HughG - Posted - 04/12/2012:  21:35:46

I've had a song  swirling in my head but have forgotten the title, etc. Some of the words are "wish I had a nickel, wish I had a dime, I wish I had 10 dollars, I'd love you all the time Won't you come and go, won't you come and go." Some other words I remember are "shoes and stockings by the door, little bare feet on the floor. Won't you come and go", etc.

I'm new at the banjo but think I can get it so it's fun to play.

Thanks

Jim Yates - Posted - 04/13/2012:  00:16:49

These sound like some generic verses to songs like Old Joe Clark or Get Along Home Cindy or Shady Grove.

Wish I Had a nickel, Wish I had a dime, Wish I had a pretty little gal, I'd kiss her all the time.

Went to see my (Cindy/ Shady Grove), She was standin' in the door.  Shoes and stockings in her hands, Her little bare feet on the floor.

John Gribble - Posted - 04/13/2012:  01:11:12

"Wedding Dress", "Rain and Snow" are other songs which might have these or similar verses.  

I do recall the refrain "Won't you come and go, won't you come and go," from a song on an Electra album of various banjo players from the 1960s. Tom Paley might have been the singer. 

Some people call these verses "floaters." This type of verse is really common in blues music, too. They are one of the many things I like about traditional songs. It is as if they are all part of one great big song.

janolov - Posted - 04/13/2012:  02:22:27

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I do recall the refrain "Won't you come and go, won't you come and go," from a song on an Electra album of various banjo players from the 1960s. Tom Paley might have been the singer. 

 

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It is Across Sea by Art Rosenbaum on Elektra's Folk Banjo Styles album. I think it is possible to download the album here.

janolov - Posted - 04/13/2012:  03:23:33

There is also a JD Crowe song Won't You Come And Go: youtube.com/watch?v=_Nx8mEZp1u4

dewbanjo - Posted - 04/13/2012:  05:15:30

I use the verse"wish I had a nickel, etc..." when I play Bile'Em Cabbage Down.....

carlb - Posted - 04/13/2012:  05:45:33

From Uncle Dave Macon

49. Going Across the Sea Vo 15192
[spoken] Now folks that's what's called banjo picking. Now I'm
going to give you some old time banjo rappin'. That old familiar
tune, Gwine Across the Sea, from away back yander.

I'm going cross the sea, stay forever more,
Left my little darling, standing in the door.

Chorus:
Won't you come and go, won't you come and go,
Follow me, my pretty little love, I'm going across the sea.

Wind is howling low, the wind is howling high,
Go with me, my pretty little love, until the day I die.

Chorus

Wouldn't you give a nickel, wouldn't you give a dime,
Wouldn't you give one dollar bill, call your name and mine.

Chorus
[spoken] dream on

Rose's red as cherry's, cherry's red as plums,
She threw her arms around my neck, thought my time had come.

Chorus

If I had to marry again, would not marry for riches,
Marry some old big fat girl, could not wear my britches.

championofnorthhuron - Posted - 04/13/2012:  06:10:42

Yep... Going Across the Sea. Here's a clip of the Rockridge Brothers version you can play on Amazon... amazon.com/Going-Across-The-Se...004FZP6BO

John Gribble - Posted - 04/13/2012:  14:28:24

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I do recall the refrain "Won't you come and go, won't you come and go," from a song on an Electra album of various banjo players from the 1960s. Tom Paley might have been the singer. 

 

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It is Across Sea by Art Rosenbaum on Elektra's Folk Banjo Styles album. I think it is possible to download the album here.

 

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That's it! I wore that album out. Loved everything on it.