{"id":6968,"date":"1996-10-01T00:00:00","date_gmt":"1996-10-01T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"1996-10-01T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"1996-10-01T00:00:00","slug":"","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ibiblio.org\/jimmy\/folkden-wp\/?p=6968","title":{"rendered":"Lost Jimmy Whelan"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ibiblio.org\/jimmy\/folkden\/php\/images\/i_see.gif\" height=\"198\" width=\"214\" alt=\"i_see.gif\"\/><\/p>\n<div class=\"audio\">\n<div class=\"alignright caption\"><a href=\"?page_id=6069\">How do I download this Mp3?<\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"audio_link\">Mp3: <a href=\"http:\/\/ibiblio.org\/jimmy\/folkden\/php\/music\/Jimmy.mp3\">Lost Jimmy Whelan<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<div class=\"about\">There are versions of this song, where the ghost of Lost Jimmy Whelan comes back to tell the fair maiden that they are both better off now that he is no longer burdened with the cares of this world.<\/p>\n<p>I recorded this for the Folk Den just minutes after hearing of the unfortunate death of Bob Gibson. If it hadn&#039;t been for Bob, I might never have learned this, or any other folk song.<\/p>\n<p>Thank you Bob, for everything!<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"lyrics-header\">Lyrics:<\/div>\n<div class=\"lyrics\">\nAm              G              F             E7<br \/>\nAll alone as I strayed by the banks of the river<br \/>\nC                Dm                       Am<br \/>\nWatching the moonbeams as evening drew neigh<br \/>\nAm            G              F            E7<br \/>\nAll alone as I rambled, I spied a fair damsel<br \/>\nC             Dm                 Am<br \/>\nWeeping and wailing with many a sigh.<\/p>\n<p>Weeping for one who is now lying lowly<br \/>\nMourning for one whom no mortal can save<br \/>\nAs the foaming dark waters flow silently o&#039;er him<br \/>\nOnward they sweep over young Jimmy&#039;s grave<\/p>\n<p>Oh Jimmy why can&#039;t you tarry here with me<br \/>\nNot leave me alone all distracted in pain<br \/>\nBut since death is the dagger which has cut us asunder<br \/>\nThen wide is the gulf, love between you and I<\/p>\n<p>All alone as I strayed by the banks of the river<br \/>\nWatching the moonbeams as evening drew neigh<br \/>\nAll alone as I rambled, I spied a fair damsel<br \/>\nWeeping and wailing with many a sigh.\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>How do I download this Mp3? Mp3: Lost Jimmy Whelan There are versions of this song, where the ghost of Lost Jimmy Whelan comes back to tell the fair maiden that they are both better off now that he is no longer burdened with the cares of this world. I recorded this for the Folk &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ibiblio.org\/jimmy\/folkden-wp\/?p=6968\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Lost Jimmy Whelan&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10,17],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6968","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-love","category-mountainsouthernus"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ibiblio.org\/jimmy\/folkden-wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6968","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ibiblio.org\/jimmy\/folkden-wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ibiblio.org\/jimmy\/folkden-wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ibiblio.org\/jimmy\/folkden-wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ibiblio.org\/jimmy\/folkden-wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=6968"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.ibiblio.org\/jimmy\/folkden-wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6968\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8416,"href":"https:\/\/www.ibiblio.org\/jimmy\/folkden-wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6968\/revisions\/8416"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ibiblio.org\/jimmy\/folkden-wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=6968"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ibiblio.org\/jimmy\/folkden-wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=6968"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ibiblio.org\/jimmy\/folkden-wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=6968"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}