tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22658920.post7636188557270451581..comments2024-02-10T05:03:40.080-05:00Comments on AMERICAN LEFT HISTORY: *In Folklorist Harry Smith’s House-"The Spanish Merchant's Daughter" — The Stoneman Family (1930)american left historyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06882945935118479402noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22658920.post-43413940986546726152010-01-05T19:59:53.692-05:002010-01-05T19:59:53.692-05:00For some reason the comment window cut off most of...For some reason the comment window cut off most of my reply. It was "Any old time. I love geeking out on old songs."<br /><br />Now I think of it, I can probably sometimes be of aid before the fact if you're having trouble tracking something down.Lucy Kemnitzerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04995474199607974511noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22658920.post-79862070819869540092010-01-05T19:30:43.642-05:002010-01-05T19:30:43.642-05:00love geeking out on old songs.love geeking out on old songs.Lucy Kemnitzerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04995474199607974511noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22658920.post-82455523514992607892010-01-05T17:18:03.559-05:002010-01-05T17:18:03.559-05:00Thanks for the correction- As I noted in the comme...Thanks for the correction- As I noted in the comment to the series I was not able to find all the exact recordings either of the lyrics or of the singers. Your version is a welcome addition. Thanks, again.american left historyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06882945935118479402noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22658920.post-69701716508665425032010-01-03T23:38:41.923-05:002010-01-03T23:38:41.923-05:00The song you've got in your post has little in...The song you've got in your post has little in common with the Stoneman Family song from the Anthology: the title, and the fact that there's a dialog in it. The stoneman Family one goes like this (I just now transcribed it for my own reasons, while listening to it at <a href="http://www.we7.com/#/track/The-Spanish-Merchants-Daughter!trackId=3158564" rel="nofollow">we7</a> which I found while searching for it:<br /><br /><i><br />Father was a Spanish Merchant and before he went to sea<br />made me promise to say "No Sir" to all you say to me<br />--No sir, No Sir, No Sir, No Sir<br /><br />I know your father was against me. Should he not return from sea<br />And they say you have no mother, would you then say no to me?<br />--No sir, No Sir, No Sir, No Sir<br /><br />Yes I know I have no mother, should father not return from sea<br />Then you see I have a brother who would take good care of me<br />--No sir, No Sir, No Sir, No Sir<br /><br />If we were walking in the garden, plucking roses wet with dew<br />Would we be in any way offended if I walk and talk with you<br />--No sir, No Sir, No Sir, No Sir<br /><br />I know the world is very cruel if you have no one to care<br />But I always will say no sir until from father I do hear<br />--No sir, No Sir, No Sir, No Sir<br /><br />As we tarry in the garden and we linger side by side<br />would you tell me I must leave you and refuse to be my bride<br />No sir, no sir, no sir, no sir,<br />No sir, no sir, no sir, no no!<br /></i>Lucy Kemnitzerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04995474199607974511noreply@blogger.com