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In 1927, Darby and Tarlton sang "down in the levee" in place of "down in the valley"; the version sung by Lead Belly in 1934 substitutes "Shreveport jail" for "Birmingham jail". [ 3 ] Solomon Burke and Bert Berns borrowed some of the song's lyrics and melody for their own song of the same name.
The melody may be derived from J.C. Beckel's "The Happy Home Waltz," published in 1850. Alternately, "Down in the Valley" may be an older tune that inspired Beckel's composition. In the first half of the twentieth century, "Down in the Valley" was printed in folk song collections from Missouri, Kentucky, Texas, North Carolina, and Virginia.
The song was collected by folklorist and professor at the University of Missouri, Henry Marvin Beldin in 1909. Most of the first recorded versions of this song were called "Birmingham Jail", based off the paragraph of lyrics referring to the jail in Birmingham, Alabama.
26 Οκτ 2022 · To get to the origins, we have to go back to Liverpool in 1956. A teenage John Lennon and some friends had a skiffle band called "The Blackjacks." They did not perform publicly until changing their name to The Quarrymen, named after the Quarry Bank high school that Lennon attended (per Neatorama).
In 1927, Darby and Tarlton sang "down in the levee" in place of "down in the valley"; the version sung by Lead Belly in 1934 substitutes "Shreveport jail" for "Birmingham jail". Solomon Burke and Bert Berns borrowed some of the song's lyrics and melody for their own song of the same name.
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Down in the Valley Lyrics & Meanings: I wish I was a slave to an age-old trade / Like ridin' around on railcars and workin' long days / Lord have mercy on my rough and rowdy ways / Lord have mercy on my rough and rowdy ways / / Call it one drink too many, call it pride of a man / But it don't make no difference if you sit or you stand / 'Cause ...
