Henry Queen's
Traditional lyrics - Public Domain Ballads, Folk Songs, Music Arrangements
"Wild Bill Jones"
While out a walkin' on a Saturday night
I walked up on Wild Bill Jones
He was a walkin' and a talkin' with my true lover there
I bid him for to leave her alone
He says my age is past twenty one
To old for you to control
When he reached for a knife and I pulled out my gun
Destroyed that poor boy's soul
He staggered and stumbled and fell to the ground
Gave out one dying moan
I threw my arms round my true lover there
Saying darlin' its time we be ridin' along
We rode that ole train while she whistled all the night
Rode her while she whistled for the day
Pulling hills and curves straining every nerve
Carring me and my sweet darlin' on far away
While out a walkin' on a saturday nite
I walked up on "Wild Bill Jones"
Appalachian Banjo
North Carolina mountain banjo music photo, my dad Claude H. Queen with his first banjo handmade by John Dawson around 1928. Made from the poplar wood native to Western North Carolina and a Pilot Knob coffee bucket.This type of banjo making was common by the pioneers who adapted it from the African tradition of stringed music instruments and was hand made by southern Appalachian mountain families with varing approaches from the 1800's,onward and there are still a few craftsmen who specialize in making the traditional style fretless mountain banjos. This banjo along with 60 or so other old-time mountain musical instruments will be on display at the Mountain Heritage Museum at Western Carolina University. Hear banjo samples.
Smoky Mountain Music - North Carolina
Modern Drum'n Bass arrangement of the traditional southern mountain folk song "Wild Bill Jones" performance by Smoky Mountain Drum'n Bass. A hybird arrangement, old-time mountain music traditions combined with modern day electronic music mixing/recording.
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