"Bright, Sunny South" Lesson (Dock Boggs)
Added 2022-02-25 16:01:02 +0000 UTCfCFA♯C ~ gDGCD. I learned "Bright Sunny South" from a 1960s recording of Dock Boggs of Wise County, Virginia. Other noteworthy versions have been recorded by Merle & doc Watson, and Alison Krauss & Dan Tyminski.
In the bright sunny South in peace and content
The days of my boyhood I scarcely have spent,
From the deep flowing spring to the broad running stream
Ever dear to my memory and sweet in my dreams.
I will leave my confinement and comfort of life
For the dangers of bloodshed privation and strife,
I have come to conclose and reply with my word
As I shoulder my musket and billet my sword.
My father looked sad as he begged me to part
My mother embraced me with anguish of heart,
My beautiful sister looked pale in her woe
As she grabbed me and blessed me and told me to go.
Dear Father dear Father for me do not weep
For on some high mountain I mean for to sleep,
The dangers of war I intend for to share
For sickness and death I intend to prepare.
Dear Mother dear Mother for me do not weep
For a mother's kind voice I ever will keep,
You have taught me to be brave from a boy to a man
Now I'm going in defense of our own native land.
Dear Sister dear Sister I cannot tell the woe
Your tears and your sorrow they trouble me so,
But I must be a going for here I cannot stand
I am going in defense of our own native land.
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Comments
Great stuff as always. Going to try the songster method some more!
Daniel Pearce
2022-02-26 12:15:27 +0000 UTCThis one was on my bucket list to learn. Thank you Sir.
Texas Mopar
2022-02-26 05:05:51 +0000 UTCI hope so.
Clifton Hicks
2022-02-26 00:23:52 +0000 UTCI messed up! Fixed it now.
Clifton Hicks
2022-02-25 20:21:08 +0000 UTCThe download link doesn’t seem to be working on my end.
Walleye
2022-02-25 19:42:00 +0000 UTCWhoops.
Clifton Hicks
2022-02-25 19:30:55 +0000 UTCI think Dock Boggs would be proud to see this
Blaine Chappell
2022-02-25 18:07:16 +0000 UTCThank you Mr. Hicks! I really enjoy these Dock Boggs tunes. However, I did notice your overhand tablature is actually the two-finger tablature and vice versa.
Chris Coppit
2022-02-25 16:28:45 +0000 UTCGood work, thanks clif
PHIL
2022-02-25 16:27:29 +0000 UTC
