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Christine Leroy


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Duration: 00:04:30
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This is my rendition of a simple tear jerking lament from a dying wife who tells in song how happy her marriage was until her husband proved unfaithful to his wedding vows with a beautiful siren named Christine Leroy.
Gordon Hardy
12/03/16 10:41:51AM @gordon-hardy:

Mary MacGowan:

A simple lament played and sung beautifully. I enjoyed learning the history of the song with you and Strumelia. And yeah, that Christine Leroy must've been something else!

It's a pleasure to hear from you Mary. Thank you for your kind comment.


Mary MacGowan
12/03/16 02:19:16AM @mary-macgowan:

A simple lament played and sung beautifully. I enjoyed learning the history of the song with you and Strumelia. And yeah, that Christine Leroy must've been something else!


Gordon Hardy
12/02/16 09:39:43PM @gordon-hardy:

Charles Thomas:

That was sooo good! Your voice and your six string are a great match. I also love hearing about the history of a song.

Thank you Charles, good to hear from you.


Charles Thomas
12/02/16 08:52:53PM @charles-thomas:

That was sooo good! Your voice and your six string are a great match. I also love hearing about the history of a song.


Gordon Hardy
12/02/16 03:23:06PM @gordon-hardy:

Lexie R Oakley:

Very nice Gordon, I love hearing you sing sad songs to us.

It is fun to hear about the history of the song, thanks Gordon and Lisa.

Thanks for your very kind comment Lexie, great to hear from you.


Gordon Hardy
12/02/16 03:20:35PM @gordon-hardy:

Strumelia:


Hi Gordon!  Yes it's part of that Ozarks collection, and also shows up in various references in the US.  But the very earliest date I could find that references the song is mentioned  as an 'old favorite' in a Montreal newspaper from 1927:
http://www.vwml.org/record/RoudBS/B94395#


But that doesn't mean it's Canadian of course... perhaps it just suggests that people in Montreal considered it an 'old favorite' back in the 1920s at least.  The style of the lyrics suggest to me that it's older than that.  Then there's the lyric reference to 'gaslight' as well, which seems to persist in several versions of the ballad. By the 1890s indoor gas lights were already being phased out.  oma  Fascinating stuff!


Boy, that husband couldn't manage to stay faithful for even one year to his new bride...  shakeNo


 


Hey Lisa, I didn't know the Montreal connection....but it very likely was an old favorite back in the day, it has that melancholy flavor that some of us are partial to.  I found this youtube recording by an English tenor (threelegsoman) playing the song on his guitar. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YCnZO2ZARg4  Maybe the song like so many old Appalachian hits originated in the British Isles.


 


 


Lexie R Oakley
12/02/16 11:08:53AM @lexie-r-oakley:

Very nice Gordon, I love hearing you sing sad songs to us.

It is fun to hear about the history of the song, thanks Gordon and Lisa.


Strumelia
12/02/16 10:54:10AM @strumelia:

Gordon Hardy:

 


 


Thanks Lisa, always lovely to hear from you. I don't think Canada had anything to do with this song except for a certain Canadian who thinks he can sing it.  I believe it is part of a collection called "Songs of the Ozarks"



Hi Gordon!  Yes it's part of that Ozarks collection, and also shows up in various references in the US.  But the very earliest date I could find that references the song is mentioned  as an 'old favorite' in a Montreal newspaper from 1927:
http://www.vwml.org/record/RoudBS/B94395#


But that doesn't mean it's Canadian of course... perhaps it just suggests that people in Montreal considered it an 'old favorite' back in the 1920s at least.  The style of the lyrics suggest to me that it's older than that.  Then there's the lyric reference to 'gaslight' as well, which seems to persist in several versions of the ballad. By the 1890s indoor gas lights were already being phased out.  oma  Fascinating stuff!


Boy, that husband couldn't manage to stay faithful for even one year to his new bride...  shakeNo


 


Gordon Hardy
12/02/16 10:46:36AM @gordon-hardy:

Terry Wilson:

You nailed it again, Gordon.  Nice tear drop song.

Thanks for posting ,  as I always enjoy your songs.

Thanks Terry, glad you like the songs because I sure do like singing them.


Terry Wilson
12/02/16 10:00:52AM @terry-wilson:

You nailed it again, Gordon.  Nice tear drop song.

Thanks for posting ,  as I always enjoy your songs.


Gordon Hardy
12/02/16 12:13:02AM @gordon-hardy:

Strumelia:

The repertoire that you explore is wonderful, Gordon.  I think the earliest mentions of this ballad are from the 1920s and 30s in both Appalachia and Canada?  

Nice version, I always love listening to your songs.

Thanks Lisa, always lovely to hear from you. I don't think Canada had anything to do with this song except for a certain Canadian who thinks he can sing it.  I believe it is part of a collection called "Songs of the Ozarks"


Strumelia
12/01/16 10:14:39PM @strumelia:

The repertoire that you explore is wonderful, Gordon.  I think the earliest mentions of this ballad are from the 1920s and 30s in both Appalachia and Canada?  

Nice version, I always love listening to your songs.


Gordon Hardy
12/01/16 08:56:59PM @gordon-hardy:

Steven Berger:

Well done, Gordon!

 

Steven

Thanks for listening Steven, I appreciate your comment.


Steven Berger
12/01/16 08:03:27PM @steven-berger:

Well done, Gordon!

 

Steven