I'm posting a song a day from the Rise Up Singing songbook, which you may or may not know. It's a pretty invaluable resource for song leaders, and useful for anyone who likes to sing in groups. The book doesn't include the melodies to the songs, just the lyrics and some chords, so I’m trying hard to find the tunes I don’t know, learn them, and post them on YouTube for anyone to learn. That’s where these videos are hosted; the blog is just pretty packaging.
Thursday, November 13, 2008
Worried Man Blues
Traditional (US)
Rise Up Singing chapter: Hard Times and Blues, p.105
G - - - / C - - G / - - - - / D - - G
I don't sing all the verses that Rise Up Singing has. Here are the three I leave out.
The train came to the station, 21 coaches long (3x)
The one I love is on that train and gone.
I looked down the track as far as I could see
A little bitty hand was waving after me
If anyone should ask you who made up this song
Tell 'em 'twas I & I sing it all day long
I'm trying to learn the tunes to all the songs in Rise Up Singing from friends, or off recordings I find. If you want to have all the tunes in one place though, one of the editors of Rise Up Singing made teaching CDs, 20 in all, and sells them here for 12$ each: www.quakersong.org/teaching_discs/
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