Saturday, April 6, 2013

The Coal Porters - Sail Away, Ladies!

What goes around comes around.  Bluegrass is perhaps America's Ur-Music, born in the Appalachian mountains from immigrants hailing from the British Isles.  Bluegrass has had a renaissance of late, and has fair jumped the Pond back to the Mother Country with some young London hipsters, the Coal Porters.

Well, a group that's been around for 20 years may not qualify as "young" these days, but it's introducing a whole new generation of young hipsters to some great music.  The circle is complete, and hopefully will remain unbroken.  In both the New and Old Worlds.



Sail Away, Ladies! (songwriter: Traditional, arranged by Carly Frey)
Ain't no use to sit and cry
sail away, ladies, sail away
you'll be an angel by and by
sail away, ladies, sail away
don't you rock 'im, daddy-o
don't you rock 'm, daddy-o
don't you rock 'im, daddy-o
sail away, ladies, sail away!
I got news from Charlotte Town
sail away, ladies, said away
big St. Louis a-burning down
sail away, ladies, said away
I got a home in Tennessee
sail away, ladies, sail away
that's the place I wanna be
sail away, ladies, sail away
come along, boys, and go with me
sail away, ladies, sail away
we'll go down to Tennessee
sail away, ladies, sail away
hush, little baby, don't you cry
sail away, ladies, sail away
you'll be an Angel by and by
sail away, ladies, sail away

3 comments:

Anonymous said...

Not bad for some Brits. An old friend of mine cut a bluegrass album after his wife died, he's apparently joined a band since then, you can find them on youtube, search for mirror image bluegrass. My friend is the mandolin player.

libertyman said...

Thank you for your eclectic music tastes. Off to Amazon, again to make a purchase.

Did you ever see the Charles River Valley Boys with Joe Val when you were in the Boston area?

By the way, I just received my Samuel Ramey disk, and it is autographed, too! Thank you for that introduction.

Borepatch said...

ccbpc, that's pretty cool.

libertyman, they used to be more eclectic - I'd post "Modern Monday' about what the youngsters are listening to. Alas, I got all of that from the kids, and now they listen mostly to pop.

Never saw the acts you mention. Didn't get out much. But I'm glad you like the music!