Irish Pub Song Of The Day – Drunken Sailor Accompaniment for Frailing Banjo

September 16, 2010 Kelly

Clawhammer Banjo Frailing Banjo Instruction Irish Pub Song Of The Day

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Hey, it’s Thursday and Joel Simpson is back! It’s time for accompaniment for frailing banjo for The Irish Pub Song Of The Day. This week, it’s Drunken Sailor and it’s so much fun to play along to with a guitar player.

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DRUNKEN SAILOR

What [Em]should we do with a drunken sailor

[D]What should we do with a drunken sailor

[Em]What should we do with a drunken sailor

[G]Earl-lie[D] in the [Em]morning

Chorus: Way hey and up she rises(x3)

Earl-lie in the morning

Put ‘em in a long boat till he’s sober(x3)
Earl-lie in the morning

Give ‘em a hair of the dog that bit him(x3)
Earl-lie in the morning

Shave his belly with a rusty razor(x3)
Earlie in the morning

That’s what we’ll do with a drunken sailor(x3)
Earl-lie in the morning

Frailing Banjo Lick Of The Week – Backup Lick

September 15, 2010 Kelly

Clawhammer Banjo Frailing Banjo Frailing Banjo Lick Of The Week Instruction

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Clawhammer Banjo Frailing Banjo Frailing Banjo Lick Of The Week instruction

The Frailing Banjo Lick Of The Week this time is a Backup Lick. I was asked about some of the licks that I use on the videos while I’m singing. Well, this is one of them. You can take this and change some things around and still have something that sounds complicated that’s really not.

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Folk Song Of The Week – Lonesome Valley on Frailing Banjo

September 14, 2010 Kelly

Clawhammer Banjo Folk Song Of The Week Frailing Banjo Instruction

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Clawhammer Banjo Folk Song Of The Week Frailing Banjo instruction

The Folk Song Of The Week this time around it Lonesome Valley. There are literally dozens of different lyics for this song. Pick the ones you like or do what I do and change it up now and again.
Always remember on Frailing Banjo in the Key of G, you can find 99.9% of the melody notes on the first two frets on the four strings. 8 notes, 2 frets, and 4 strings. Go get ‘em.

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Lonesome Valley (PDF)

LONESOME VALLEY

You [G]gotta walk that lonesome valley, you gotta [D7]walk by your[G]self

Nobody [C]else can walk it [G]for you, you gotta [D7]walk by your[G]self.

Jesus walked this lonesome valley and he had to walk it by Himself
Nobody else could walk it for Him, He had to walk it by Himself.

You must go and stand your trials, you have to stand it by yourself
Nobody else can stand it for you, you have to stand it by yourself.

Some folks say that old John was a Baptist, some folks say he was a Jew
But the Bible claim, it plainly tells us that old Johnny was a preacher, too.

Irish Pub Song Of The Day – Drunken Sailor on Frailing Banjo

September 13, 2010 Kelly

Clawhammer Banjo Frailing Banjo Instruction Irish Pub Song Of The Day

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Clawhammer Banjo Frailing Banjo instruction Irish Pub Song Of The Day

The Irish Pub Song Of The Day this time is Drunken Sailor. This is a fun song to do on Frailing Banjo. The Key of Em is the “relative minor” of the G, so your melody notes are going to be in same places you find them in the Key of G.

Drunken Sailor MP3 [Download]

Drunken Sailor (PDF)

DRUNKEN SAILOR

What [Em]should we do with a drunken sailor

[D]What should we do with a drunken sailor

[Em]What should we do with a drunken sailor

[G]Earl-lie[D] in the [Em]morning

Chorus: Way hey and up she rises(x3)

Earl-lie in the morning

Put ‘em in a long boat till he’s sober(x3)
Earl-lie in the morning

Give ‘em a hair of the dog that bit him(x3)
Earl-lie in the morning

Shave his belly with a rusty razor(x3)
Earlie in the morning

That’s what we’ll do with a drunken sailor(x3)
Earl-lie in the morning

Folk Song Of The Day – Lord Of The Dance Accompaniment for Frailing Banjo

September 10, 2010 Kelly

Clawhammer Banjo Folk Song Of The Week

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Happy Friday! It’s time for accompaniment for the Folk Song Of The Week. This week it is Lord Of The Dance. It was great having Joel Simpson over again. I really love the way his guitar sounds while I am playing along on frailing banjo.

Lord Of The Dance Accompaniment MP3 [Download]

Lord Of The Dance (PDF)

LORD OF THE DANCE

I [G]danced in the morning when the world was begun

I [D7]danced in the moon, the stars and the sun

I [G]danced down from Heaven and I danced on Earth

At [D7]Bethlehem I [G]had my birth

Chorus:

Dance, then, wherever you may be

I am the Lord of the [D7]Dance, said He

And [G]I’ll lead you all, wherever you may be

And I’ll [D7]lead you all in the [G]dance, said He

I danced for the scribe and the Pharisee
They would not dance; they would not follow me
So I danced for the fisherman, for James and John
They came with me and the dance went on

I danced on the Sabbath and I cured the lame
They holy people said it was a shame
So they whipped, they stripped, they hung me high
And they left me on the cross to die

I danced on a Friday, when the sky turned black
It’s hard to dance with the Devil on your back
Oh they buried my body, they thought I’d gone
But I and the dance still go on

They cut me down, but I lept on high
I am the light that will never, never die
But I’ll live in you if you’ll live in me
I am the Lord of the Dance, said He

Irish Pub Song Of The Day – The Mermaid Accompaniment for Frailing Banjo

September 9, 2010 Kelly

Clawhammer Banjo Frailing Banjo Irish Pub Song Of The Day

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Clawhammer Banjo Frailing Banjo guitar Irish Pub Song Of The Day

Joel’s back again so it must be time for accompaniment for the Irish Pub Song Of The Day. Once again, see if you can see and hear the differences between how I play frailing banjo on my own and when I am playing along with Joel.

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THE MERMAID

It was [G]Friday morn when [C]we set [G]sail and

we [C]were not [D7]far from the [G]land

When the captain he spied a [C]mermaid so [G]fair with a [C]comb and a [D7]glass in her [G]hand

And the ocean [C]waves [D7]do [G]roll and the stormy winds do [D7]blow

And [G]we poor sailors are [C]skippin’ at the [G]top while the [C]landlubbers [D7]lie

down [G]below, below below. While the [C]landlubbers [D7]lie down [G]below.

Then up spoke the captain of our gallant ship and a fine old man was he
This fishy mermaid has warned me of our doom, we shall sink to the bottom of the sea.

Then up spoke the mate of our gallant ship and fine standing lad was he
He says I’ve a wife in Brooklyn by the sea and tonight she a widow will be

Then up spoke the cabin boy of our gallant ship and fine young man was he
He says I’ve a sweetheart in Salem by the sea and tonight she’ll be grieving for me

Then up spoke the cook of our gallant ship and crazy old butcher was he
He says I care more for me pots and me pans than I do for the bottom of the sea

Nine times around spun our gallant ship and nine times around spun she.

Nine times around spun our gallant ship til she sank to the bottom of the sea.

Frailing Banjo Lick Of The Week – Pull Offs and Phantom Hammer Ons

September 8, 2010 Kelly

Clawhammer Banjo Frailing Banjo Frailing Banjo Lick Of The Week Instruction

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The Frailing Banjo Lick Of The Week is from my arrangement of Lord Of The Dance. The tab is for the pull offs on the 2nd and 3rd strings and the Phantom Hammer-ons on also on the 3rd and 2nd strings.

I hope you enjoy.

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Folk Song Of The Week – Lord Of The Dance on Frailing Banjo

September 7, 2010 Kelly

Clawhammer Banjo Folk Song Of The Week Frailing Banjo

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Clawhammer Banjo Folk Song Of The Week Frailing Banjo

This Folk Song Of The Week is Lord of the Dance. I was asked for this song as part of the Irish Pub Song Of The Day, but I thought it fit better here. I hope you can follow along on frailing banjo since it’s such as fun song.

Lord Of The Dance MP3 [Download]

Lord Of The Dance (PDF)

LORD OF THE DANCE

I [G]danced in the morning when the world was begun

I [D7]danced in the moon, the stars and the sun

I [G]danced down from Heaven and I danced on Earth

At [D7]Bethlehem I [G]had my birth

Chorus:

Dance, then, wherever you may be

I am the Lord of the [D7]Dance, said He

And [G]I’ll lead you all, wherever you may be

And I’ll [D7]lead you all in the [G]dance, said He

I danced for the scribe and the Pharisee
They would not dance; they would not follow me
So I danced for the fisherman, for James and John
They came with me and the dance went on

I danced on the Sabbath and I cured the lame
They holy people said it was a shame
So they whipped, they stripped, they hung me high
And they left me on the cross to die

I danced on a Friday, when the sky turned black
It’s hard to dance with the Devil on your back
Oh they buried my body, they thought I’d gone
But I and the dance still go on

They cut me down, but I lept on high
I am the light that will never, never die
But I’ll live in you if you’ll live in me
I am the Lord of the Dance, said He

Irish Pub Song Of The Day – The Mermaid on Frailing Banjo

September 6, 2010 Kelly

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Today’s Irish Pub Song Of The Day is The Mermaid. I didn’t like how some of the early videos came out so I am going to be going back every once in a while and revisit them. I think once you can plainly see frailing banjo and hear frailing banjo, you will be able to practice and play frailing banjo.

The Mermaid MP3 [Download]

The Mermaid (PDF)