| 词条 | Carry Me Back to Old Virginny |
| 释义 |
| name = Carry Me Back to Old Virginny | cover = | alt = | type = | artist = Alma Gluck | album = | released = | format = | recorded = 13 November 1914 | studio = | venue = | genre = | length = | label = | writer = James A. Bland | producer = }}{{Unreferenced section|date=August 2016}} "Carry Me Back to Old Virginny" is a song which was written by James A. Bland (1854–1911), an African American who wrote over 700 songs. It is not an adaption by Bland of the "Carry Me Back to Old Virginia" by the Christy Minstrels, also known by the title; "Floating Scow of Old Virginny", a song copyrighted by Edwin Pearce Christy in 1847. Bland simply appropriated the song title. Bland's song bears no resemblance to it melodically, harmonically, or in the lyrics (except that both songs are minstrel songs). The latter song was very popular during the California gold rush and the American Civil War. Many parodies were written on this melody and became popular with miners, Civil War soldiers and civilians. Bland's version, the best known, was written in 1878 when many newly-freed slaves were struggling to find work. The song has become controversial in modern times, with critics viewing the lyrics as racially insensitive. A third reworded version was Virginia's state song from 1940 until 1997, using the word "Virginia" instead of "Virginny." In 1997, it was retired as state song, largely due to controversy over the lyrics' racial content. On January 28, 1997, the Virginia Senate voted to designate "Carry Me Back to Old Virginia" as state song emeritus and a study committee initiated a contest for writing a new state song. The song was representative of the commonwealth in many ways. "When Clifton A. Woodrum was in Congress, the House of Representatives couldn't adjourn until the honorable Democrat from Roanoke, Virginia with a rich and varied baritone voice led the body in a rendition of "Carry Me Back to Old Virginny]".[1] In January 2006, a state Senate panel voted to designate "Shenandoah" as the "interim official state song." On March 1, 2006, the House Rules Committee of the General Assembly voted down bill SB682, which would have made "Shenandoah" the official state song. Recordings
Lyrics (Bland's 1878 version)
Lyrics (Edward Christy's original)
Old Crow Medicine Show: Carry Me Back (2012)Americana string band Old Crow Medicine Show's 2012 album, Carry Me Back, derives its name from 'Carry Me Back to Old Virginny'. The song with "such a pleasurable melody and such discomfiting politics that it has fascinated bandleader Ketch Secor since he was a kid in Virginia" led him to write "Carry Me Back to Virginia," for the group's album.[8] As Secor reveals: {{quote|That song came from a story I was told as a kid. The Confederates ran out of men, so they got 16-year-old boys from VMI, just kids, to march up to New Market, Virginia. I imagine their pride and valor as they marched up that hill and their shock as they heard the screams of the horses in the smoke. I wanted to surprise the listener the same way, so I started off by extolling the virtue of war, then drawing off all that glory till the truth was revealed.[8]}}References1. ^Chittum, Matt. 2018. "Career in the Key of Roanoke". Roanoke Times. Discover History & Heritage. February 2018. Page 100. 2. ^{{cite web |url=http://michaelminn.net/armstrong/index.php?section4 |title=The Louis Armstrong Discography |publisher=Michaelminn.net |date= |accessdate=2013-11-21 |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20131107190901/http://michaelminn.net/armstrong/index.php?section4 |archivedate=2013-11-07 |df= }} 3. ^Frankie Laine, "Mule Train/Carry Me Back To Old Virginney" Retrieved April 13, 2012. 4. ^Jerry Lee Lewis, Up Through the Years, 1958-1963 Retrieved April 13, 2012. 5. ^Ray Charles, The Genius Hits the Road Retrieved April 13, 2012. 6. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.vaudc.org/lyrics.html |title=Carry Me Back to Old Virginia |publisher=Virginia United Daughters of the Confederacy |date= |accessdate=2017-05-11}} 7. ^https://www.loc.gov/resource/sm1847.421000.0/?sp=2 8. ^1 "Troubling Traditions {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120815153644/http://mplayer.pastemagazine.com/issues/week-52/articles |date=August 15, 2012 }}" by Geoffrey Himes; Issue 52 Paste Magazine 2012. External links
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