{"id":7117,"date":"2009-04-01T00:01:32","date_gmt":"2009-04-01T04:01:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ibiblio.org\/jimmy\/folkden-wp\/?p=7117"},"modified":"2009-03-31T22:43:51","modified_gmt":"2009-04-01T02:43:51","slug":"old-plank-road","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ibiblio.org\/jimmy\/folkden-wp\/?p=7117","title":{"rendered":"Old Plank Road"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ibiblio.org\/jimmy\/folkden\/php\/images\/Old_Plank_Road.jpg\"\/>\n<\/p>\n<div class=\"audio\">\n<div class=\"alignright caption\"> <a href=\"?page_id=6069\">How do I download this Mp3?<\/a>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"audio_link\"> Mp3: <a href=\"http:\/\/ibiblio.org\/jimmy\/folkden\/php\/music\/Old_Plank_Road.mp3\">Old Plank Road<\/a> <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"about\">Uncle Dave Macon &#8220;The Dixie Dew Drop,&#8221; recorded this song on 5-string banjo, with guitar by Sam McGee in New York City on April 14, 1926. Macon was born in 1870, the son of proprietors of the Macon Hotel, a theatrical boarding house, where he learned many songs from hotel guests. By 1888 he had become a professional entertainer and would record over a hundred songs between 1932 &#8211; 1938. This is one of the chain gang songs he performed. It&#8217;s a wild interpretation with lots of shouting. The chorus &#8220;Won&#8217;t get drunk no more&#8221; echoes his regret for being busted and having a ball and chain, but doesn&#8217;t smack of true remorse.\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"lyrics-header\">Lyrics:<\/div>\n<div class=\"lyrics\">\n<p><em>Roughly in the key of D playing the melody<br \/>\n<\/em><br \/>\nRather be in Richmond with all the hail and rain<br \/>\nThan to be in Georgia boys wearin&#8217; that ball and chain<\/p>\n<p>   Won&#8217;t get drunk no more<br \/>\n   Won&#8217;t get drunk no more<br \/>\n   Won&#8217;t get drunk no more<br \/>\n   Way down the Old Plank Road<\/p>\n<p>I went down to Mobile, but I got on the gravel train<br \/>\nVery next thing they heard of me, had on that ball and chain<\/p>\n<p>Won&#8217;t get drunk no more<br \/>\n   Won&#8217;t get drunk no more<br \/>\n   Won&#8217;t get drunk no more<br \/>\n   Way down the Old Plank Road<\/p>\n<p>Doney, oh dear Doney, what makes you treat me so<br \/>\nCaused me to wear that ball and chain, now my ankle&#8217;s sore<\/p>\n<p>Won&#8217;t get drunk no more<br \/>\n   Won&#8217;t get drunk no more<br \/>\n   Won&#8217;t get drunk no more<br \/>\n   Way down the Old Plank Road<\/p>\n<p>Knoxville is a pretty place, Memphis is a beauty<br \/>\nWanta see them pretty girls, hop to Chattanoogie<\/p>\n<p>Won&#8217;t get drunk no more<br \/>\n   Won&#8217;t get drunk no more<br \/>\n   Won&#8217;t get drunk no more<br \/>\n   Way down the Old Plank Road<\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;m going to build me a scaffold on some mountain high<br \/>\nSo I can see my Doney girl as she goes riding by<\/p>\n<p>Won&#8217;t get drunk no more<br \/>\n   Won&#8217;t get drunk no more<br \/>\n   Won&#8217;t get drunk no more<br \/>\n   Way down the Old Plank Road<\/p>\n<p>My wife died on Friday night, Saturday she was buried<br \/>\nSunday was my courtin&#8217; day, Monday I got married<\/p>\n<p>Won&#8217;t get drunk no more<br \/>\n   Won&#8217;t get drunk no more<br \/>\n   Won&#8217;t get drunk no more<br \/>\n   Way down the Old Plank Road<\/p>\n<p>Eighteen pounds of meat a week, whiskey here to sell<br \/>\nHow can a young man stay at home, pretty girls look so well<\/p>\n<p>Won&#8217;t get drunk no more<br \/>\n   Won&#8217;t get drunk no more<br \/>\n   Won&#8217;t get drunk no more<br \/>\n   Way down the Old Plank Road<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><script src=\"http:\/\/digg.com\/tools\/diggthis.js\" type=\"text\/javascript\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>How do I download this Mp3? Mp3: Old Plank Road Uncle Dave Macon &#8220;The Dixie Dew Drop,&#8221; recorded this song on 5-string banjo, with guitar by Sam McGee in New York City on April 14, 1926. Macon was born in 1870, the son of proprietors of the Macon Hotel, a theatrical boarding house, where he &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ibiblio.org\/jimmy\/folkden-wp\/?p=7117\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Old Plank Road&#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":[12,17],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-7117","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-blues","category-mountainsouthernus"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ibiblio.org\/jimmy\/folkden-wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7117","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=7117"}],"version-history":[{"count":16,"href":"https:\/\/www.ibiblio.org\/jimmy\/folkden-wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7117\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8722,"href":"https:\/\/www.ibiblio.org\/jimmy\/folkden-wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7117\/revisions\/8722"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ibiblio.org\/jimmy\/folkden-wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=7117"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ibiblio.org\/jimmy\/folkden-wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=7117"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ibiblio.org\/jimmy\/folkden-wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=7117"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}