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Lyr Add: Kitty Clyde
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Lyr Add: Kitty Clyde Related threads: Lyr Req: Katy Cline (12) Lyr Req: As Free a Little Bird as Can Be (8) |
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Subject: Katy Cline/Free Little Bird origin From: GUEST,Richie Date: 06 Nov 02 - 09:55 PM I don't know if this is common knowledge but I was looking through the American Memory collection and looked at "Kitty Clyde." This appears to be the origin of both Katy Cline and Free Little Bird. It was written in 1853 by LVH Crosby. Is this accurate? Any versions of Katy Cline other that the obvious bluegrass sites? Comments? -Richie |
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Subject: RE: Katy Cline/Free Little Bird origin From: GUEST,Richie Date: 06 Nov 02 - 10:17 PM Lyr. Add: KITTY CLYDE Written and composed by L. V. H. CROSBY. O, who has not seen Kitty Clyde, She lives at the foot of the hill, In a sly little nook by the babbling brook, That carries her fathers old mill. O, who does not love Kitty Clyde, That sunny e'yd, rosy cheek'd lass, With a sweet dimpl'd chin that looks rougish as sin, With always a smile as you pass. CHORUS: Sweet Kitty, dear Kitty, my own sweet Kitty Clyde, In a sly little nook by the babbling brook, Lives my own sweet Kitty Clyde. With a basket to put in her fish, Every morning with a line and a hook, This sweet little lass, through the tall heavy grass, Steals along by the clear running brook. She throws her line into the stream, And trips it along the brook side, O, how I do wish that I was fish. To be caught by sweet Kitty Clyde. CHORUS: Sweet Kitty, dear Kitty, my own sweet Kitty Clyde, In a sly little nook by the babbling brook, Lives my own sweet Kitty Clyde. How I wish that I was a Bee, I'd not gather honey from flowers, But would steal a dear sip from Kitty's sweet lip, And make my own hive in her bowers. Or, if I was some little bird, I would not build nests in the air, But keep close by the side of sweet Kitty Clyde, And sleep in her soft silken hair, CHORUS: Sweet Kitty, dear Kitty, my own sweet Kitty Clyde, In a sly little nook by the babbling brook, Lives my own sweet Kitty Clyde. |
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Subject: RE: Katy Cline/Free Little Bird origin From: GUEST,Richie Date: 06 Nov 02 - 11:31 PM I also wanted to know if anyone thinks the fiddle tune, Kitty Clyde is related to the song posted above. From Ceolas: KITTY CLYDE'S. AKA and see "Miss Betsy Robertson," "Kitty Robertson." Scottish, Reel. G Major. Standard. AABB. Cole (1001 Fiddle Tunes), 1940; pg. 36. KITTY ROBERTSON. AKA and see "Kitty Clyde's," "Miss Besty Robertson." Scottish, Reel. G Major. Standard. AAB. Kerr (Merry Melodies), Vol. 4; No. 108, pg. 14. COUNTESS OF LOUDEN('S REEL). AKA and see "The Countess of Lothean's Reel," "The Rising Sun," "Mahon's Reel." Scottish, Reel. D Major. Standard. AAB (Lerwick): AB (Cole). Nigel Gatherer finds this tune in Airs Selections (1782) and remarks that it has similarities with "Kitty Clyde's." Cole (1001 Fiddle Tunes), 1940; pg. 19. Lerwick (The Kilted Fiddler), 1985; pg. 22. Thanks, Richie |
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Subject: RE: Katy Cline/Free Little Bird origin From: GUEST,Richie Date: 07 Nov 02 - 10:22 PM Hey bluegrass/old-time music fans, No comment on this. No one knows Katy Cline by Ralph Stanley or Free Little Bird?! Does this make me eligible for creating a thread no one has answered? (maybe I can get an award for the most posts to a thread by only one person!) -Richie |
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Subject: RE: Katy Cline/Free Little Bird origin From: Joe Offer Date: 07 Nov 02 - 10:50 PM Keep it coming, Richie - I don't have anything to add (other than the crosslinks I made), but I'm learning a lot from what you posted. Here, let add something: Ralph Stanley recording of "Free Little Bird" RULES!!!See? Maybe sometimes you're better off with no responses, but lots of silent readers. If you find it interesting, post it. -Joe Offer- |
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Subject: RE: Katy Cline/Free Little Bird origin From: GUEST,Richie Date: 07 Nov 02 - 10:56 PM Joe- Maybe we could start yelling, "Free Little Bird" at bluegrass concerts. It could start something! -Richie |
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