Appalachian Bluegrass Mountain Dulcimer

[silverscreenname]

Whose the old guy?

[jack83aq]

Wonderful! I'd love to see the whole documentary!

[thewhakka]

so awesome, the timelessness.

[MBJB07]

She has such a sweet voice!

[MegaMandrake99]

god bless the mountain men

[awbright1]

the name of the second song is little henry lee

[missjanenc]

This ain't bluegrass...it's mountain music.

[try2bcool]

The title of this is kind of misleading considering she never plays her dulcimer at all during this clip. The songs are great though.

[bunkerman99]

Beautiful. Lunsford was a songcatcher of some note. Im almost positive that is not Jean Ritchie. Did you notice her old style 3 string dulcimer.

[calliefrances]

My husband and I started playing dulcimer in KY 3 years ago after being introduced to it by a dulcimer making preacher who had moved from eastern KY to western KY. We have been gratified to find a ducimer community which spans the US. I am also thrilled to find this video as we are interested in authentic folk music. 

[jenzeppelin]

still one of my favourite clips after all of this time.  love it to the core.

[jmontgomery7577]

I love this! Who wouldn't?

[kokomotoysonline]

Such an amazing song.

[tharleman]

I believe the mountain dulicmer player is Jean Ritchie.

[allinaday]

@tharleman Thank you for your comment.  The dulcimer player is not Jean Ritchie. I do not remember her name off hand but I knew Jean Ritchie back then. She and her husband performed locally in North Carolina.

David Hoffman – independent filmmaker

[incogneato2]

What is the name of the second song that the guitar player is singing? I've never heard it before but it's beautiful. Great video of Americana.

[allinaday]

@incogneato2 - I am not certain of the name but I believe that it is called "lie down, lie down." And thank you for your comment.

David Hoffman – independent filmmaker

[NormanFitzNicely]

@allinaday He is actually singing "Light down, light down" as in "alight from your horse". The shape of the tune suggests an English origin, one of the ballads that was brought to Appalachia by the settlers. I can't at the moment place which one, but I'll look around and see if I can find a more complete text to identify the ballad.

[tharleman]

@incogneato2 'Henry Lee' (Young Hunting)



[mtcollins64]

@incogneato2 - The song is "Henry Lee". The 1929 version by Dick Justice is on Harry Smith's Anthology of American Folk Music. Tom Paley, Bob Dylan and others recorded versions of the song and called it "Love Henry".

[ABOMB6661]

Whats goin on with this vid it used to play on my iphone no prob now it says it wont which really sucks cause its a great one of a kind video please fix it

[rbaugus]

Very nice video. Thanks for putting it up. Just one thing. There is no such place as The Bluegrass Mountains. These folks are in the Blue Ridge Mountains. Bascomb Lamar Lunsford lived in Asheville, NC, in the Blue Ridge Mountains. Sorry, not really trying to be pedantic, just proud of my Blue Ridge culture. Thanks

[ArkRed1]

Harry Smith has this on his anthology by a guy named Dick Justice(?) but the tune is different. It's in a major key. The tune I learned is different than both these. I like this "minor" version too.

[texasinparis]

Does anybody know the name of the second song ?

[ivycompton]

The first song sounds like a variation on "Gypsy Davy." (Except he must be a gambler in this one rather than a gypsy.) Very sweet indeed. Thanks for posting it.

[lowaslow]

@ivycompton It is. Child ballad #200. Details available on Wikipedia.

[Celticzephyr]

What a lovely clip and how wonderful to have it such good condition it can put here for all to see. I found it searching for autoharp clips. Didn't see any autoharps and was wondering if you meant the mountain dulcimer rather than the autoharp. One does find the nicest things NOT going in a straight line on Youtube!

[allinaday]

Yes it is a mountain dulcimer. Thank you. I will change my title.

David Hoffman - Filmmaker

[jenzeppelin]

does anyone know what happened to the young couple? did they perform at fairs? are they still around?

[jenzeppelin]

back again for their smiling faces and sweet voices

[tinroofbusted]

Oh my this was wonderful. I was almost in tears, This is pure music and a wonderful addition to Youtube. This was the music of my youth and family in SW Ontario, CANADA. it was and will always be the sweet music to my ears. thanks and God's Bless.

[jenzeppelin]

thank you for posting this, it's so sweet and beautiful.