Peaceful Henry

A "slow drag" written by E.H. Kelly in about 1901. Vess Ossman recorded a fine version of this on 5-string banjo back when the tune was new. I worked this up for ukulele a few years back from Trebor Jay Tichenor's excellent compilation piano book "Ragtime Rarities", published by Dover Publications, Inc.

I just discovered an mp3 of a wonderful 1903 recording of this tune by the Edision Grand Concert Band at the Cylinder Preservation and Digitation Project, University of California, Santa Barbara:
http://cylinders.library.ucsb.edu/search.php?queryType=@attr%201=1020&que...

Piano sheet music is avaliable online at the website of the Maine Music Box, Folger Libray, University of Maine:
http://musicbox1.library.umaine.edu/musicbox/pages/full_record.asp?id=KAS_008276

This is one of my favorite rags.

Category:

Music

Tags:

• ragtime
• rag
• slow
• drag
• ukulele
• martin
• 3C
• uke

[tuckytunes]

Very nice and even more interesting. Do you by any chance play the banjo and have transposed some of those techniques to the uke?

[heftone]

Yes, I played 5-string banjo before I learned ukulele. 5-string banjo and ukulele are tuned similarly, and for tunes like this I use the same fingerpicking approach I'd use on banjo.

[n01familyguyfan]

superb

[Aquarussell]

Hey! Wonderful!

This tune is also available from the New Leviathan Oriental Fox-trot Orchestra, where I first heard it in 2003 when they played for the Louisiana Purchase Vintage Dance Week.

[tuckytunes]

I knew it! I learned the uke first, but now play the banjo and have lately been trying some of the same rolls etc. back on the uke. The high top string makes some of it sound eerily similar. Eventually I will post a uke song doing this, which I would name but you might beat me to it!

[Birdog225]

Great ol' tune!

[heinbanjo12]

Compliments for your playing and translating difficult pieces for the little uke. Hein

[KenMiddletonUkulele]

A lively performance. Great piece. 5/5

KEN

[okvolleyball]

well done

[lukeap]

your arrangements are wonderful! thanks for sharing with us.