NELLY WAS A LADY lyrics words text STEPHEN FOSTER Nellie Was A Lady trending folk song sing along

[@tablature6121]

Beautiful, authentic rendition. Thanks.

[@SZABOMUSIC]

Thank you!

[@carlh.h.2242]

Bob Dylan brought me here. Thank you for the lovely rendition of this beautiful song.

[@CharlesSzaboPhD]

Thanks and thanks for letting me know. From his book?

[@carlh.h.2242]

@@CharlesSzaboPhD Yes. His words really inspired me to take a deeper look at Stephen Foster. Your version of Jeanie With the Light Brown Hair is likewise outstanding in evoking the simple plaintive beauty of the melody and lyric.

[@davidcarter1434]

Me too. Dylan brought me here and I was satisfied. One reason Uncle Bobby continues to be a conduit through which the best, most brilliant and unforgettable songs flow, like rivers to the sea, is this: when he hears a song like "Nelly Was A Lady," he doesn't only hear it with his ears. HE HEARS WITH HIS WHOLE HEART AND SOUL. HE'S RIVETED, TRANSPORTED, MADE AND REMADE in that TIMELESS MOMENT. And THEN, PRODIGIOUS AS A MONSOON CLOUD A'BREAKIN', MUSIC AND WORDS, LIKE RIVERS RACING TO THE SEA, flow through him, flooding us with magic most profound. FROM LIP TO EAR the magic flows and we too are riveted, transported, made and remade, again and again. Yeah, I am indebted; great, thanks are in order.

[@CharlesSzaboPhD]

Awe thanks!❤️

[@CharlesSzaboPhD]

Thanks ❤️❤️❤️🙏

[@BarryWhite-n3d]

So, so sad. Dylan told me about it. Thank you, Bob. Great book, too.

[@CharlesSzaboPhD]

Yes. Thanks for visiting and commenting

[@wanderbedits]

I was reading Willa Cather - The Death comes for the Archbishop... and she mentioned that song in the Doña Isabella chapter. Thanks for uploading this ☺️

[@CharlesSzaboPhD]

You’re very welcome. Thanks for letting me know. Most people are here from Bob Dylan. Is the book good?

[@paulzendo6079]

Bob Dylan named this song in his new book as the most saddest one, he's aware of...

[@CharlesSzaboPhD]

Thanks I agree. What’s the book called?

[@bobhughes2290]

@@CharlesSzaboPhD The Philosophy of Modern Song

[@paulzendo6079]

A nice song indeed , but my personal one is the title track of the French movie LES CHOSES DE LA VIE ( F 1970 ) , sung by Michel Piccoli & Romy Schneider... 😓 ❣️ : 《 La Chanson d'Hélène 》

[@coachskil]

there should(could) be a "You Tube compendium to supplement this book. Where by you hear the music sung by the referenced artists in his book. The book is a post grad course in the foundations of North American recorded song. I appreciate Dylans take on the subject and I think this gives a glimpse into the mind of the Nobel Laureate in Literature. He is not for everyone, but well worth reading in my opinion.

[@coachskil]

and a little deep diving kzbin.info/www/bejne/monSlq2Vm8ubiMU

[@nanosongs7196]

Also got here through Dylan…amazing beauty….

[@CharlesSzaboPhD]

Thanks. I’ll have to thank Dylan- so many have come!

[@jakebentley8105]

I'm so glad I found this. I heard it in a Rocky and Bullwinkle episode when I was a kid and never figured out the words!

[@SZABOMUSIC]

Thanks for your comment!

[@Rikki0]

This is the way one might have expected to hear it in a plantation parlor in the mid 1800's. Very original sounding. Huzzah!

[@CharlesSzaboPhD]

Thanks Rikki

[@jrcvd223]

Found this song through Dylan. Wish it were available for purchase on iTunes.

[@CharlesSzaboPhD]

Are you sure? I thought I put it up everywhere. It’s on Spotify, Apple, Amazon, Deezer and KZbin for sure. Dylan has brought a lot of listeners here. Thanks Bob!

[@musingsohara8799]

nice gentle voice

[@SZABOMUSIC]

Thanks!

[@davidbuddin2383]

I like how you never find out how Nellie died or why she was so special in the first place. Sadness and ennui for their own sake(s). Beyond great!

[@CharlesSzaboPhD]

Yes- thanks

[@lambgaming1347]

I read "Nelly was a lady, Last night she died, Toll de bell for lovely Nell, My dark Virginny bride." in the book I was reading! It's a Little House book, by Laura Ingalls Wilder, called By The Shores of Silver Lake. Has to be one of the best books series!

[@CharlesSzaboPhD]

Yes. I didn’t know it was in the book. When I was young our 3rd grade teacher read Little House to our class. Loved it and the TV series too. Thanks

[@lambgaming1347]

@@CharlesSzaboPhD You're welcome!

[@dave327ful]

A rather sad song, more a recital than a song.

[@CharlesSzaboPhD]

Yes

[@naomichan7214]

The beautiful song and the same voice.

[@SZABOMUSIC]

Naomi Chan thanks!

[@CharlesSzaboPhD]

Thanks

[@kennethohmert3128]

Screen play was written by Alfred E. Smalley. Found his name in the writing/directing credits for a Bob's Big Boy restaurant training film called "Car Hop".

[@CharlesSzaboPhD]

Thanks- how about that!

[@2012Ursula]

What a lovely interpretation. I read a book about Foster ("Doo-dah!: Stephen Foster and the Rise Of American Popular Culture") that stated or implied how outrageous some folk found "Nelly," because her husband calls her a lady and is obviously heartbroken by her loss. Foster was a man of his time, but his muse, or whatever, rose above racism in this song.

[@robsch77]

Bob Dylan referred to Foster as the greatest American writer

[@CharlesSzaboPhD]

Both are my favorites. I live in same town where Foster lived.

[@stephanieholcomb9778]

The Diary of Mattie Spencer by Sandra Dallas brought me here

[@CharlesSzaboPhD]

Is it good?

[@stephanieholcomb9778]

@@CharlesSzaboPhD yes!

[@CharlesSzaboPhD]

Thanks

[@kevinburt8638]

Bullwinkle brought me here...

[@CharlesSzaboPhD]

Thanks. Love that show

[@normancollinsmusic2741]

Alvin youngblood Hart version is the best can’t get it on spotify

[@CharlesSzaboPhD]

I couldn’t find it on KZbin- do you have a link?

[@silvester8846]

@@CharlesSzaboPhD It is now. And it's a good one, for sure.

[@CharlesSzaboPhD]

Thanks

[@davidbuddin2383]

Also note "Jeannie with the Light Brown Hair" quote if not mentioned above

[@CharlesSzaboPhD]

What is the quote you’re talking about?

[@felipesha]

Tex willer! !

[@SZABOMUSIC]

why Tex Willer?

[@felipesha]

SZABO MUSIC the sing appears in one story.

[@SZABOMUSIC]

Felipe is Tex Willer a tv show?

[@felipesha]

No, Tex is a very famous western comic story from Italy and it is present in same other countries... Are u from USA? unfortunately i think there is no Tex there... Well, in a history this sound appears in a saloon, so i came to KZbin to find it!

[@SZABOMUSIC]

Felipe yes I am from USA. You are from Italy? My daughter went to school at Kent State University in Florence, Italy. Thank you for Tex Willer information.

[@juricamajnaric4898]

2023 thank you Bob Dylan

[@CharlesSzaboPhD]

Did he record this too?

[@tom123b]

​@@CharlesSzaboPhD no. They are referring to the same book as the other commenter.

[@Rikki0]

A bit of trivia. Stephen Foster is often thought of as a racist simply for his use of the common vernacular of the times when he wrote a song involving blacks. Yet, this is the first song ever written in America which referred to a black woman as a lady.

[@CharlesSzaboPhD]

Thanks- that’s interesting ❤️ I don’t think he was a racist. He seemed sympathetic

[@robsch77]

I read the same point in the biography of Stephen Foster how about being the first white person to refer to a black woman as a lady. He was ahead of his time. Where's the songs also expressed sensitivity to the plight of the blacks losing their home. As a former Pittsburgher, Fosters hometown, I was saddened to learn that status was removed from his memorial hall.

[@CharlesSzaboPhD]

@robsch77 Yes and I was not happy about the statue either. I’ve been to that museum several times. Love it

[@TheYajrennat]

Bleak

[@CharlesSzaboPhD]

Yes