Banks Of The Ohio Banjo And Mandolin Tab
There are only 5 notes in total in this popular song. It's a traditional American folk song. Suitable for Irish Bouzouki in GDAE tuning. I have come across many version of the sheet music over the years for this song and every one of them have being different, not just the key, but the tune itself. I also heard many people sing it to different tunes, the main theme of the tune stays the same, but for some reason, dependent on who's doing the singing, it will be different. The notes worked out here are my own version from the way I used to sing it. [ Banjo / mandolin tab tuned GDAE ]
Bill and Earl Bollick, the Blue Sky Boys, come out of musical retirement every once in a while to play for a city audience. Thanks to the efforts of Archie Green, their music, recorded in the late 1930's is available on Camden, The Blue Sky Boys (Cal 797). Of the mandolin-guitar groups of their period, Bill C. Malone writes in Country Music USA;
None was of greater importance, in terms of tradition. . . . In mournful, close harmony they sang tales of death, sorrow and unrequited love, and they approached each with a compassion and tenderness that has seldom been equalled in country music.
Down on the Banks of the Ohio was a very popular ballad in the revival due to Bascom Lunsford's recording and the singing and records of the late Paul Clayton, who was among the first revival singerB to collect songs in the Southern mountains. Clayton recorded his version on Bloody Ballads (Riverside RLP 12-615). The New Lost City Ramblers' version on Volume II (FA 2397) was based on the Monroe Brothers Bluebird recording.
Harry Smith planned to include Down on the Banks of the Ohio on the never-issued fourth volume of the Anthology.
Bill and Earl Bollick, the Blue Sky Boys, come out of musical retirement every once in a while to play for a city audience. Thanks to the efforts of Archie Green, their music, recorded in the late 1930's is available on Camden, The Blue Sky Boys (Cal 797). Of the mandolin-guitar groups of their period, Bill C. Malone writes in Country Music USA;
None was of greater importance, in terms of tradition. . . . In mournful, close harmony they sang tales of death, sorrow and unrequited love, and they approached each with a compassion and tenderness that has seldom been equalled in country music.
Down on the Banks of the Ohio was a very popular ballad in the revival due to Bascom Lunsford's recording and the singing and records of the late Paul Clayton, who was among the first revival singerB to collect songs in the Southern mountains. Clayton recorded his version on Bloody Ballads (Riverside RLP 12-615). The New Lost City Ramblers' version on Volume II (FA 2397) was based on the Monroe Brothers Bluebird recording.
Harry Smith planned to include Down on the Banks of the Ohio on the never-issued fourth volume of the Anthology.
Banks of the Ohio piano sheet music / mandolin tab with chords
Below Is Another Version Of Banks Of The Ohio In The Higher Key Of D Major
