Old Joe Clark

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Old Joe Clark – Source MP3 – Original recording of John Morgan Salyer of Kentucky. KEY OF A: Fiddle tuned to AEAE, Banjo tuned to aEAC#E. This recording is pitched about a half step low.  We will be learning it in the KEY OF A: Fiddle tuned to AEAE, Banjo tuned to aEAC#E.  Thanks to Tom from the banjo section and his skillful use of the Amazing Slow-Downer, here are some pitch-adjusted and slowed-down versions of this source recording:

Other great sources for this tune are:


BANDFIDDLEGUITAR BANJOSINGING AND LYRICSCOMMENTS


BAND

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Band – up tempo

Band – slow


FIDDLE

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Fiddle

Fiddle – slow – close up


GUITAR

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Guitar – up tempo

Guitar – slow with more bass runs


BANJO

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Banjo – slow – then slower at 1 minute mark

Banjo – up tempo


SINGING AND LYRICS

OLD JOE CLARK
A collection of lyrics from various sources:

Well I’ve got no money
Got no where to stay
Got no place to lay my head
Chickens crowing for days

CHORUS:

Round and round Old Joe Clark
Goodbye Betsy Brown
Fair ye well Old Joe Clark
I’m a gonna leave this town

Wish I had a nickel
Wish I had a dime
Wish I had a pretty girl
To kiss and call her mine

CHORUS

Went down to the stillhouse
Didn’t go to stay
Fell in love with a whiskey keg
You bet I stayed all day

CHORUS

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