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Jean Ritchie recorded her adaptation of this song with Doc Watson as "Go Dig My Grave." Tommy Makem learned the version sung by his mother Sarah Makem, and recorded it both on a solo album and with The Clancy Brothers. Kirsty MacColl also recorded the song, and Sinéad O'Connor recorded it for the soundtrack of the film The Butcher Boy. [7]
The song's title is a reference to the unrelated song "Outside a Broken Phone Booth with Money in My Hand" by Bruce Cockburn, from his 1978 album, Further Adventures Of. [5] [6] Primitive Radio Gods frontman Chris O'Connor stated that he was struggling to name his new song, so he picked up Further Adventures Of and adapted the title "Standing Outside a Broken Phone Booth with Money in My Hand ...
The following year, the melody and lyrics were collected and published in Carl Sandburg's American Songbag. [10] An article published in the Uvalde, Texas, Uvalde Leader-News in 1928 suggests that the origin of the song was the small town of Lohn, Texas. The article states that the song was originally about the Lohn Prairie, and was later ...
Though most of the LP's tracks had appeared on parts 3 and 4 of the Back from the Grave CD-specific sub-series (released in 1994 and 1995), in 2015, it was released on CD with the re-mastered material and closely matches the song content (and album cover artwork) of the original LP (containing all but two of the cuts on the original LP) as part ...
It is commonly believed that the song's namesake was Martha Ellis, a twelve-year-old girl whose grave the Allman Brothers Band most likely came across during their frequent trips to Rose Hill Cemetery in their homebase of Macon, Georgia. The approximate geographic coordinates of the statue are 32°50'55.55"N, 83°38'2.21"W.
The most verifiable traditional lyrics, which are in the public domain, are: Did you ever hear tell of Sweet Betsy from Pike, Who crossed the wide mountains with her lover Ike, Two yoke of cattle, a large yeller dog, A tall Shanghai rooster, and a one-spotted hog. Refrain Singing too-ra-li-oo-ra-li-oo-ra-li-ay. (2)
Back from the Grave, Volumes 3 and 4 (CD) is a remastered CD that combines into one disc volumes 3 and 4 of the original 1983 and 1984 LPs in the Back from the Grave series of garage rock compilations out by Tim Warren of Crypt Records. [1] [7] This CD was released in 2015.
It features music written by Philip Glass and performed by, among others, Kronos Quartet. Sections from the soundtrack have been featured in other films and TV shows, including the piece 'Mishima / Opening', which was used to score the end credits of Peter Weir's 1998 film The Truman Show in addition to an appearance on an episode of Mr. Robot.