Hi everyone,
The song of the week is 'Angel Band' (3/4 time) in the key of Bb.


Recording
The Stanley Brothers - key of B (tuned a bit sharp)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WIHFxIQfSxc 

Billy Strings - key of A
Billy Strings covers Stanley Brothers' "Angel Band" 8/6/21 New Haven, CT - YouTube


Jam Videos
Jason’s YouTube Links – Alphabetical Listing – Parisology


Progression
Verses & Breaks
1141
1511
1141
1511

Chorus
5511
5511
4411
1511
4411
1511 

In the key of G: 1=G, 4=C, 5=D.
In the key of A: 1=A, 4=D, 5=E.
In the key of Bb: 1=Bb, 4=Eb, 5=F.
In the key of B: 1=B, 4=E, 5=F#.

Have a happy New Year!
Jason 


Files:
Angel Band - banjo tab
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Angel Band - guitar tab
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Angel Band - mandolin tab
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Angel Band - melody in Bb
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Hi everyone,
There will be no High Beginner - Low Intermediate Jam held next Thursday. (Dec. 26th).

The next High Beginner - Low Intermediate Bluegrass Jam will be held on Thursday, Jan. 2nd.
I'll send out the song of the week email next week. (Angel Band in the key of Bb.)

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Song List
15 songs were played at last night's jam: 9 from the main list, 2 from the additional songs list, and 4 that are on neither list:

Angel Band - Bb
Cryin' Holy - B
Down In A Willow Garden - G
Gold Watch And Chain - C
Little Liza Jane - D
Nine Pound Hammer - A
Sweetheart, You Done Me Wrong - G
Turkey In The Straw - G
Wildwood Flower - D
In The Pines - D
Liberty - D
Auld Lang Syne - G (played twice)
The First Noel - D
Mountain Dew - A
Salt Creek - A

Have a merry Christmas and a happy New Year!
Jason

Hi everyone,
The song of the week is 'Wildwood Flower' in the key of D.

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Recordings 
Flatt & Scruggs - key of D instrumental
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K7U3pD_0yX8

The Carter Family - key of Bb: original recorded version with vocals
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-4xjqpARrHM

Jam Videos
Jason’s YouTube Links – Alphabetical Listing – Parisology (cyberplasm.com)


Progression
11511
11511
1141
11511

In the key of D: 1=D, 4=G, 5=A
In the key of C: 1=C, 4=F, 5=G
In the key of Bb: 1=Bb, 4=Eb, 5=F 
In the key of G: 1=G, 4=C, 5=D


Lyrics
As far as I can tell from listening to the original recording, the lyrics on it are as follows:

Oh, I'll twine with my mingles and waving black hair
With the roses so red and the lilies so fair
And the myrtle so bright with the emerald dew
The pale and the leader and eyes look like blue.

I will dance, I will sing and my laugh shall be gay
I will charm ev'ry heart, in his crown I will sway
When I woke from my dreaming, my idols was clay
All portion of love had all flown away.

Oh, he taught me to love him and promised to love
And to cherish me over all others above
How my heart is now wond'ring no misery can tell
He's left me no warning, no words of farewell.

Oh, he taught me to love him and called me his flow'r
That's blooming to cheer him through life's dreary hour
Oh, I long to see him and regret the dark hour
He's won and neglected this pale wildwood flower.

But, the original printed lyrics, published in 1860 are:
I'll twine 'mid the ringlets of my raven black hair
The lilies so pale and the roses so fair
The myrtle so bright with an emerald hue
And the pale aronatus with eyes of bright blue.

I'll sing and I'll dance, my laugh shall be gay
I'll cease this wild weeping, drive sorrow away.
Tho' my heart is now breaking, he never shall know
That his name made me tremble and my pale cheeks to glow.

I'll think of him never, I'll be wildly gay
I'll charm ev'ry heart, and the crowd I will sway.
I'll live yet to see him regret the dark hour
When he won, then neglected, the frail wildwood flower.

He told me he loved me, and promised to love
Through ill and misfortune, all others above
Another has won him, ah! mis'ry to tell
He left me in silence, no word of farewell.

He taught me to love him, he call'd me his flower
That blossom'd for him all the brighter each hour
But I woke from my dreaming, my idol was clay
My visions of love have all faded away. 

The way I sing the song is based on the original set of lyrics, but is influenced by my familiarity with the Carter Family recording. For instance, I sing only 4 verses, by combining verses 2 and 3 together into a single verse. I omit the last three lines of verse 2 and the first line of verse 3 of the original set of lyrics. 

In the attachments, I have included two lyric cheat sheets, one for the original Carter Family recording, and one for the way I sing the song.

Happy Pickin',
Jason

Sheet Music Files:
Wildwood Flower - banjo tab (C tuning)
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Wildwood Flower - banjo tab (D tuning)
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Wildwood Flower - guitar tab (C)
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Wildwood Flower - mandolin tab (D)
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Wildwood Flower - melody in D
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