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:
- Old Joe Clark – by the Skillet Lickers
- Old Joe Clark – by Wade Ward of Virginia
- Old Joe Clark – by Tommy Jarrell, Fred Cockerham, and Oscar Jenkins of North Carolina
BAND • FIDDLE • GUITAR • BANJO • SINGING AND LYRICS • COMMENTS
Band – up tempo
Band – slow
Fiddle
Fiddle – slow – close up
Guitar – up tempo
Guitar – slow with more bass runs
Banjo – slow – then slower at 1 minute mark
Banjo – up tempo
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