Roscoe Holcomb - Coney Isle

Recorded in New York City 1964. The original is by Frank Hutchinson (around 1927). Roscoe hadn't heard of him and associated the song with the amusement park by this name near Cincinnati where Roscoe worked during WWII.

Category:

Music

Tags:

• Coney
• Isle
• Roscoe
• Holcomb
• Folk

[captaindecency]

Thank you for posting this, Horschtiborscht

[rgmaru47]

he's the sgruggs of country mountain banjo play'en! r.i.p.

[potii92]

@dokterlexus keep at it man, have some corn whisky and pick up that banjo again.

[dokterlexus]

I bought a banjo just to learn to play like Roscoe. I failed miserably.

[Thetasquadldr]

this sounds a lot like "salty dog"

[coffeescup]

@BiancaAlexisBritt I am amazed you could get that sorted out. Thanks. I like the song even more now.

[chosenonz]

re Coney Isle...thank goodness this is preserved now that Bloomberg & Co. destroyed it.

[BiancaAlexisBritt]

Just out in a mountain sittin on a log finger on the trigger eye on the hog Im going back to coney isle

I pull the trigger and the gun says zip and i jumped on the hog with all of my grip

Im going back to coney isle

It's hello sal i know you the one ol sliper and the run down shoe im going back to coney isle

Im talking about people having a devil of a time eating of the chicken and a drankin the wine

im on my way

Im going back to coney isle

[SlimWhitman2803]

the phrase I'm going back to Coney Isle brings tears to my eyes...dunno y =(

[ReggieNeeReggie]

Any one know the words? Some are hard to make out.



[seymourbbest]

Roscoe Holcomb was a self taught musical genius. One of a kind talent.