[Dixielandjazz] 'The Tailgate Ramble' lyrics

[Dave Gravatt]

I'm glad this subject came up. Those are the lyrics I have heard too which reminds me that I have often wondered: 

Is the chorus to this tune eight bars long or is it 24 bars long? The eight-bar melody is exactly the same and is sung (with different lyrics) three times. What's your take? I'm going to write this one out for our group but am not sure how to map it. Eight bars seems awfully short. Sixteen bars "feels" correct but the vocal would then go for only one and a half choruses so that can't be right. Twenty-four bars seems "different" but the most logical? The 16-bar verse is pretty straight forward. How do YOU "think" of the chorus? Eight bars? 24 bars? Other?

Dave
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Dave Gravatt
"It's a treat to beat your feet."
The Creole Dixieland Jazz Band
Ozark, Missouri
http://www.CreoleJazz.com


   -------Original Message-------
   > From: Don Ingle <dingle at baldwin-net.com>
   > Subject: Re: [Dixielandjazz] 'The Tailgate Ramble' lyrics
   > Sent: May 11 2004 07:17:40
   >
   >  That's the lyric as I remember them. And yes, it was on Capital and Wingy
   >  did add the word "boy" -- a fightng word since then.Good gray cells at work
   >  there, Charlie my Boy! (Talk about a  song plug.)
   >  Don Ingle
   >  ----- Original Message -----
   >  From: "Charles Suhor" <csuhor at zebra.net>
   >  To: <Dixielandjazz at ml.islandnet.com>
   >  Sent: Tuesday, May 11, 2004 3:05 AM
   >  Subject: Re: [Dixielandjazz] "The Tailgate Ramble" lyrics
   >  
   >  
   >  This might not be verbatim exact, but it's, er, close enough for jazz.  If
   >  this isn't right, it will have to do, until the real thing comes along.
   >  
   >  
   >  When the music starts
   >  put the tailgate down
   >  let the band parade
   >  all around the town
   >  Give the trombone man
   >  room to move his slide
   >  as they swing and play
   >  'round the countryside.
   >  Wasn't long ago
   >  I was in my teens
   >  and they played that way
   >  down in New Orleans.
   >  
    >  >Luís Henriques
   >  >

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