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| Mississippi, fine anni trenta. Ulysses Everett McGill (George Clooney), Delmar O'Donnell (Tim Blake Nelson) e Pete Hogwallop (John Turturro) sono tre galeotti appena evasi dai lavori forzati. Guidati dal mellifluo ma imbranato Everett i tre sono alla ricerca di un milione di dollari da lui nascosto nei pressi di una diga - ma il "tesoro" non esiste: il suo piano nascosto è impedire le seconde nozze dell'ex moglie Penelope Holly Hunter. Durante il loro avventuroso viaggio attraverso l'America rurale della grande crisi, i tre incontreranno una variopinta galleria di personaggi: un vagabondo cieco che rivela loro il futuro, un chitarrista che ha venduto l'anima al diavolo (Chris Thomas King), uno squinternato rapinatore di banche (Michael Badalucco), un venditore di Bibbie che si rivela un ladro violento e xenofobo (John Goodman) e così via fino al rocambolesco finale in cui si troveranno faccia a faccia con lo spietato poliziotto che li sta inseguendo. - -- - - - -- (più info in inglese al fondo) Basato sull'Odissea di Omero [modifica] Il film contiene molti riferimenti all'opera, dal canto delle sirene a intere citazioni e perifrasi, così come l'incontro con un venditore di Bibbie con un occhio solo di nome Cyclops. L'ultima sfida di Everett per mantenere la sua "bonma fide" è tornare da sua moglie Penny, riprendendo l'eroico scontro di Ulisse con i pretendenti di Penelope. I fratelli Coen hanno affermato di aver ripreso alcuni particolari dalla versione cinematografica dell'Odissea del 1955. Molti episodi del film si rifanno infatti all'Odissea. La figura di Everett appare comunque peggiore di quella della sua mitica controparte, Ulisse. Una visione della migliore delle Odissee vedrebbe l'eroe sempre vincitore. Al contrario, questo non avviene, anche se tutto va per il meglio in un momento successivo, sia perché l'eroe risulta irreprensibile, sia per la buona sorte. Politica e musica del Sud [modifica] Oltre all'Odissea, un'altra tematica del film è la connessione tra la musica delle radici americane (blues degli Appalachi) e le campagne elettorali negli stati meridionali degli Stati Uniti. Si fa anche riferimento a tradizioni, istituzioni e alle campagne elettorali del bossismo e alla riforma politica che definì la situazione politica degli stati americani nella prima metà del XX secolo. Alcune di queste basi politiche sono citate anche nel film Ada del 1961. Il Ku Klux Klan, che a quel tempo era la forza politica del populismo, è ritratto con le immagini delle danze in cerchio e dei rituali in cui si dava fuoco alla croce. Il personaggio di "Pappy" O'Daniel, governatore del Mississippi e presentatore dello spettacolo radiofonico dal titolo The Flour Hour, è stato creato sulla figura realmente esistita di W. Lee "Pappy" O'Daniel, che fu prima governatore del Texas e poi senatore in rappresentanza dello stesso stato. Il vero O'Daniel era interessato nel commercio e nella produzione della farina e come sottofondo nelle sue trasmissioni radiofoniche aveva una band musicale, i Light Crust Doughboys, simili ai Soggy Bottom Boys nel film. O'Daniel era solito portare con sé una scopa che usava nelle campagne elettorali nell'era delle riforme, promettendo di scopare via da Austin il patronato politico e la corruzione. La sua canzone simbolo per la campagna iniziava con la frase, "Per favore passami i biscotti, Pappy", enfatizzando il collegamento con il mondo della farina. In due punti precisi però il film differisce dalla realtà: la canzone utilizzata da O'Daniel nel film, You Are My Sunshine era, nella realtà, la colonna sonora della campagna elettorale del governatore della Louisiana, Jimmie Davis, e nel film è il diretto concorrente di O'Daniel, Homer Stokes, ad impugnare una scopa per il partito riformista. La maggior parte della musica utilizzata nel film è folk-blues degli Appalachi, e include anche il cantante bluegrass-folk della Virginia, Ralph Stanley. La selezione musicale deriva dal carattere spirituale della musica di questa regione che include la musica della chiesa battista delle origini e altre popolari canzoni religiose. Vengono utilizzati anche canti funebri e canzoni macabre, un tema che spesso compare nelle canzoni del blues degli Appalachi (Oh Death, Lonesome Valley, Angel Band) in netta opposizione a canzoni più solari e luminose(You Are My Sunshine, Keep On The Sunny Side) presenti in altre scene del film. Queste canzoni aggiungono un'atmosfera spirituale e una più profonda allegoria al carattere di commedia del film. Il chitarrista solista dei Soggy Bottom Boys rappresenta un riferimento diretto all'artista delta blues Robert Johnson, diventato famoso per aver affermato di aver venduto l'anima al diavolo in cambio di una grande abilità nel saper suonare la chitarra. Per molti, la figura che si avvicina di più è invece rappresentata dall'artista blues Robert Johnson a cui si attribuisce una storia simile sulla vendita della propria anima (anche se mai raccontata dallo stesso), ma T-Bone Burnett, curatore della colonna sonora, ha spiegato che il personaggio non voleva rappresentare Robert Johnson.[senza fonte] Titolo [modifica] Il titolo del film è un riferimento ad un elemento della trama di un film satirico del 1941 diretto da Preston Sturges dal titolo Sullivan's Travel, dove il protagonista (un regista) voleva girare un film sulla grande crisi intitolato O Brother, Where Art Thou? e che sarebbe stato "..un commento storico sulla condizione moderna, sull'arido realismo e sui problemi che l'uomo medio deve affrontare... con l'aggiunta di un po' di sesso".[senza fonte] Mancando di una qualsiasi esperienza come uomo medio, il regista decide di compiere un viaggio per comprendere la sofferenza dell'uomo comune ma tutto ciò che vede gli riporta alla mente il ricco ambiente di Hollywood. Lo scopo e le esperienze del regista in Sullivan's Travel sono l'opposto di quelle del protagonista di Fratello, dove sei? che vorrebbe tornare a casa, e viene più volte ostacolato da diversi imprevisti. Fratello, dove sei? contiene riferimenti anche ad altri film tra cui Il mago di Oz, Crossroads e Nick mano fredda. L'episodio in cui i tre protagonisti si intrufolano ad una cerimonia del Ku Klux Klan, rubando le divise a tre membri del clan e mischiandosi nei balli e nelle marce, è direttamente tratto dalla scena delle guardie del castello. Il nome di Everett McGill, per il personaggio interpretato da George Clooney, può essere un riferimento all'attore Everett McGill, che apparve nel film Quest for Fire. McGill interpretava il capo di un gruppo di tre antenati dell'uomo alla ricerca del fuoco per portarlo alla tribù d'origine. Soggy Bottom Boys [modifica] I Soggy Bottom Boys sono il fittizio trio di musica tradizionale che accompagnano il film. Il nome Soggy Bottom Boys è probabilmente un riferimento sia al famoso gruppo bluegrass del 1940, i Foggy Mountain Boys di Lester Flatt e Earl Scruggs, sia un nome divertente dato a due coristi bagnati per essere stati battezzati nel fiume nelle prime scene del film. Il loro singolo di successo è Man of Constant Sorrow di Dick Burnett, una canzone che ha avuto altrettanto successo nella realtà. Dopo l'uscita del film, il finto gruppo musicale divenne così famoso che i talentuosi musicisti (Ralph Stanley, John Hartford, Alison Krauss, Emmylou Harris, Gillian Welch, Dan Tyminski e altri) che ne facevano parte (e che nel film non si vedono), si esibirono con i brani della colonna sonora di Fratello, dove sei? durante il tour Down from the Mountain. Le voci dei Soggy Bottom Boys sono date da famosi musicisti bluegrass: Dan Tyminski dei Union Station (voce solista in Man of Constant Sorrow), il compositore di Nashville Harley Allen, e, dalla Nashville Bluegrass Band, Pat Enright. I tre vinsero un premio CMA per singolo dell'anno e un Grammy Award come Miglior Collaborazione Country con Coro, entrambi per la canzone Man of Constant Sorrow. Tim Blake Nelson, che interpreta Delmar O'Donnel nel film (uno dei Soggy Bottom Boys) cantò davvero la parte da solista della canzone In the Jailhouse Now. Man of Constant Sorrow presenta 5 varianti: due vengono utilizzate nel film, una nel video musicale e due nella colonna sonora. Due delle variazioni differiscono per avere una strofa ripetuta, e le altre tre differiscono per avere delle porzioni strumentali diverse tra le strofe. Man of Constant Sorrow ricevette anche un importante consenso nelle trasmissioni radio, classificandosi alla posizione 35 della U.S. Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks nel 2002. Nel 2003 il musicista Skeewiff ricompose Man of Constant Sorrow. La canzone divenne così popolare in Australia che ottenne la posizione 96 nella classifica Triple J's delle migliori canzoni del 2003. La scena in cui i Soggy Bottom Boys ricevono una totale assoluzione dalle proprie colpe da parte del governatore sembra essere basata su eventi realmente accaduti che coinvolsero il gruppo musicale carcerario The Prisonaires. Essi registrarono il loro singolo di successo, Just Walkin'in the Rain, presso gli Sun Studios, incatenati assieme e sorvegliati a vista da una guardia armata. La canzone divenne così popolare che il governatore assolse il gruppo dalle proprie colpe. ________________________________________________________________________ O Brother, Where Art Thou? tells the story of a trio of escaped convicts. Ulysses Everett McGill (George Clooney), known as Everett, Pete (John Turturro), and Delmar O’Donnell (Tim Blake Nelson) escape from a chain gang and set out to retrieve the $1.2 million in treasure that Everett claims to have stolen and buried before his incarceration. They have only four days to find it before the valley in which it is hidden will be flooded to create Arkabutla Lake as part of a new hydroelectric project. Early on in their escape they encounter a blind man traveling on a manual railroad car. They hitch a ride and he foretells their futures similar to the oracle of Homer's Odyssey. The group sets out for the treasure, and when they pass a congregation on the banks of a river, Pete and Delmar are enticed by the idea of baptism. As the journey continues, they travel briefly with a young guitarist (real-life blues musician Chris Thomas King). He introduces himself as Tommy Johnson and, when asked, reveals that he sold his soul to the devil in exchange for the ability to play the guitar. Tommy describes the devil as being 'White, white as you folks...with empty eyes and a big hollow voice. He loves to travel around with a mean old hound.'. This description happens to match the policeman who is pursuing the trio. he four of them record "Man of Constant Sorrow" at a radio broadcast station, calling themselves the Soggy Bottom Boys. While they initially record the song for some easy money, it later becomes famous around the state. The trio parts ways with Tommy after their car is discovered by police, and they continue their adventures on their own. Among the many encounters they have, the most notable are a car trip and bank robbery with one George Nelson (a character with similarities to Baby Face Nelson), a run-in with three sirens who seduce the group and hypnotize them to sleep (using a similar technique to those in the Odyssey[5]) before apparently turning Pete into a toad, and a mugging by a cyclopean Bible salesman named Big Dan Teague. Everett and Delmar arrive in Everett’s home town only to find that Everett's wife, Penny (Holly Hunter), is engaged to Vernon T. Waldrip, campaign manager for gubernatorial candidate Homer Stokes. She refuses to take Everett back and is so ashamed of him that she has been telling their daughters he was hit by a train and killed. While watching a movie in a cinema, Everett and Delmar discover that Pete is still alive, the sirens having turned him in to collect the bounty on his head. After Everett and Delmar rescue him from jail, he tells them that he gave up the location of the treasure. Everett reveals that there was never any treasure; he only mentioned it to persuade the other men (to whom he was chained) to escape so he could reconcile with his estranged wife. Pete is outraged at this news, primarily because he had only had two weeks left on his original sentence, which has now been extended 50 years in light of his escape. As Everett scuffles with the furious Pete, the group stumbles upon the Ku Klux Klan that has caught Tommy and is about to hang him. They disguise themselves and attempt a rescue. Big Dan, one of the Klansmen, reveals their identities and chaos ensues, in which the Grand Wizard of the gathering reveals himself as Stokes. The trio flees the scene with Tommy, cutting the supports of a large burning cross, which falls on a group of Klansmen, including Big Dan. Everett convinces Pete, Delmar, and Tommy to help him win his wife back. They sneak into a Stokes campaign dinner that she is attending, disguised as musicians. Everett tries to convince his wife that he is "bona fide," but she brushes him off. The group begins an impromptu musical performance, during which the crowd recognizes them as the Soggy Bottom Boys and goes wild. Stokes, on the other hand, recognizes them as the group who disgraced his mob and shouts for the music to stop, angering the crowd. After he reveals his white supremacist views, the crowd runs him out of town on a rail. Pappy O’Daniel, the sitting state governor, seizes the opportunity and endorses the Soggy Bottom Boys, granting them all full pardons while the entire event is being recorded and played on the radio. Penny accepts Everett back, but she demands that he find her original ring if they are to be married. This series of events is similar to the return of Odysseus to Ithaca and his task of winning his wife Penelope from her suitors.[6] As they leave the dinner, they run into a mob taking George Nelson to the jail to be electrocuted. Delmar comments, "Looks like George is right back on top again." The group sets out to retrieve the ring, which is at a cabin in the valley that Everett originally claimed to have hidden the treasure in. When they arrive, the police order their arrest and hanging. Everett protests that they had been pardoned on the radio, but the leader of the police force tells them that it is of no consequence since the law is only a human institution. Suddenly, the valley is flooded and they are saved from hanging. Tommy finds the ring in a desk that he is floating on in the new lake, and they return to town. However, when Everett presents the ring to Penny, she tells him it is the wrong one and demands that he get her ring back. As Everett protests the futility of trying to find it at the bottom of the lake, the blind prophet the trio met earlier rolls by on his railway handcar, ending the film. Much of the music used in the film is folk music from the period the film is set in or earlier,[17] including that of Virginia folk/bluegrass singer Ralph Stanley.[18] The music selection is drawn from spiritual music of this region[citation needed] (including that of the Primitive Baptist Church) and other popular religious music,[17]most notably the Fairfield Four, an a cappella quartet with a career extending back to 1921 who appear in the soundtrack and as gravediggers towards the film's end. Music is a vital element of the film. In addition to providing atmosphere, and serving as a plot element with "Man of Constant Sorrow," music spontaneously erupts from the characters themselves, who frequently sing songs that correspond to their actions or reflect the emotional moment of the scene. The effect is a world suffused with and inseparable from its regional music. There is a notable use of dirges and other macabre songs, a theme which often recurs in Appalachian music[19] ("Oh Death", "Lonesome Valley", "Angel Band") in contrast to bright or corrective songs ("Keep On the Sunnyside", "You Are My Sunshine") in other parts of the movie. Many people think that the lead guitarist character (Tommy) of the Soggy Bottom Boys is an intended reference to the Delta Blues artist Robert Johnson, who supposedly claimed that he sold his soul to the devil in return for being able to play the guitar. To many viewers, Robert Johnson would be a more familiar name, and a similar soul-selling story has been attached to him[20] (though not promulgated by himself). In addition, Everett and company first encounter Tommy at a rural crossroads, a fairly obvious allusion to Johnson's famous song, "Cross Road Blues." Nevertheless, T-Bone Burnett has explained that the character was not meant to represent Robert Johnson.[2] Rather, the character, portrayed by blues/rap artist Chris Thomas King, is probably moreover a reference to Tommy Johnson, who was also purported to have sold his soul to the devil. And the song that Tommy performs at the campfire, "Hard Time Killin' Floor Blues," is by Skip James, so the Tommy character may serve as an amalgamation of a variety of country-blues artists of the 1930s. The Soggy Bottom Boys are the fictitious Depression-era 'old-timey music' quartet and accompaniment from the movie O Brother, Where Art Thou? The name Soggy Bottom Boys is possibly a reference to the famous Foggy Mountain Boys bluegrass band of the 1940s with Lester Flatt and Earl Scruggs[21] but also a humorous name given the two backup singers who were wet from being baptized earlier in the film. It may also be a reference to Foggy Bottom Bluegrass, a West Virginia bluegrass group. The Soggy Bottom Boys’ hit single is Dick Burnett's "Man of Constant Sorrow", a song which had already enjoyed much success in real life.[22] After the film's release, the fictional band became so popular that the actual talents behind the music (who were dubbed into the movie) Ralph Stanley, John Hartford, Alison Krauss, Emmylou Harris, Gillian Welch, Dan Tyminski,Chris Sharp and others, performed music from O Brother, Where Art Thou? in a Down from the Mountain concert tour and film.[17][23] The voices behind the Soggy Bottom Boys are well-known bluegrass musicians: Union Station's Dan Tyminski (lead on "Man of Constant Sorrow"), Nashville songwriter Harley Allen, and the Nashville Bluegrass Band's Pat Enright.[24] The three won a CMA Award for Single of the Year[24] and a Grammy Award for Best Country Collaboration with Vocals, both for the song "Man of Constant Sorrow."[4] Tim Blake Nelson, playing Delmar O'Donnell in the movie (one of the Soggy Bottom Boys), sang the lead vocal himself for the song "In the Jailhouse Now."[2] "Man of Constant Sorrow" has five variations: two are used in the movie, one in the music video and two in the soundtrack.[3] Two of the variations feature the verses being sung back-to-back, and the other three variations feature additional music between each verse.[3] Despite its subsequent success "Man of Constant Sorrow" received little significant radio airplay,[25] and only charted at #35 on the U.S. Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks charts in 2002.[26] In 2003, the band Skeewiff remixed "Man of Constant Sorrow."[27] The song was so popular in Australia that it featured at number 96 on the Triple J Hottest 100 in 2003.[28] |
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| http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/B00005MJYJ/internetmoviedat/ # "Po Lazarus" Arranged by Alan Lomax Performed by James Carter & The Prisoners Recorded by Alan Lomax Courtesy of Rounder Records by arrangement with Ocean Park Music Group Well, the high sheriff He told his deputy Want you go out and bring me Lazarus Well, the high sheriff Told his deputy I want you go out and bring me Lazarus Bring him dead or alive, Lawd, Lawd Bring him dead or alive Well the deputy he told the high sheriff I ain't gonna mess with Lazarus Well the deputy he told the high sheriff Says I ain't gonna mess with Lazarus Well he's a dangerous man Lawd, Lawd He's a dangerous man Well then the high sheriff, he found Lazarus He was hidin' in the chill of a mountain Well the high sheriff, found Lazarus He was hidin' in the chill of the mountain With his head hung down Lawd, Lawd With his head hung down Well then the high sheriff, he told Lazarus He says Lazarus I come to arrest you Well the high sheriff, told Lazarus Says Lazarus I come to arrest you And bring ya dead or alive Lawd, Lawd Bring you dead or alive Well then Lazarus, he told the high sheriff Says I never been arrested Well Lazarus, told the high sheriff Says I never been arrested By no one man Lawd, Lawd By no one man And then the high sheriff, he shot Lazarus Well, he shot him mighty big number Well the high sheriff, shot Lazarus Well he shot him with a mighty big number With a forty five Lawd, Lawd With a forty five Well then they take old Lazarus Yes they laid him on the commissary gallery Well they taken poor Lazarus And the laid him on the commissary gallery He said my wounded side Lawd, Lawd My wounded side __________________________________________________ # "Big Rock Candy Mountain" (1928) Written by Harry McClintock Performed by Harry McClintock Courtesy of The RCA Records Label of BMG Entertainment One evening as the sun went down And the jungle fires were burning, Down the track came a hobo hiking, And he said, "Boys, I'm not turning I'm headed for a land that's far away Besides the crystal fountains So come with me, we'll go and see The Big Rock Candy Mountains In the Big Rock Candy Mountains, There's a land that's fair and bright, Where the handouts grow on bushes And you sleep out every night. Where the boxcars all are empty And the sun shines every day And the birds and the bees And the cigarette trees The lemonade springs Where the bluebird sings In the Big Rock Candy Mountains. In the Big Rock Candy Mountains All the cops have wooden legs And the bulldogs all have rubber teeth And the hens lay soft-boiled eggs The farmers' trees are full of fruit And the barns are full of hay Oh I'm bound to go Where there ain't no snow Where the rain don't fall The winds don't blow In the Big Rock Candy Mountains. In the Big Rock Candy Mountains You never change your socks And the little streams of alcohol Come trickling down the rocks The brakemen have to tip their hats And the railway bulls are blind There's a lake of stew And of whiskey too You can paddle all around it In a big canoe In the Big Rock Candy Mountains In the Big Rock Candy Mountains, The jails are made of tin. And you can walk right out again, As soon as you are in. There ain't no short-handled shovels, No axes, saws nor picks, I'm bound to stay Where you sleep all day, Where they hung the jerk That invented work In the Big Rock Candy Mountains. .... I'll see you all this coming fall In the Big Rock Candy Mountains ______________________________________________ # "You Are My Sunshine" (1940) Written by Jimmie Davis and Charles Mitchell Performed by Alan O'Bryant The other night dear, as I lay sleeping I dreamed I held you in my arms But when I awoke, dear, I was mistaken So I hung my head and I cried. You are my sunshine, my only sunshine You make me happy when skies are gray You'll never know dear, how much I love you Please don't take my sunshine away I'll always love you and make you happy, If you will only say the same. But if you leave me and love another, You'll regret it all some day: You are my sunshine, my only sunshine You make me happy when skies are gray You'll never know dear, how much I love you Please don't take my sunshine away You told me once, dear, you really loved me And no one else could come between. But not you've left me and love another; You have shattered all of my dreams: You are my sunshine, my only sunshine You make me happy when skies are gray You'll never know dear, how much I love you Please don't take my sunshine away In all my dreams, dear, you seem to leave me When I awake my poor heart pains. So when you come back and make me happy I'll forgive you dear, I'll take all the blame. You are my sunshine, my only sunshine You make me happy when skies are gray You'll never know dear, how much I love you Please don't take my sunshine away __________________________________________________________ # "Down to the River to Pray" Traditional Performed by Alison Krauss As I went down in the river to pray Studying about that good old way And who shall wear the starry crown Good Lord, show me the way ! O sisters let's go down, Let's go down, come on down, O sisters let's go down, Down in the river to pray. As I went down in the river to pray Studying about that good old way And who shall wear the robe and crown Good Lord, show me the way ! O brothers let's go down, Let's go down, come on down, Come on brothers let's go down, Down in the river to pray. As I went down in the river to pray Studying about that good old way And who shall wear the starry crown Good Lord, show me the way ! O fathers let's go down, Let's go down, come on down, O fathers let's go down, Down in the river to pray. As I went down in the river to pray Studying about that good old way And who shall wear the robe and crown Good Lord, show me the way ! O mothers let's go down, Let's go down, don't you want to go down, Come on mothers let's go down, Down in the river to pray. As I went down in the river to pray Studying about that good old way And who shall wear the starry crown Good Lord, show me the way ! O sinners let's go down, Let's go down, come on down, O sinners let's go down, Down in the river to pray. As I went down in the river to pray Studying about that good old way And who shall wear the robe and crown Good Lord, show me the way ! ____________________________________ # "I Am a Man of Constant Sorrow" Traditional Arranged by Carter Stanley Performed by Dan Tyminski Solo Fiddle Version Arranged by Ed Haley Performed by John Hartford Solo Guitar Version Performed by Norman Blake I am a man of constant sorrow I've seen trouble all my day. I bid farewell to old Kentucky The place where I was born and raised. (The place where he was born and raised) For six long years I've been in trouble No pleasures here on earth I found For in this world I'm bound to ramble I have no friends to help me now. [chorus] He has no friends to help him now It's fare thee well my old lover I never expect to see you again For I'm bound to ride that northern railroad Perhaps I'll die upon this train. [chorus] Perhaps he'll die upon this train. You can bury me in some deep valley For many years where I may lay Then you may learn to love another While I am sleeping in my grave. [chorus] While he is sleeping in his grave. Maybe your friends think I'm just a stranger My face you'll never see no more. But there is one promise that is given I'll meet you on God's golden shore. [chorus] He'll meet you on God's golden shore. _____________________________________________ # "Hard Time Killing Floor Blues" (ca 1931) Written by Skip James Performed by Chris Thomas King Instrumental Version Performed by Colin Linden Hard time here and everywhere you go Times is harder than ever been before And the people are driftin' from door to door Can't find no heaven, I don't care where they go Hear me tell you people, just before I go These hard times will kill you just dry long so Well, you hear me singin' my lonesome song These hard times can last us so very long If I ever get off this killin' floor I'll never get down this low no more No-no, no-no, I'll never get down this low no more And you say you had money, you better be sure 'Cause these hard times will drive you from door to door Sing this song and I ain't gonna sing no more Sing this song and I ain't gonna sing no more These hard times will drive you from door to door ________________________________________________ # "I'll Fly Away" (1929) Written by Albert E. Brumley Performed by The Kossoy Sisters with Erik Darling Courtesy of Tradition, A Rykodisc Label Some glad morning when this life is o'er, I'll fly away; To a home on God's celestial shore, I'll fly away (I'll fly away). [Chorus] I'll fly away, Oh Glory I'll fly away; (in the morning) When I die, Hallelujah, by and by, I'll fly away (I'll fly away). When the shadows of this life have gone, I'll fly away; Like a bird from prison bars has flown, I'll fly away (I'll fly away) [Chorus] I'll fly away, Oh Glory I'll fly away; (in the morning) When I die, Hallelujah, by and by, I'll fly away (I'll fly away). Just a few more weary days and then, I'll fly away; To a land where joy shall never end, I'll fly away (I'll fly away) [Chorus] I'll fly away, Oh Glory I'll fly away; (in the morning) When I die, Hallelujah, by and by, I'll fly away (I'll fly away). ________________________________________________ # "Keep on the Sunny Side" (ca 1930) Written by A.P. Carter Performed by The Whites End Title Version Performed by The Cox Family There's a dark & a troubled side of life There's a bright, there's a sunny side, too Tho' we meet with the darkness and strife The sunny side we also may view [cho:] Keep on the sunny side, always on the sunny side, Keep on the sunny side of life It will help us ev'ry day, it will brighten all the way If we'll keep on the sunny side of life The storm and its fury broke today, Crushing hopes that we cherish so dear; Clouds and storms will, in time, pass away The sun again will shine bright and clear. Let us greet with the song of hope each day Tho' the moment be cloudy or fair Let us trust in our Saviour away Who keepeth everyone in His care ___________________________________________________ # "Admiration" (1915) Written by William Tyers Performed by Pat Rebillot (as Pat Rebillo) Admiration Lyrics Artist(Band):Incubus Review The Song (13) Print the Lyrics Send "Admiration" Ringtones to Cell Could you move in slow motion? Everything goes by so fast Just slow down a little Save the best part for last You speak in riddles Your intentions turn me on I'm your's forever Will you love me when I'm gone? When I'm gone! When I'm gone, You're an unfenced fire! (When I'm gone,) Over walls we've trampled! (When I'm gone,) It's you I admire! (When I'm gone,) My living example... Your eyes are an undiscovered ocean far away Any minute now keeping Both poets and priests at bay Don't get ahead of me Could we just this once see eye to eye? Could you want perhaps me? Ask me how it feels to vie To vie! You're an unfenced fire! (to vie) Over walls we trampled! (to vie) It's you I admire! (to vie) My living example... It's a photograph discovered a decade after It's a cannon blast disguised as a firecracker It's enough to bring a brick wall to its knees And sing, please Could you move in slow motion? Everything goes by so fast Just slow down a little Save the best part for last For last! You're an unfenced fire! (for last) Over walls we trampled! (for last) It's you I admire! (for last) My living example... My living example... It's you I admire!! My living example _____________________________________________ # "Didn't Leave Nobody But the Baby" Arranged by Alan Lomax, Mrs. Sidney Carter, Gillian Welch, and T-Bone Burnett (as T Bone Burnett) Additional Lyrics by Gillian Welch, and T-Bone Burnett (as T Bone Burnett) Performed by Emmylou Harris, Alison Krauss, and Gillian Welch go to sleep little babe go to sleep little babe your momma's gone away and your daddy's gonna stay didn't leave nobody but the baby go to sleep little babe go to sleep little babe everybody's gone in the cotton and the corn didn't leave nobody but the baby you're a sweet little babe you're a sweet little babe honey in the rock and the sugar don't stop gonna bring a bottle to the baby don't you weep pretty babe don't you weep pretty babe she's long gone with her red shoes on gonna need another loving babe go to sleep little babe go to sleep little babe you and me and the devil makes three don't need no other lovin' babe go to sleep little babe go to sleep little babe come lay bones on the alabaster stones and be my everlovin baby ____________________________________________________ # "Tom Devil" Arranged by Alan Lomax Performed by Ed Lewis & The Prisoners Recorded by Alan Lomax Courtesy of Rounder Records by arrangement with Ocean Park Music Group ______________________________________________________ # "In the Highways" Written by Mother Maybelle Carter (as Maybelle Carter) Performed by Sarah Peasall (as Sarah), Hannah Peasall (as Hannah), and Leah Peasall In the Highways, in the hedges I'll be somewhere working for my Lord. If he calls me, I will answer I'll be somewhere working for my Lord. _______________________________________________________ # "O Death" Traditional Performed by Ralph Stanley O, Death O, Death Won't you spare me over til another year Well what is this that I can't see With ice cold hands takin' hold of me Well I am death, none can excel I'll open the door to heaven or hell Whoa, death someone would pray Could you wait to call me another day The children prayed, the preacher preached Time and mercy is out of your reach I'll fix your feet til you cant walk I'll lock your jaw til you cant talk I'll close your eyes so you can't see This very air, come and go with me I'm death I come to take the soul Leave the body and leave it cold To draw up the flesh off of the frame Dirt and worm both have a claim O, Death O, Death Won't you spare me over til another year My mother came to my bed Placed a cold towel upon my head My head is warm my feet are cold Death is a-movin upon my soul Oh, death how you're treatin' me You've close my eyes so I can't see Well you're hurtin' my body You make me cold You run my life right outta my soul Oh death please consider my age Please don't take me at this stage My wealth is all at your command If you will move your icy hand Oh the young, the rich or poor Hunger like me you know No wealth, no ruin, no silver no gold Nothing satisfies me but your soul O, death O, death Wont you spare me over til another year Wont you spare me over til another year Wont you spare me over til another year __________________________________________________________ # "What Is Sweeter" Written by M.K. Jerome _________________________________________________________ # "In the Jailhouse Now" (1928) Written by Jimmie Rodgers Performed by Tim Blake Nelson and Pat Enright I had a friend named Ramblin' Bob Who used to steal gamble and rob He thought he was the smartest guy in town But I found out last Monday That Bob got locked up Sunday They've got him in the jailhouse way down town He's in the jailhouse now he's in the jailhouse now I told him once or twice quit playin' cards and shootin' dice He's in the jailhouse now Yodel... He played a game called poker pinoccle with Dan Yoker But shooting dice was his greatest game Now he's downtown in jail nobody to go his bail The judge done said that he refused a fine He's in the jailhouse now he's in the jailhouse now I told him once or twice quit playin' cards and shootin' dice He's in the jailhouse now I went out last Tuesday met a gal named Susie Told her I was the swellest guy around We started to spend my money Then she started to call me honey We took in every cabaret in town We're in the jailhouse now We're in the jailhouse now I told the judge right to his face We didn't like to see this place We're in the jailhouse now Yodel... ____________________________________________________ # "I Am Weary (Let Me Rest)" Written by Pete Roberts Performed by The Cox Family ___________________________________________________ # "Angel Band" Arranged by Ralph Stanley Performed by Sarah Peasall (as Sarah), Hannah Peasall (as Hannah), Leah Peasall and Robert Hamlett End Title Version Performed by The Stanley Brothers Courtesy of Mercury Nashville Records Under license from Universal Music Enterprises The latest sun is sinking fast, my race is nearly run My strongest trials now are past, my triumph is begun O come Angel Band, come & around me stand O bear me away on your snowy wings to my immortal home O bear me away on your snowy wings to my immortal home I know I'm near the holy ranks of friends & kindred dear I've brushed the dew on Jordan's banks, the crossing must be near I've almost gained my Heavenly home, my spirit loudly sings The Holy ones, behold they come, I hear the noise of wings O bear my longing heart to Him who bled & died for me Whose blood now cleanses from all sin & gives me victory __________________________________________________________ # "Indian War Whoop" Written by Hoyt Ming Performed by John Hartford ___________________________________________________________ # "Lonesome Valley" Traditional Performed by The Fairfield Four You got to go to the lonesome valley You got to go there by yourself Nobody else can go for you You got to go there by yourself Oh, you got to ask the lords forgiveness Nobody else can ask him for you You got to go to the lonesome valley You got to go there by yourself Nobody else, nobody else can go for you You got to go there by yourself |