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Happy Thanksgiving!!

I hope that everyone had a great weekend and even better Veteran’s Day! My plan was to be creating and uploading video lessons this week, but things changed very quickly.

I have a dear friend who is having health problems so I am taking over some students for the next couple of weeks until the we have the medical clearance.

It’s been fun and it means that my free time is now at zero, except for Sunday night. I had to move some students around so that I could take at least one half day off of work. I am planning on watching Survivor Series Sunday night with Amber and enjoying myself.

Joel and I will be performing live tomorrow night at Shanahan’s Pub in Downers Grove, IL starting at 9 pm. We are there until midnight and then I have a couple of lessons until I finally hit the bed and start all over again. If you are in the area, stop by Shanahan’s and have a pint or two with us and sing along.

I’ll be in touch.

Kelly

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The Folk Song Of The Week this time is a frailing banjo lesson for I Shall Not Be Moved. This is a great old spiritual and I’m glad that it was requested. Don’t worry about finding the melody, because this song was meant to be sung!

Have fun with it and keep it in your bag of tricks for a sing a long!

I shall Not Be Moved MP3

I Shall Not Be Moved (PDF)

I SHALL NOT BE MOVED

Glory [G]hallelujah, [D7]I shall not be moved;

Anchored in Jehovah, [G]I shall not be moved;

Just like a [C]tree that’s planted by the [G]waters,

I shall [D7]not be [G]moved.

I shall not be, I shall not be moved,
I shall not be, I shall not be moved;
Just like a tree that’s planted by the waters,
I shall not be moved.

In his love abiding, I shall not be moved;
And in Him confiding, I shall not be moved; etc.

Tho all hell assail me, I shall not be moved;
Jesus will not fail me, I shall not be moved; etc.

Tho the tempest rages, I shall not be moved;
On the Rock of Ages, I shall not be moved; etc.

The Irish Pub Song Of The Day is a frailing banjo lesson for The Leaving Of Liverpool. This is one of my favorite songs. It’s sounds so old and traditional, but wasn’t written until the 1960′s. It’s just three chords, but so much fun.

The Leaving Of Liverpool MP3

The Leaving Of Liverpool(PDF)

The Leaving Of Liverpool

[G]Farewell to you my [C]own true [G]love,
I am going far,far a[D7]way,
I am [G]bound for Cali[C]forni[G]a,
And I know that I’ll re[D7]turn some [G]day.
[Chorus]
So [D]fare thee well my [C]own true [G]love,
When I return united we will [D7]be,
Its not the [G]leaving of Liverpool that [C]grieves [G]me,
But my darling when I [D7]think of [G]thee.

I have slipped on board a Yankee ship
Davey Crockett is her name,
And her captain it is Burgees,
And they say that she’s a floating hell.

I have sailed with Burgess once before,
And I think I know him well,
If a man’s a salor he will get along,
If not then he’s sure for hell.

Oh the sun is in the harbour love,
And I wish I could remain,
For I know it will be a long,long time,
Before I see you again.

I had a lot of requests to show a frailing banjo lesson for I’ll Fly Away in the key of D. I really love to play frailing banjo in the key of D out of open G tuning. It’s a lot of fun and this is a great song to do it in.

Play along and have fun. Sing the song and strum and then try to find the melody after you are comfortable with how the song goes.

I’ll Fly Away MP3

I’ll Fly Away (PDF)

I’LL FLY AWAY

[D]SOME GLAD MORNIN’ WHEN THIS LIFE IS O’R

[G]I’LL FLY [D]AWAY

TO MY HOME ON GOD’S CELESTIAL SHORE

[A]I’LL FLY [D]AWAY

[D]I’LL FLY AWAY, OH GLORY

[G]I’LL FLY [D]AWAY IN THE MORNING

WHEN I DIE, HALLELUJAH BY AND BY

[A]I’LL FLY [D]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

CHORUS

OH, HOW GLAD AND HAPPY WHEN WE MEET

I’LL FLY AWAY

NO MOR COLD IRON SHACKLES ON MY FEET

I’LL FLY AWAY

The Irish Pub Song Of The Day this time around is a great song: Look At The Coffin. Remember when trying to figure out the melody on frailing banjo, there are only four strings. There are a very limited number of fingerings that I use in showing the simple melody. Pick a certain part that is holding you up and experiment.

Look At The Coffin

Look At The Coffin(PDF)

Look At The Coffin

[G]Look at the coffin, with golden [C]handles
Isn’t it [G]grand, boys, to be bloody well[D7] dead?

[Chorus]
[G]Let’s not have a sniffle, let’s have a [C]bloody good [G]cry
And always re[C]member, the [G]longer you live
The [D]sooner you’ll bloody well [G]die.

Look at the flowers, all bloody withered
Isn’t it grand, boys, to be bloody well dead?

Look at the mourners, bloody great hypocrites..
Isn’t it grand, boys, to be bloody well dead?

Look at the preacher, bloody well sanctified…
Isn’t it grand, boys, to be bloody well dead?

Look at the widow, bloody great female…
Isn’t it grand, boys, to be bloody well dead?

The Folk Song Of The Week is frailing banjo lesson for Will The Circle Be Unbroken. I have been playing this song for so long, I can’t remember the first time. I play this song in pubs and you would be surprised at how many people can’t help but sing along!

Have fun with it and don’t worry so much about the melody notes, it’s meant to be sung!

Will The Circle Be Unbroken MP3

Will The Circle Be Unbroken(PDF)

Will the Circle be Unbroken

Will the [G]circle be unbroken by and [C]by Lord, by and [G]by?

There’s a better home a waiting in the sky, Lord [D7]in the [G]sky

I was standing by the window on one cold and cloudy day
When I saw that hearse come rolling for to carry my mother away

Lord, I told the undertaker, “Undertaker, please drive slow,
For this body that your hauling, Lord, I hate to see her go.”

Oh, I followed close behind her, tried to hold up and be brave,
But I cold not hide my sorrow when they laid her in the grave

Went back home, Lord, my home was lonesome since my mother, she was gone;
All my brothers, sisters crying what a home so sad and lone.

Now my mother, she’s crossed over where so many have gone before.
And I know, Lord, I will meet her just waiting at glory’s door.

It’s time for the way back machine and re-visit Gypsy Rover on frailing banjo. I love this song and unfortunately, it make the cut on our latest CD. We just ran out of room and couldn’t fit it in. What that tells me is that it’s almost time for another CD!

Playing Gypsy Rover on frailing banjo is not very difficult. The melody notes are all on the first four frets and if you lift a finger or move a finger from one string to another you’ve got it.

Gypsy Rover (PDF)

Gypsy Rover MP3

THE GYPSY ROVER

The [G]gypsy [D7]rover came [G]over the [D7]hill

[G]Down through the [C]valley so [G]sha[D7]dy,

He [G]whistled and he [D7]sang till the [G]greenwoods [Em]rang,

And [G]he won the [C]heart of a [G]l[D7]a[G]dy.

Chorus:

Ah-de-do, ah-de-do-da-day,

Ah-de-do, ah-de-da-ay

He whistled and he sang ’til the greenwoods rang,

And he won the heart of a lady.

She left her father’s castle gates
She left her own fine lover
She left her servants and her state
To follow the gypsy rover.

Her father saddled up his fastest steed
And roamed the valleys all over
Sought his daughter at great speed
And the whistling gypsy rover.

He came at last to a mansion fine,
Down by the river Claydee
And there was music and there was wine,
For the gypsy and his lady.

“He is no gypsy, my father” she said
“But lord of these lands all over,
And I shall stay ’til my dying day
With my whistling gypsy rover.”

It was time to travel back to the Crawdad Song by popular request. It’s a fun song and it’s one that everyone loves to sing along on the chorus.

Have fun with it and don’t over think the melody, the rhythm carries the song.

Crawdad Song MP3

Crawdad Song (PDF)

CRAWDAD SONG

[G]You get a line and I’ll get a pole, honey

You get a line and I’ll get a pole, [D7]babe

[G]You get a line and I’ll get a pole

[C]We’ll go fishin’ in the crawdad hole, [G]honey, [D7]baby, [G]mine

Yonder come a man with a sack on his back, honey
Yonder come a man with a sack on his back, babe
Yonder come a man with a sack on his back
Got all the crawdads in his sack

What you goin’ do when the lake runs dry, honey?
What you goin’ do when the lake runs dry, babe
What you goin’ do when the lake runs dry
Sit on the bank and watch the crawdads die

Apple cider cinnamon beer, honey
Apple cider cinnamon beer, babe
Apple cider cinnamon beer,
An old hog’s head and a opossum’s ear