Thank goodness Alan Lomax spent his life recording these treasures. His son too.
@hannibalheyes339
Ай бұрын
I can remember my Dad use to sing this song. He'd be 102 if he was still alive. 😊
@coreyhansen382
10 жыл бұрын
I sing this song while fighting huntington's disease. I know woody fought well. Gotta follow his lead.
@briangriffiths6970
9 жыл бұрын
Corey Hansen best wishes on your fight with Huntington's disease, 'fight the good fight' and best of luck
@elaines5412
9 жыл бұрын
Corey Hansen Best wishes. I would love to hear details.
@Edengardenmedia
7 жыл бұрын
wishing you a healthy happy Merry Christmas i really pray you get better.x
@jpac6
7 жыл бұрын
Good Luck Corey, a brilliant song, a brilliant man, and hope you feel the spirit through your years, and all time.
@pdn-vd5om
7 жыл бұрын
I hope the medical establishment is listening.... This guy needs a cure.... Corey thinking of you,
@rainintheface100
11 жыл бұрын
A true patriot not someone who took the easy road. A worker's HERO!!
@shirleyjdonald
7 ай бұрын
Great song and oh so true.
@agracier
12 жыл бұрын
centuries from now musicians like Woody Guthrie will be considered among the eminent artists of our present times ... you've just got to hear this to know ...
@agracier
12 жыл бұрын
What's wonderful about Folk music is that it has its roots from many countries and many eras.
@thomascombs9859
3 жыл бұрын
A truly beautiful song straight from the heart, everyone should learn it.
@professionalhunter-ru9by
8 жыл бұрын
my grandpa passed away and this was his favorite song i was the closet grandson he has ever had i love him, and miss hi but he is i,am rejoicing with him and i know he is in a happier place and aint suffering any more
@davewilliams3390
7 жыл бұрын
Countryboy890 Lockout12 my father passed a week ago tomorrow and he loved this song and he tried to get his bird too sing along
@oldschoolpunkchris1
12 жыл бұрын
ivw been listing to woody here all day not my first time every song has giving me the same feeling of hope and the same goosbumbs
@elipkau
3 жыл бұрын
Great song many thanks! Never heard it before and I love ❤️ mr Guthrie he is my soulmate!!
@robin4400
11 жыл бұрын
woody- you have done so much for all of us. So Beautiful. thanks
@trez2187
10 ай бұрын
God damn he wrote it just for me.
@shirleyjdonald
7 ай бұрын
Minus the damn part(smile), love your comment!
@maryalice5357
7 ай бұрын
That's how it makes you feel. Beautiful song of life's truth.
@ataaah
12 жыл бұрын
American Folk has its roots in the music of English, Irish, French, and African immigrants. Consider "Barbara Allen" which has so many permutations someone actually made a movie documenting them. I love American folk, but it doesn't necessarily stand alone. If you've ever heard the Copper Family from England, that might give you some idea. There is no music "ours alone", and that makes me happy. :-) just my two bits.
@kpzcbttp
12 жыл бұрын
Marvellous! Thankyou for this video. Greetings from Scotland.
@UnfamiliarPlace
3 жыл бұрын
This is the version from the Library of Congress recordings done by Alan Lomax in 1940, hence the lyrics may be different from a studio version. [Song] You've got to walk that lonesome valley You've got to walk it by yourself There's nobody here can walk it for you You've got to walk it by yourself You've got to sleep in a lonesome graveyard You've got to sleep there by yourself Nobody here can sleep there for you You've got to sleep there by yourself There's a road that'll take you to glory Through a valley not far away Nobody here can walk go there for you They can only point the way But you've got to walk that lonesome valley You've got to walk it by yourself There ain't nobody can walk it for you You've got to walk it by yourself Some people says that John was a baptist Some people says he was a Jew Oh, the Holy Bible tells us That he was a preacher too You've got to walk that lonesome valley You've got to walk it by yourself There's nobody here can walk it for you You've got to walk that lonesome valley by yourself [Dialogue] Woody: Man, there's lots of railroad blueses, Alan. I guess you know the kind of blues that come from the boys that ride the rods and walk the ties, knocking off them railroad ties... Alan Lomax: Have you done a lot of that, knocking off railroad ties, Woody? How many miles have you walked? Woody: There's not but about three ties that I haven't hit, and I'm gonna clip them off this summer. Alan Lomax: How do you walk on a railroad bed? Woody: I hit every other tie. But a lot of times they ain't not laid even, sometimes you have to get two at a time for a while, then get one a couple of times in order to get them straightened out. Some of them's closer together than others. And a lot of boys get their foot caught in between these ties, you know, there's been a lot of 'em get run over that way. Alan Lomax: Did you ever actually know of anybody to be run over that way? Woody: Yeah, one of the best friends that I ever had lived right next door to me, Alan, about two doors up the street. His name was Miles Reynolds, in Okemah, Oklahoma. When he was about 17 years old, he had to [take?] the freight train [in it?], and he fell down in between 'em and got run over.
@JeremyCioppa
11 жыл бұрын
this was the stuff before tv and radio. i may be wrong about the radio part. but most of these songs were just passed orally back in old times
@philipbunney9445
5 жыл бұрын
‘Some say John was a Baptist Some say John was a Jew’ Same lines were sang in ‘12 Years a Slave’-unbelievable
@catsick94
12 жыл бұрын
Someday I'll set out from my home with a tent and a stove, find mother nature and walk that lonesome valley.
@johnjurkewicz9925
6 жыл бұрын
he is Great to listening to and I love it
@michaelestrada8262
4 жыл бұрын
Mexicans for Guthrie. Greatest American hero!
@johnhobdey7021
7 жыл бұрын
great music
@ManNamedBrUce
9 жыл бұрын
To those who wanted to know what's up with the lyric discrepancy, I have your answer, and it's a good one. As Utah Philips put it, Folk singers took old Christian hymns, because they sounded pretty, but they changed the words so that they made more sense! Additionally, Woody Guthrie's song "I Ain't Got No Home" was a spin on the Carter Family's tune and Christian hymn "This World's Not My Home." To say the least, I love Guthrie and Folk music (and history), but that is a narrative that you can take to the heart c:
@iamhereblossom1588
5 жыл бұрын
I wonder if some of it is just misheard and rehashed lyrics over time like a game of telephone.
@LynettDurgin
11 жыл бұрын
i love your comment, "only the true and pure can do it right. I loved John Cash so much and I saw him in heaven a few months ago. He's doing fine. Lynett
@kodaxrose50
5 жыл бұрын
My fav version
@harmonygirl1000
11 жыл бұрын
Actually this is an old spiritual
@paulallen3557
Жыл бұрын
He says "hyer" for here just like in these Kentucky hills.
@sherdeanekinney4414
11 жыл бұрын
Woody- no one has come close- he saw and then said it -- wonderful- the others are all fluff and sound mixers-
@donaldgillespie9383
5 жыл бұрын
Great song. Even Joan Baez doesn't sing it as good as Woody! 😎👤✌🎩
@alvinbutler5539
7 жыл бұрын
really good song
@miketheslone
12 жыл бұрын
@kornelmaci This kind of song usually isn't learned from a book, and therefore its lyrics aren't really set in stone. Usually when you find Woody singing an old folk song, he makes up about half the lyrics, so you have to just listen if you want to sing it like him. But I think he'd probably just tell you to make up your own; you could probably do as good a job or better when it comes to the adlib stuff.
@Honker66
12 жыл бұрын
I think Woody would be proud of his son
@AWTD
11 жыл бұрын
He was country's Bruce Springsteen. I think he would've told Bruce "well done" if he was to see anybody try to go mainstream with this theme.
@beeZstudio
12 жыл бұрын
You might be interested in the woodyguthrie org website. It has the lyrics of all songs by Woody. It credits Woody with lyrics & music to Lonesome Valley. I'm guessing that, like the Carter Family, he collected traditional songs that had many variations, and then published a specific version as his own. It makes it hard to distinguish between original work and adaptations of traditional songs. Maybe the new Folkways publication will shed some light on this [see Smithsonian Folkways website]
@Recycledhooligan
4 жыл бұрын
No flash just honestly delivered songs & that’s all you need Johnny Cash’s reverend mr. black is also a good version
@RealHypocrisy
12 жыл бұрын
no genre is anyone's alone, look at the celtic folk music coming from ireland/scotland since the 1300's...
@paulsullivan229
2 жыл бұрын
Ahh Woody, Aint that the truth..
@clyax113
5 жыл бұрын
Reminds you of Lonesome Road from New Vegas, yeah?
@johnwarner3753
Жыл бұрын
Mississippi John Hurt stole this song....and made it his. Definitely the best version is his.
@patterjak
12 жыл бұрын
@OldSkoolThrasher666 Could not have put it better pal, always loved metal and rock, but this stuff, I dont know, it just touches you somehow.
@BenjaminKuruga
12 жыл бұрын
@lennonharrisonringo old comment, but I'd have to object, I loved Mr. Hurt's version.
@oldschoolpunkchris1
12 жыл бұрын
@thefreetimedude im a pure punk and for years have called woody the second protest punk next to my main man Jesus
@RealHypocrisy
12 жыл бұрын
think of the general picture, or what he's saying, listen carefully, weigh your options or thoughts of the lyrics in accordance with the general idea, and you'll get the lyrics.
@mrsuperbruce
7 жыл бұрын
Go WOODY. tell the truth.
@govindaanand2284
2 жыл бұрын
YOU GOT TO WALK THAT LONESOME VALLEY------ YOU GOT TO WALK IT BY YOURSELF YOU CAN'T TAKE YOUR GUNS BY GOLLY--- YOU CAN'T TAKE YOUR PRIDE AND PELF
@joaocarlosrocha1983
3 жыл бұрын
Lonesome Valley (feat. João Rocha - piano solo): kzitem.info/news/bejne/pHyd15t7hKGJoaQ
@Lazairus
9 жыл бұрын
is there any additional verses? any thoughts. I know there mother/father/jesus gotta walk that lonesome valley
@elaines5412
9 жыл бұрын
Ciaran H Yes, there are other verses.
@amitmanber4926
6 жыл бұрын
Budhah walk that lonesome valley
@studiscus
12 жыл бұрын
Zero Dislikes.
@evamello7983
6 жыл бұрын
💃💃😍❤
@kornelmaci
12 жыл бұрын
What the hell !!! I can not finde the lyricks what he sings. Could anybody help me??
@bbqcrackers
11 жыл бұрын
Does this tune sound like Little Birdie by The Kossoy Sisters to anyone else?
@ManNamedBrUce
11 жыл бұрын
Isn't that the truth! My friends and I really like Guthrie's music, but when we each play it on our phones or ipods, we have different versions causing me to sing the wrong words from time to time. Similar to MLK and his speeches if you care to notice.
@studiscus
12 жыл бұрын
I bet they want somebody to walk it for them...
@AthbhreithAthbheochan
11 жыл бұрын
:)
@grobaripodbara
2 жыл бұрын
ah
@Lazairus
9 жыл бұрын
the key is in F so G stepped down 2 steps
@wheatienotgreedy5207
8 жыл бұрын
f is only one step down from g
@Lazairus
8 жыл бұрын
that is correct.
@katsrevenge
8 жыл бұрын
you've gotta sle----ep in a lonesome graveyard You've gotta sle---ep there by yourself, Nobody here can sle-ep there for you, You've gotta sleep there by yourself. Weird second verse there @0:20 seconds
@kirbytrooper
8 жыл бұрын
but hes not wrong
@OGKush2010
12 жыл бұрын
don't forget Welsh ;)
@moonlightkristen5905
7 жыл бұрын
😲😂😂😂😂😂😂✌
@Master100Mind
12 жыл бұрын
Mississippi John Hurt's lyrics are really nothing like this so is either one singing it right?
@Yallquietendown
Жыл бұрын
This song has a lot of different versions going back to before the civil war
@jethromcbean6244
12 жыл бұрын
john might have been a baptist, might of been a jew, does it matter? he is just a man like you
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