Rosin the Bow
Old Buck playing Willow Garden in D
This is a waltz (3/4 time) in key of G (or C or D). The two parts are almost the same. :
The Dubliners [tube] sing all the words on stage.
Listen to the banjo demo attached.
Judge Francis D. Henry wrote words in 1874. Acres of Clams is a funny cartoon adaptation.
Not to be confused with...
Not to be confused with...
This tune is possibly the same as "Willow Garden", a delightful Irish ballad about a man who kills his girlfriend by bludgeoning, strangling, stabbing, and drowning, then mourns his lack of a wife to call his own.
Chords
Chords
We like to arrive late to the C:
| G G G C | G G EmEm | G G G C | G D7 G G | Low part.
| G G G C | G G EmEm | G G G C | G D7 G G | High part.
But some people play EmD instead of EmEm.
Lyrics: Acres of Clams
I've traveled all over this country, prospecting and digging for gold.I've tunneled hydraulic'ed and cradled, and I have been frequently sold.For one who got wealthy by mining, I saw many hundreds get poor.I made up my mind to try digging, for something a little more sure.I rolled up my grub in a blanket, I left all my tools on the ground.I started one morning to shank it, for the country they call Puget Sound.No longer a slave of ambition, I laugh at the world and its shams.And think of my happy condition, surrounded by acres of clams.Lyrics: Acres of Clams