds like a long neck tuning
yah im confused
Is that Tom Langhorne sitting next to him?
Anyone know the banjo tuning?
Might be open F or E not quite sure
Is that fandabi dozi??
Lived in quite a few bothies in my time, it all kicks off in the bothie, after a hard days work, with me it was tree planting, dreech weather, freezing cold and working like a dog and getting paid like a king and fuck the taxman, when you got back to the bothie the party starts, then back to work with the worst hangover ever in the morning. I remember making $3000 in a week back in nineties.
lol! cheers buddy great times in the bothie aye this one was called as bollocks tho
@@GemsOnVHS I get a wee hint of Hamish Imlach, not surprising, I love that laugh and the occasional "yeah man". Love the Mary Wallopers also.
Fandabidozi and the Bard!!! 😊
Easiest ITunes purchase ever