The Derby Ram - English Folk Song - Two Finger Thumb Lead Banjo
The Derby Ram, also known as The Darby Ram and, As I Was Going To Derby, is an English traditional folk song. It was said to be a favorite of George Washington who liked to sing it during the American Revolutionary war. Bascom Lamar Lunsford and Jean Ritchie have recorded this song. I have always felt like this is a sad song. They cut the poor giant Rams throat and the blood it run for 40 miles. It took all the men in Derby town to roll the bones away and all the pretty girls to carry the wool away. Anyways this is my arrangement, Two Finger Thumb Lead Banjo and vocal.
The Derby Ram - lyrics
arranged and performed by
Dan D. Dirges
Two Finger Thumb Lead Banjo
Banjo Tuning: relative standard only much lower - Csharp Aflat Csharp F Aflat
As I went down to darby all on a summers day
I spied the biggest ram sir thats ever been fed on hay
And he rambled, and he rambled,
yes he rambled till the butcher cut him down
This old ram had four feet sir and when he put em down
every foot he had measured a whole acre around
And he rambled, and he rambled,
yes he rambled till the butcher cut him down
the horns on this rams head sir reached halfway to the moon
a man went up in january and he never come down till june, And he rambled
every tooth in this rams head sir was hollow as a horn
and every tooth he had held a 40 bushel of corn
And he rambled, and he rambled,
yes he rambled till the butcher cut him down
the wool on this rams back sir reached up for the sky.
where the eagle built her next for I heard the young ones cry
And he rambled, and he rambled,
yes he rambled till the butcher cut him down
the head on this large ram sir was as big as noahs ark
A dog ran up its nostril then turned around and barked, And he rambled
the man that cut this rams throat stood knee deep in the blood
and the man that held the basin bowl got washed away in the flood
And he rambled, and he rambled,
yes he rambled till the butcher cut him down
the blood it run for 40 miles Im sure it run no more
it turned the biggest water wheel that has ever turned before
And he rambled, and he rambled,
yes he rambled till the butcher cut him down
took all the men in darby town to roll the bones away
took all the pretty girls in darby town to carry the wool away
And he rambled, and he rambled,
yes he rambled till the butcher cut him down
yes he rambled till the butcher cut him down
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