Pretty Fair Damsel (Clifton Hicks; Thomas Owen) - Minstrel Banjo
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- Опубликовано: 5 фев 2025
- I am playing on a Don Garner reproduction of an 1850s Levi Brown minstrel banjo purchased from my friend Chris. It has geared tuners and a slotted headstock. It has 7B Nylgut strings and a bridge I inherited from Chris. There are only three known actual Levi Brown originals in existence as far as I know--this is a reproduction. I play here using the traditional two-finger style in "Double C" tuning (gCGCD).
This was the first song I learned to play and I learned it to play for my husband who was deployed at the time.
The following is transcribed from my original 1 October 2023 video:
I learned Pretty Fair Damsel from Clifton Hicks of Copperhill, Tennessee (@CliftonHicksbanjo) and Thomas Owen (@ThomasOwenFolk) of Gloucestershire. Mr. Hicks learned it from recordings of Morgan Sexton and Tom Ashley. Mr. Owen learned it from Clifton Hicks and recordings of Pat Sky and Mandolin Orange.
"Pretty Fair Damsel" is also known as "John Riley" and can be traced back to 17th-century England. To learn more about this song and its history, see:
jonwilks.onlin...
Rogan, Johnny (1998). The Byrds: Timeless Flight Revisited (2nd ed.). Rogan House. p. 184. ISBN 0-9529540-1-X.
A special thanks to Thomas Owen, Blaine Chappell (@blainechappell5383), Dylan Dowd (@DylanKDowd), and the fantastic members of Clifton Hick's Banjo Heritage group.
This is my daughter's favorite!
Pretty fair damsel out in the garden
a strange young man came riding by
he rode up to the gate to greet her
said: "Pretty fair miss, would you be my bride?"
"I have a true love in the army
and he’s been gone these seven long years
and if he stays gone seven longer
no other man can marry me"
"Perhaps he’s in some ocean drownded
perhaps he’s on some battlefield slain
perhaps he’s to some fair girl married
my pretty fair miss, you’ll never see him again"
"Well if he’s drowned I hope he’s happy
or if he’s on some battlefield slain
or if he’s to some fair girl married
I’ll love the girl that married him"
Well he slid down from off his saddle
and from his finger drew a ring
"I am your true and loving soldier
I have come home to marry thee"
Arm in arm, they walked together
down to the church on their wedding day
they joined their hands, and hearts together
the soldier boy and his fair young maid.
Less hesitation in your playing soundin good!
Thank you Dylan!! You've been helping me since Day 0!
Nice and slow,,,,,😊
This is so pretty, wish I could hear your voice a bit better but gosh I love the calm, soft way this is played. Learning myself now and would love to play pretty fair damsel this way :)
Thank you so much, that is so kind! Thank you for listening. I'm working on audio recording and projecting better without losing the softness. Please give it a shot, it's a great song to play! I have another video where you might be able to see my hands more easily to learn!
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