"LISTEN TO THE MOCKINGBIRD" - VOCAL- Ladies & Love Songs of the Civil War-Tom Roush

[fanboy2015]

The Three Stooges' original theme before they used Three Blind Mice. Just found that out! Lol!

[Lieblingsfachful]

Dear lord......this song is so........ bizarre.

It's drenched in nothing but melancholy and macabre lyrics you would expect to hear in some dirge yet......the tune is so uplifting. In an odd way, it symbolizes love, true love, the love that never dies.

[esquilo550]

this song was also used in Buzzy the Crow

[TennesseeShine]

Nice to hear the lyrics for a change but also a great fiddle tune. A favorite of the Army of Tennessee.

[rcotton100]

@TennesseeShine:

This song has long been is a favorite of mine on guitar. But I have a question. In the movie The Alamo, Thronton's Davie Crocket played the song on his fiddle. Now I see the date written is 1855 which doesn't add up as an old classic for Crocket to be playing. Some songs were around for long time before someone put them to lyrics. I wonder if this was the case?

[FRAGIORGIO1]

My mother used to sing this song occasionally in the 1940s and 1950s. She had lived in Texas where her father's family had a long history with the state, so she passed on that feel.

[floridaruthy]

I just found some family history and my great grandmother wanted this song played at her funeral. The family did not play the song. So amazing that I can just click a button and hear what song she loved so many years ago. Thank you.

[FirstMissLulu]

This is a nice rendition of a lovely song and I really like it. The video accompaniment is excellent. It is actually good enough to play on PBS! The lady at 2:54 to 3:02 actually looks like my late mother. As for any negative comments please delete them all and mark them "Deleted by request of Miss Lulu". This is a mellow space for mellow people. Coarse ruffians may go elsewhere to have their kittens, mew, mew, mew! (Smile sweetie!)

[lichtbroeder]

For all the brutality and horror of the Civil War, there is often in the popular music of that time, an indication of civility, genteelness, dignity, courtliness, and honor in male-female relations that are sorely lacking in our time.

[atrahan100]

A beautiful song of the civil war. Thanks again.

[avalanchesuperstar]

Three stooges song!

[d4don2006]

Great Job!

[weldon0m]

A time when women were women and men were men...it must have been a hard life but in a different way to what we would call hard now...Thanks for the upload...keep em coming and us young old timers will enjoy them all....Cheers from Mark from Perth West Australia

[MusicOfTomRoush]

I would like to say "THANK YOU" to everyone who has commented on my work. Your comments are heartwarming and inspiring to say the least. Even negative comments show that someone is listening! Tom

[stoogman]

One of the Three Stooges opening songs!

[FRAGIORGIO1]

@stoogman Never cared for those crude fellows, and this song doesn't seem appropriate for them.

[whereismygracejesus]

♫♫♫ Listen to the Christendom bird, listen to the Christendom bird,

Babbling over the grave of Yahuahshua. ♫♫♫

HallEluYah.

[yankeefrog39]

Thanks for the complete song since I heard that line about listening to the mocking bird and never know it was a mourning song. We are so protected today in regards to illness and death.

[thearbiter221]

its an upbeat tune but the song is about the death of his wife

this is the original EMO song

[genheth]

How does one the Cd's by this Tom Roush?

Google does not get the correct links....

Thanks

[MusicOfTomRoush]

Go to my channel - MusicOfTomRoush and you will see 3 CD's that can be ordered. Click on the one that you're interested in purchasing for more information.

[boilerplate7]

Very beautiful rendition, The pictures of the sweet ladies of yore are beautiful. God, I can see my mother in their eyes.

[fiddlerhogan]

well done. Thanks for the simple representation of a beautiful piece of American history.

[hotdogboy9]

I've been searching for a good recording of this song for a long time. I love your arrangement. Thanks for the posting. I'm looking forward to seeing whta else is on your CD.

[strepsilman]

amazing

maybe an bluegrass group can make this oldie brighter thenthat you made it>?

[MusicOfTomRoush]

Most 'bluegrass' groups that even play this song play it as an instrumental due to the song's dark subject of a man's grief of the death of his lover or wife.

[FRAGIORGIO1]

@MusicOfTomRoush Thanks for passing this version on to us.

[FirstMissLulu]

@strepsilman

This song was originally meant as medicine for grief and not as idle entertainment.

You cannot really understand it until you have felt that pain.

And not to worry junior, your turn will also come eventually.

[hvydman67]

Terrific job. I never realized how sad this song is. The women had such natural beauty. No makeup or even a smile. I especially liked the pic of Gen. and Libby Custer.