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Two Little Boys
Composer: Traditional / Edward Madden / Theodore Morse
Recordings
Bluegrass At Carnegie Hall, The Country Gentlemen, 1962
Strictly Bluegrass, The Valley Ramblers, 1967
Single, Mike O'Rourke and the Free Born Men, 1972
25 Years, The Country Gentlemen, 1980
The Smithsonian Collection of Classic Country Music, Various Artists (Country Gentlemen), 1981
Bluegrass: The Greatest Show On Earth, Various Artists (Country Gentlemen), 1983
Bluegrass: The World's Greatest Show, Various Artists (Country Gentlemen), 1987
Acoustic Music to Suit Most Occasions, Deighton Family, 1988
Bathtub Blues, Greg Brown, 1993
Peace Together, Various Artists, 1993
Melody Ranch Girl, Jean Shepard, 1996
The Early Rebel Recordings 1962-1971, The Country Gentlemen, 1998
High Lonesome: Complete Starday Recordings, The Country Gentlemen, 1998
Songs of the Civil War, Various Artists (Simon and Verity Grace), 1998
Two Little Boys, Jeff Warner and Jeff Davis, 199?
Single, Jim Greer and the Mac-O-Chee Valley Boys, 19??
Single, Country Gentlemen, 19??
Old & In The Gray, Old & In The Gray, 2002
Classic Bluegrass Collection, Vols. 1-4, Various Artists (Country Gentlemen), 2007
Notes
Played by the Black Mountain Boys on the 7th March 1964.
The lyrics used by the Black Mountain Boys are as follows; Two little boys had two little toys Each had a wooden horse Gaily they played [each] summer day Four year's old [?]Then one chap had a mishap Broke off his horses head He wept for his toy then he cried for joy When he heard his brother say Do you think I would leave you crying There's room on my horse for you Climb up behind, stop your crying We'll mend up your horse with glue When we grow up we'll both be soldiers Our horses will not be toys Then maybe you will remember When we were two little boys [Long] years have passed, war came at last Bravely they marched away Cannons roared loud, amid that bright crowd Where wounded and dying Joe lay Then came a cry, a rider came by Out of the ranks of blue He galloped away to where Joe lay And he heard his brother say Do you think I would leave you dying There's room on my horse for you Climb up behind Joe, stop your [?] [?] (note 1) Can't you see Jack I'm all a-trembling It may be the flask and the noise But maybe because I remember When we were two little boys
Note 1 - At the end of this verse they forget the words. At the end of the song they apologise to the audience by saying "Sometimes you forget"
Possibly written in 1903 by Madden and Morse but may have been based on an earlier song.
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