BY THE BANKS OF THE OHIO.wmv

I heard a beautiful a cappella version of this on OldAndNewSongs, T. Louisa''s channel the other day and it reminded me how I used to love the song. It is another of those Love-gone-bad songs involving what I think the French named, a Crime of Passion.

Apart from Louisa and now myself, many others have covered this traditional American Song, notably the popular Country singers, Johnny Cash, The Carter Family and others such as Joan Baez, Pete Seeger and Olivia Newton-John

Wikipedia tells us that this is a 19th century murder ballad and was first recorded in 1927 by Red Patterson's Piedmont Log Rollers. Hell they could name a band in those days!

My version does, to be expected on this channel, include different words and possibly a different tune but this may be due to the fact that I could never sit and listen when it came on the radio but had to belt out what I thought the tune and words were over the top of the performer. Dont they call it Karaoke these days?

Perhaps this could be my sequel to Careless Love, if you catch m drift!

I was pleased to give two memories of our Canada visit another showing both in the river video during the song and on the record sleeve at the end. I cant remember the river we had our very tame white-water adventure on but it wasn't the Ohio.

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[onkelbuke]

beautiful one Geof! love the mix of banjo guitar and guitar , together with your singing its GREAT! thanks for this beautiful tune bro. Greetings, CHris

[geoff1945]

i am so pleased to hear from you again, Little Bro! How are you?

[plowboyes]

Wow,Felt like I was there. Great Video. Thanks....Guy(s)? your friend,winston

[geoff1945]

Guilty by proximity, Winston? Witnesses did mention a third grey-bearded man with a western accent, whittlin' with his bowie knife. Hell, me an my twin bro were just jammin' on guitar and banjo on that there grassy knowl. Can't of been us.

[Bidyyy]

VERY VERY GREAT !!!

☆ ☆ ☆ ☆ ☆

[geoff1945]

Thank you for your lovely comment but compared to your harmonies, banjo-playing and harmonica one 'very' and not so 'great'! lol

[geoff1945]

i don't know which is which either!

[omitnot]

there's two of 'em there! now will someone pls tell me which one's the true geoff & which one's on the run?....lol...great singing & banjo playing too *****

[bryanoverturf1]

@geoff1945 COLD AND WET,,,,SMILES,,,

[geoff1945]

Thanks for sharing your memories, Bry. I'll hotfoot over to see. What's the fishin like there?