Bilbo1 Says:
Thursday, April 17, 2014 @12:43:53 PM

That's a lovely version Janet, played in your own unique style :)

rgoad Says:
Thursday, April 17, 2014 @12:50:50 PM

That is nice. Does it have lyrics?

Tam_Zeb Says:
Thursday, April 17, 2014 @1:17:51 PM

That was beautiful Janet. I love John Hartford's music banjo and fiddle and I love your arrangement too

JanetB Says:
Thursday, April 17, 2014 @1:45:40 PM

Thanks for sharing your comments. The melody's been in my mind all day. Here are the lyrics. Whoever posted them on-line spelled aeroplane correctly. Apparently John didn't.

JOHN HARTFORD

Steam Powered Aereo Plane Lyrics
Well, I dreamt I went away
On a steam powered aereoplane
I went and I stayed and
I damm near didn't come back again

And I didn't go very fast
On a steam powered areoplane
Oh, the wheel went around and up and down
And inside and then back again

Sittin' on a 747 just a watchin' them clouds roll by
Can't tell if it's sunshine or if it's rain, rain, rain
Rather be a sittin' in a deck chair high up over Kansas City
On a genuine ol' fashioned authentic steam powered aereoplane

Well I'd like to be a pilot
of that steam powered aereoplane
Well, I'd pull that pilot wheel around
and then back again

And I'd wear a blue hat, yeah
That says 'steam powered aereoplane'
In letters that go 'round the brim and then back again

Sittin' on a 747 just a watchin' them clouds roll by
Can't tell if it's sunshine or if it's rain, rain, rain
Rather be a sittin' in a deck chair high up over Kansas City
On a genuine ol' fashioned authentic steam powered aereoplane

Don Lewers Says:
Friday, April 18, 2014 @1:45:26 AM

A really, and truly, beaut job ''Janet B..''

rickhayes Says:
Friday, April 18, 2014 @7:27:31 AM

You nailed it Janet in your owns style.

Denton Says:
Friday, April 18, 2014 @11:30:45 AM

Nice!

Lew H Says:
Saturday, April 19, 2014 @6:55:11 AM

A very tasteful rendition of the melody of a silly song! Great!

JanetB Says:
Saturday, April 19, 2014 @2:54:47 PM

I'm grateful for your comments, Don, Rick, Denton, and Lew.

Denton, I'm still at work on your song Wrong Note. It's got great potential and today I was with some kids who were picking dandelions. I told them about just picking the leaves and letting the plant grow. The 6-year old didn't seem to get it yet.

VancePants Says:
Saturday, April 19, 2014 @4:22:32 PM

Think your lessons with Mr. Hurt are payin' dividends JB... very nice indeed.

Jim Yates Says:
Tuesday, October 7, 2014 @7:33:07 AM

John's album is not consistent. The word Aereoplane / Aeroplane is spelled differently as the song title and the record title. I'll forgive him that. One of my most treasured albums.

JanetB Says:
Wednesday, October 8, 2014 @9:01:00 PM

Eric Schlange was at the IBMA and came back with this trivia fact: John Hartford was buried in a Batman cape--he really wanted to fly, but I understand he was a good steamboat pilot. So he must have put the two ideas together--a steam-powered airplane.