He Sang This Bluegrass/Mountain Song in 1965. It Will Give You The Shivers

[@DavidHoffmanFilmmaker]

Here's the complete film from which this scene was taken - kzbin.info/www/bejne/nZXScmOprL5-r6s

[@FriedPickles2023]

Thank you Sir!

[@jesseleewomackat]

​@@FriedPickles2023t her TV GG bug buggy GG g

[@songsthatarecatchy]

Thank you so much for this. We must respect our elders and always look back on such different times. Respect their stories and learn. ❤

[@fiorellafenati5395]

thank you

[@twilightzone-ex-hostage1997]

This is the music I grew up with, my mom sang this a little different. My daddy was an outstanding banjo player

[@Liamm_McPoyle]

For those that don't know the old man in this video is Bascom Lamar Lunsford. He preserved more American folk music than any man alive or dead. Would travel Appalachia searching out and documenting the musical culture. He is a LEGEND.

[@lisawhereisthecultjam]

Thank you! I certainly was.

[@lauralong6695]

So good know. Thanks for the info

[@spid3r951]

Agreed. He was absolutely amazing. ✌️

[@abarkcanoe]

Who are the two younger singers?

[@trackrunner11]

If e could only go back in time and sit with these sweet people. What a treasure!

[@PatsySelf-mg9nn]

I can remember when I was a child in the 1950'S, We would sit on the front porch after supper in the summertime and my Brother would play guitar and we would sing. Good Times and wonderful Memories!

[@hughbo52]

Thank goodness some one got that on tape. Nice post.

[@happydays3678]

Sounds like old folk music from my home country of England. Isn't music the best thing ever?

[@sylviacarlson3561]

it sure is darlin'

[@Rus-r7s]

Most Appalachian People are descended from the British Isles.

[@timsgotissues3581]

​@Rus-r7s Scotland, Ireland and Wales. The Appalachains are the same mountains as the Scottish highlands, after all. Home away from home.

[@harlovan7837]

Straight over from the old world. (Steeleye Span did a version of Blackjack Davy also.)

[@amandaJ7449]

​​​​@@timsgotissues3581 83% descended from the English. The persistent idea that the people of that area were noble Celts is wishful thinking.

[@michaelkennedy9680]

Once in a while KZbin throws you a bone to make you realise what an incredible tool it is for social documentation. Those moments even make the adverts bearable.

[@jackieblue787]

KZbin will delete these old school videos once they usher in their communist socialist dystopia the democrats are planning. 1984

[@cnh1710]

Yep. This is amazing

[@georgez6904]

@@jackieblue787 How on earth have you arrived at this conclusion? Is it not possible for you to just enjoy the video?

[@thereseparker1160]

@@georgez6904 exactly ! @Joy Burnside !!

[@diji5071]

Well beware of the fact that they're manipulating social documentation of today and skewing it badly. 🙄 sad

[@randomvintagefilm273]

I LOVE the woman's voice too and how she held the notes for so long...beautiful

[@harleywayne6456]

Such a beautiful woman. The vabrato at the end of her notes is so soothing to me. I wish I could hear a song with just her on it.

[@pgp519]

@@harleywayne6456 Someone recently uploaded a recording featurng her singing for a bit. It's low quality but may still be of interest, search harold and margaret winters dulcimer and it should come up.

[@makemoroccogreatagain8628]

Right ! Beautiful voice !

[@robertwalsh8704]

See how people should be? That man is a perfect gentleman, offering up his seat

[@robertwalsh8704]

Thankyou for the heart, David. It does mean a lot to me

[@larrypowell1499]

yes....

[@Playsinvain]

Thuggery is the new cool

[@colleeninprayer1498]

I love that too. Treasure people like that if ever I’m blessed to meet people like this.

[@colleeninprayer1498]

@@maxwind1862 my kind of people. Loved your story.

[@aaronsmith2054]

Good Lord that woman is gorgeous.

[@kelvinhouston4287]

Yes, I want to kiss her!

[@MHLivestreams]

Men today wonder just where these women went.

[@georgiagirl1961]

I live in the Appalachian foothills. I've been all over the hills and dale's, ridges and rises in these parts and neighboring states. The beauty of the area is never ending, the soul of the people so alive, the music is the heart of the soul. Its part of them of us. Sometimes I just have to rest my eyes on the side of a mountain.....I love these North Georgia mountains and all the ones around me. I was blessed to be born in this beautiful place.

[@thealchemistdaughter3405]

America’s forgotten and vilified people.. 💞✌🏻🙏🏻

[@DavidHoffmanFilmmaker]

Not by anyone I know. The entire culture around me and the folks I know absolutely love so much about the Appalachian mountain people. David Hoffman filmmaker

[@mlw5665]

I'm glad to hear that, but the poster is not wrong that these attitudes exist and are not rare.​@@DavidHoffmanFilmmaker

[@rootzero]

​@@DavidHoffmanFilmmaker 💕❤️💫✨️🌟✨️💫♥️💕

[@marileewoods458]

Beautiful. The only thing my mom with dementia responded to was bluegrass music

[@tigergoldgto]

My mom also suffered with dementia. Two things she never forgot was me. and the hymns she played on the piano. She's in her heavenly home with my father now.

[@johncritch6812]

Old Irish song He whistled and he sang til the green woods rang and he won the heart of a lady.

[@janepatterson6779]

@@tigergoldgto Sorry, Keith..know you miss them.

[@maureenrivas3322]

Play The Deep south band song In hell I'll be in good company.That is the last song I want to hear,and Don't forget "Don't Fear the reaper!

[@brucecollins4729]

@@johncritch6812 not an old irish song. written in the 1950s. an adaptation of an old song the gypsy laddie/twa gypsies scottish

[@steveculbert4039]

In my earliest life in Alabama I went to the mountains and heard this music. My father was a mountain music singer which became bluegrass in the 1950s. My uncle backed Patsy Cline and John Cash. Too much to tell.

[@DavidHoffmanFilmmaker]

For sure. You have much to tell. David Hoffman

[@lee0den145]

You should consider sharing some of your experiences. I appreciate that u respect people’s privacy tho...many would not

[@lucyjackson9408]

Yeah if live to hear some of your stories if there are any you feel comfortable sharing!

[@kathyingram3061]

~My ex boyfriend's father grew up in a nearby holler to Johnny Cash & they used to play guitar together on his front porch, back before he got famous~

[@edmundf.kuelliiispiritualn2963]

@@kathyingram3061 so cool.

[@saifonlawrence2044]

Couldn't watch entire video...was shivering too much

[@DavidHoffmanFilmmaker]

Shivering? Please explain. David Hoffman Filmmaker

[@lee0den145]

Sounds like the music we heard in Ireland...very similar feeling...Lots of Scots Irish in those Smoky Mtns

[@halspencer6613]

The Scots-Irish from northern Ireland were basically the first settlers in the Appalachian mountains. The brought their music with 'em and their love of country and fellow humans. Can't beat the mountain folk.

[@debbieclifford3693]

Yep I believe alot of Mt. people originated from Ireland.

[@lee0den145]

Debbie Clifford ‘‘tis true Lass”

[@maciejponka3319]

@@halspencer6613 Mountain folk is the best...in every country. Greetings from hills of southern Poland, home of highlanders

[@marisadaniela6]

@@maciejponka3319 tatry?

[@flowersinthefire]

I mourn the presence and peace we lost through advanced technology. The quality of life has really disintegrated through the decades, it's awful what we've done to ourselves.

[@thecocktailian2091]

Technology is both boon and curse. Rampant overpopulation is the true destroyer.

[@KurosuGon]

A lot more natural and human to hang out in person. Discord and KZbin are fun, but getting together and practicing music like this could be more meaningful on a personal level.

[@ginalibrizzi5204]

We haven’t exactly done it to ourselves; I see a clear agenda when I look at which technologies have advanced, and which have been held still. WE ARE the ones who can UNDO the damage though!

[@randyhumphries481]

I hate to break it to you but society as a whole is more prosperous than at any point in history

[@angelicaluce3230]

"I guess people having been singing it all through the mountains as long as they've been here, probably ..." This rang so DEEP in my heart, it made me cry - a deep release of memory - of music I will always love and the simple beautiful people who carry it in their hearts.

[@maureenurquhart]

❤❤❤❤❤Love from Bonnie Scotland

[@johnsradios484]

This documentary is fantastic. Captured a piece of Americana before it faded .

[@MorrisonScotch]

It's not faded. It's alive and well.

[@Hezigrimm]

@@MorrisonScotch Perhaps they mean it has faded as in it ain't popular anymore and you don't hear it regularly. Although, it ain't gone for sure; you just have to look for it.

[@nicolasviaje7159]

@@Hezigrimm It's not like it was popular back then either. This is 1964 and rock n roll was very much the mainstream. What was close to this was the Folk Revival to popularize it again which started in in NYCs Greenwich Village, but before that a bunch of those traditional songs were forgotten about. Thanks to Pete Seeger and people like him with Folkways Records (now Smithsonian Folkways) to preserve them. It's all cyclical.

[@cadengrace5466]

Come to West Virginia, any where in West Virginia, and you will find it.

[@WOLFNBEAST]

Yeah, but there also was segregation and racism

[@groovelife415]

The politeness. Getting up to give his higher seat for the older man. The older man declined, but still the gesture showed respect. That does not happen today.

[@josenavas9968]

As a young boy living in my parents house. This was my mother. Not just her interest in music, singing, arts and storytelling. She came from Blue field, WV. There is alot of her in these people. The sound of her voice, the twang I still hear to this day even though it been 60 years ago it seems like yesterday.

[@fahrgast237]

Bluefield is an interesting place. Fun fact: in the early 90's I went to a Bob Dylan concert (who has covered both the songs on the video) he facetiously introduced his steel pedal player as "the former mayor of Bluefield, WV" a good friend of mine's father just happened to be the mayor of Bluefield, WV. Weird.

[@josenavas9968]

@Patrick Wells Thanks for the comment sir. Most appreciated to be sure! I couldn't say for sure how my stepmother meant my father. As far as I know, it was at a pizza palor where they both worked. My dad was a charmer kind of guy. Ms Betty as my two sisters and I called her had true grit. To leave her hometown from Bluefield to Tucson, AZ must have been a cultural shock and she had two sons to look after herself..what courage

[@coolpotato312]

Youngboy reference⁉️

[@resurrectiontree]

Mine too, voice of an angel from Coal Branch Holler, Logan, West Virginia. ❤

[@markm8188]

Makes me a bit heartsick for a simpler time, and a vanishing culture. Reminds me of the Foxfire books.

[@patdaddymusic]

Mark M Love those Foxfire books! Thanks for reminding me of them!

[@martincurtis2257]

Foxfire is a wonderful series. Im on the second book currently.

[@GoatMen]

A vanishing race too.

[@theblairbitch1180]

This culture is very much alive, thankful to jam with my friends like this. Just as our grandparents did. ❤

[@z.s.n.]

@@theblairbitch1180 i wish i had someone to jam with... i swear there are no musicians in Alaska.

[@Antipodean33]

I love the lady's voice and accent, I don't know what it is exactly, i can't put my finger on it, she just sounds so feminine, honest and pure. I could listen to her every day, she's got the type of voice that compels you to listen to her. You know what I mean, how you hear certain voices/accents and you just automatically tune it out, whereas her voice draws you in. Absolutely beautiful

[@dannyboywhaa3146]

Yes - like the Welsh accent, it’s just made for singing! A tonal way of speaking etc... even when they speak it sounds musical! 👍🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

[@JamesJones-cx5pk]

You would like the singer in the band Telula.

[@holderrrrname]

Same with the guys. Collected, powerful, and a lot of presence.

[@reuireuiop0]

They sing from the core of their being. It's coming straight from the source

[@MelissaThompson432]

That's the Smoky Mountains Appalachian accent. East Tennessee, western North Carolina, parts of Kentucky and some other states. There are a LOT of Ulster Scots, aka "Scotch-Irish." Idk what else, but I did meet a Cherokee woman up there with a perfect Irish lilt. It was obviously how her own family talked, her natural accent, so there must be some Irish up there somewhere.

[@boscareccia]

My grandfather was a mountain man, and my grandmother was from the small town of Cloverdale AL. Together they shared their rich musical traditions with me. This is the closest thing I can find to their voices and how they played, and I’ve probably watched this and videos like it a hundred times. It make my heart ache, but I’m thrilled that such a rich tradition is preserved. I play the violin professionally, but I inherited my grandpa’s mandolin, and I intend to carry on this tradition and the music I was taught, and teach it to my children. :)

[@eagle1532]

Very happy this was recorded, it will last forever now

[@jeffsingleton88]

Rambone its hurling thru space as we speak

[@chaosdweller]

Unfortunately that's all the human race thinks about anymore!!!! in my country anyway, being remembered being recorded , having copies of this writing, or paintings or film etc etc etc. All of our Reality is a joke now in this modern age, Good artistic talent here!!!! I must admit; ....,But God damn idk how much more I can take of this he or she will always be remembered BS!

[@able6542]

Thats what life has always been. If people didn't have the natural desire to record for generations to come. If that wasn't the case we wouldn't have the slightest clue about our history. Are you implying you don't want to be remembered? I fail to see why you're so mad

[@eddieburrelli]

At least until the Interweb collapses.

[@chaosdweller]

This goes to the person addressing me that isn't at the same time . I would rather have consistent income rather than being remembered eons of time, that's sounds reasonable and logical to me. Call me crazy.

[@maxbluto]

Good people. Hollywood has spent years denigrating people like this for no reason.

[@DavidHoffmanFilmmaker]

It wasn't primarily Hollywood. At first it was the British and the French and even some American historians. It was also snooty Americans from around the country. Hollywood just adopted that stuff. David Hoffman filmmaker

[@2seconds992]

That fact reminds me that there IS such a thing as objective beauty (even if I'm a poor judge of it)- & there isn't much of it in Hollywood.

[@1234thenarrator]

This is sublime. I particularly love the intimate nature of the performance. It feels very close to what I think is the root of these folk songs: stories and harmonies passed around like precious little revelations among folks who deeply love music.

[@alanoffer]

It's amazing to think this would have been the sole entertainment in the mountains ,it's incredible the damage that TV has done in my lifetime

[@tylerhughes5420]

reffoelcnu alouncelal don't forget drinking moonshine and diddlin ya cousin!

[@preciousmetalhead5155]

Enjoy your time on KZbin

[@tylerhughes5420]

@@preciousmetalhead5155 savage level 100

[@Simone-ow5kb]

reffoelcnu alouncelal and now the internet.

[@reggiekrager5411]

Just go up in a damn isolated village in the mountains and stop using youtube and the internet if you like it so much...

[@avalaxton3696]

The way and sounds of how I was raised. No one can tell me it was not a better time. How I loved my home.

[@andr00NZ]

Probably the best bluegrass video I have seen. Right back to the real characters who (at the time of filming) were still living the lives of early mountain music men. Thank you, David Hoffman.

[@larryhagemann5548]

For some years now I have been trying to track down the existence of any recordings by this couple. Very rare, indeed. Harold died in 1975 and Maggie McCourry Winters died in 2000. I loved their music. She was also a very accomplished dulcimer player in the Asheville NC area.

[@Kementiri]

I am trying to track it down as well and it's impossible to find :(

[@MelissaThompson432]

There are Harold and Margaret Winters recordings on YT now. I haven't listened to them yet, I just wanted to post a comment for anyone who hasn't seen them. There will probably be more eventually. I realize it's not the same as a hard copy, but they're not lost altogether.

[@vivienlee610]

I need to look that up, I didn't know that.

[@herman452]

Info and pix on Find a Grave. Look for Harold Belmont Winters, born 1923, died 1975. He was only 52 when he died. Margaret lived to age 73. She remarried after Harold's death and is buried in a different cemetery than Harold. Look for Margaret Louise McCourry Moore, born 1926, died 2000.

[@michaelashcraft8569]

I learned to love this music, and, the people of Eastern, Kentucky as a child of the 50's and 60's, I'm 70ys old now, I miss my family, and, friends from Lee County Ky.

[@jbaker1341]

That is incredible that this footage has been preserved and is on a digital format. Thank you for sharing this.

[@needsaride15126]

My goodness. That woman is beautiful and has such a beautiful voice and smile.

[@maeedwards8387]

I use to listen to mountain music when I was growing up. Until I was 15 or 16, sitting on the swing and listening to my mom play and sing. What beautiful music she made! I miss it so much!

[@edejan]

I love to hear this real, heartfelt American folk music. Thank you for recording this beautiful music for posterity.

[@samuel.j.barker]

It's actually English Folk music as it's a song about Queen Elizabeth I's favourite courtier, Lord 'Henry Lee'

[@GregKelley1956]

This is the type of music I grew up on in Southern West Virginia. It is a mix of all the different people that came and settled in the hills.

[@anniemaymcneely2013]

Greg Kelley my dad is from s w va also , and although I grew up in California, I remember taking a trip there when I was 3 or 4 and I can remember my relatives singing and talking like this. I wish they had left me there to grow up with them instead of where I did.

[@chloeheck9068]

I was lucky enough to be raised there and be very close to my grandparents, so I have experienced many of the dying mountain traditions that most people my age haven’t.

[@mikehottinger2519]

That's where I'm from in a small town named Wise

[@scott1lori282]

Sandstone Mountain here.

[@franklombardisr7774]

This is music not the noise we hear now a days .

[@rainintheface100]

I'm a Canadian who was born on the East coast , Nova Scotia . and remember what we called "Old Time Music" , music of of the people who lived rough , hard lives and there is no difference between the lives of the mountain folk of Appalachia and the folk of Canada's East coast. They came from the same Scots and Irish who were forced out of the Old Country 250 tears ago. They speak the same language . Sing the same songs . Laugh at the same jokes. And dance to the same music. Great film!!!

[@maryplaidy6814]

rain intheface Very true, indeed. Also my folks. I was born and raised in Appalachia.

[@alinatarasyukrussianrefuge6549]

indeed, same keltoid bigot sht stains in the back woods of all angloid settler colonies!

[@pparker768]

+Alina Tarasyuk Russian Refugee You need to get some love in your life

[@silverstar4289]

Best description I heard is that there is an anguish in the mountain songs

[@snoproblem]

A lot of the people I grew up with and around came from Newfoundland, Cape Breton, Acadia and so forth, as they came through and settled down, seeking work in the local mines. If I were to travel these parts in the video, I'd likely find it strangely familiar. : )

[@EmilyJane888]

This is ont of my top favorite videos on KZbin. My soul smiles with joy. Just beautiful. A beautiful moment in time captured. This is so important, keeping special moments like this alive. Bless you for sharing this.

[@DragonGirl1172]

This evokes a feeling deep in my soul that i can't even describe

[@steelblueflame]

Because it needs no description- it is enough that it is there. But It is your Blood calling you from thousands of years ago, if described it must be.

[@sharonneethling5468]

I agree. It seems to connect to your soul

[@rodleyeriffe9149]

Loved this. My Pawpaw played banjo and granny strummed acoustic. Mountain music was what they called it. 😍😘

[@journeyer58]

What a treasure. This man would and should have been a national treasure for all the songs he knew and loved to sing. Other nations cherish men and women like this and make them available all over their nation to share their love of their forebears and the ancient crafts, songs, songwriting, singing, and poetry, writing. We need this kind of culture in the U.S. to save our culture from the destructive forces of television, radio, and the internet. And to give our younger people an appreciation of the times before the internet age.

[@fjb4932]

journeyer58 The younger folk Don't WANT an appreciation of times past. Ya can lead a horse to water, don't mean he'll drink. And ya can't push him in, neither...

[@meredithwilliams4671]

Without the Internet, you'd most likely never hear this at all.

[@MimiJoys]

Those things, while damaging yes, are definitely not the things that are destroying the USA!

[@patcola7335]

@@MimiJoys multicturalism is destructive.

[@johnharrington2400]

@@patcola7335 A myopic statement. multiculturalism created this music too, the guitar was introduced to this country by mexicans who had it introduced to their country from Spain and other parts of Europe, the fiddle came from Europe, banjo from Africa, colonization brought fragments of hundreds of cultures, these songs here came from Ireland and other countries who's settlers settled in the Appalachian areas hundreds of years ago, it's all far more diverse and multicultural than you might believe, clearly you don't know much about music, where it came from, how it was created or why it's called folk music. Spend a few decades studying music and it's roots in this country then come back to debate it.

[@Mysteryman93]

Days before everything was commercialised, nothing is sacred any more. These people may have lived in hard times but for the most part, they were honest times. These people played this music every day. Not for commercial gain. Not for tge entertainment for the masses but because it was their life, their way of communicating their way of life when just talking wouldn't suffice. This is marvelous.

[@666toysoldier]

That song sounds like something from 1500's England. Amazing how music can remain unchanged over centuries.

[@johncritch6812]

It is.

[@mattblack9069]

Very true.

[@banjoist123]

This song comes straight from the Scots Irish English tradition. It's also related to Raggle Taggle Gypsy. kzbin.info/www/bejne/gKqzZWNtitOIjdk

[@mistergrandpasbakery9941]

You're quite right about that!

[@artparty222murphy9]

666toysoldier Scottish and Irish settlers brought that beautiful music

[@thoughtsurferzone5012]

A guitar, a good voice and a comfy chair. That's all you need for the people's music.

[@NOLongeraDREAMER]

There's beautiful women beautiful mountains, beautiful flowers, beautiful skies that God Almighty has created. "You must be born again to see the kingdom of God." Jesus

[@yogendragahtori6628]

This beauty now is fading away from the hearts of humanity, how painful

[@frankjoseph4273]

The lady is gorgeous

[@Rus-r7s]

@@frankjoseph4273 : She probably had very little, or maybe , no, makeup. That's TRUE beauty!

[@antunleut9739]

Good music. Greetings from Croatia. God bless our two countries.

[@housecarl6]

The woman`s voice is beautiful,, lovely people all of them.

[@debracole6587]

My Dad loved listening to music like this. This makes me think of him. He passed away in 1978

[@michelleelle4622]

Very interesting how the songs just pass down from one generation to the next.

[@brewess]

HB and Margaret were good friends with my parents when they all lived in Vintondale near Huntington, WV. I loved visiting them at Weeloch when they moved to NC. HB was always so kind to me and I have wonderful memories of him.

[@mb9833]

Sounds like you know who this couple are/were. Can you tell more? And do you know who the older woman in the chair is, please and thank you?

[@jamesoneil9757]

Such beautiful people and music.

[@mentilly_all]

your channel is quickly becoming a favourite. thank you

[@tommykukulka7811]

Such beautiful women in the mountains, both of them are gorgeous

[@JoseighBlogs]

Yes - I was immediately struck by the charm and natural poise of the pigtailed lady.

[@jameskemp1963]

I agree. They were both lovely

[@EE-js1wz]

Wow! The young lady is beautiful! She’s timeless!

[@marcmccook9154]

Folk and folklore gives life to the music that we love to hear played and sung as there are so many renditions to share. Thanks

[@EvansBrosRacing]

I was only 2 years old when this was made . It does help me to see where my mom learned all those old songs . She grew up in an orphanage and lived in several foster homes and said she learned music from the various families she lived with . She used to sing this type of stuff to quiet us kids and it always worked .

[@roblinxweiler9951]

Hey Dad... I wish you were still here so I could watch this with you. You introduced me to a whole world of music that I might never have discovered otherwise. Thank you...

[@connorfannon7484]

I live right across the mountains from North Carolina, I'm 14 and it's sad to say that all the beautiful mountain culture is gone. It's such a shame, I wish I was around to hear and see all of it. It makes me sad to see it all diminished

[@calliefrances]

My husband and I started playing dulcimer in KY 3 years ago after being introduced to it by a dulcimer making preacher who had moved from eastern KY to western KY. We have been gratified to find a ducimer community which spans the US. I am also thrilled to find this video as we are interested in authentic folk music.

[@rutilopata8294]

There is a melancholy honest sound to the music of the mountains, in all parts of the world...music and art in any form is innate in us humans, we are so blessed in the ability to express, share and pass on this love. May it prevail in these challenging times.Amen.

[@Earth2Flo-v6f]

I grew up around this music, I’m only 67 but was blessed to spend summers in KY.

[@lindareese4579]

Thank you very much for classic mountain music....it has so much heart and soul..

[@jefffawver3389]

Thank you for sharing this Beautiful ,Beautiful, Beautiful Music.

[@TheBuck1283]

I was ten yrs old at this time, listening to my dad's jam sessions. What sweet memories! I've been a professional musician for forty plus yrs now, thanks all to these days!

[@V8trickshot]

God bless you mr. Hoffman. This music will never be forgotten thanks to folks like you who had the mind to drag and 50 pound camera into the mountains and record this

[@mountainpatriothomestead]

Watching the younger man offering his seat up to an elder makes me miss days long past.

[@vintagebrew1057]

Black Jack Davey is an old English song too. About a Squire who comes calling for his lady and the servants say "She's gone with the Black Jack Davey" I love these old folk songs as their origins go back further than we think. Great to see this.

[@grapentine739]

Do you by chance remember the name of the 2nd song?

[@Bella-fz9fy]

They sound very like old English ballads!

[@vintagebrew1057]

@@grapentine739 Its called "Henry Lee" and I think its also known as "Loving Henry" its quite a chilling song....

[@chadhyde50]

I love all types of music, I still to this day listen to The Old Home Place when I need a break from the world. These folk songs reach in the soul like no other.

[@Atitlan1222]

It's clips like this that make me proud of my country which is so hard these days: The music is authentic, simple, meaningful and without pretension. Can't get this today.

[@markmelton587]

My father was a trained singer and his favorites were Mountain folk songs and Country Western, and Barber Shop. He would get his guitar and sing me to sleep every night. May you find peace, Dad.

[@seamusoluasigh9296]

Beautiful recording, it's great to see real people playing their own music.

[@raquellucas2202]

Oh my Gosh!! My Mamaw used to sing this! We’re from southern WV. I never heard anyone else sing it!

[@jhavajoe3792]

Besides singing, when that man speaks, he's got a wonderful voice. And that woman is a country beauty.

[@beverlymcgue514]

This is what music our parents and grandparents and great grandparents grew up.

[@TerryC69]

Mr. Hoffman, I appreciate this work you and Mr. Lunsford did so long ago. Having been raised in the Appalachian Highlands myself, this history is visceral to me and cherished. Bless you, sir.

[@johnnyboync1]

bascom lamar lunsford was a fine old man. he was before my time but my pap used to talk about singing the old mountain ballads with him. in mars hill north carolina there is a small monument to him. all of us in this area are very proud of him and if it wasn't for him all the old ballads would've been gone long ago.

[@DavidHoffmanFilmmaker]

Thank you for your comment. I remember the old man very well and very fondly. An unusual guy. With a deep understanding for the unique value of his mountain people. David Hoffman-filmmaker

[@thomasbrown3325]

He was an interesting musician, but a rabid white supremacist.

[@kimchambers6685]

Adrian M. Lol, me too!

[@c.j.3184]

@@thomasbrown3325 Silence, )ew

[@DaWizard11]

Thomas Brown What’s wrong with that?

[@eekowarrior4409]

This is truly lovely. Not just the music, but the courteous interaction and respect between people involved. As a UK resident, I can vouch that the songs are authentic and ancient indeed. Our island (like the States) has long been a cultural melting pot, and (for me) long may that continue.

[@DawnOldham]

I thought the same thing- how polite they were to each other. I grew up in the Deep South and when I saw their courteous interactions, it brought back childhood memories of people acting just like that. It really is a beautiful thing to see.

[@Peachy08]

The people that settled in the Appalachian mountains brought their music with them. Proud to call them my ancestors.

[@robertmitchell2178]

The Scots-Irish people and their fabulous music heritage. Amazing.

[@brucecollins641]

@robertmitchell2178.....scottish fiddle reel music tunes adopted from scotland. most likely taken to ireland with the scottish planters.

[@user-me8ot1iw1q]

Sounds more like English folk music

[@aaronq2627]

The history books can always be burnt, but the music stays in the heart.

[@2seconds992]

And most of them should be ☺

[@vncvenus]

People and music like this is what makes America great. Thank you for this slice of life from true, good folks.

[@chriswells1440]

My grandma born in 1925 says she misses singing on the porch before tv came out with her family and friends.

[@Betty-it4qu]

Happier times what music told a story of the lives they led. Innocence and togetherness. So much love flowed from this music. Sure wish it would come back. 💙⚘❤

[@xZombee]

Thank you David for sharing this, I adore this song, I first heard it as the gyps of david by Frank Proffitt, but the husband/wife duo is absolutely magnificent and to see Mr. Lunsford listening and taking it all in makes me so happy. Thank you again!

[@samuel.j.barker]

For anyone wondering, the second song (the solo), is called Henry Lee. Thanks to it's age and an annoying cheesy 80's musician, it's quite difficult to find a traditional version. If you like classic american country, Dick Justice did a nice version But if you prefer the more original style of it which is more folk, 'Moonshine Jelly', 'Peggy Seeger' or 'Crooked Still' have done it in the more traditional style. It's a 17th Century English folk song from County Durham, Yorkshire. Due to it's age and it's travels, the lyrics may differ significantly.

[@athulfgeirsson]

Dick Justice version is classic

[@markadkins6434]

Ralph Stanley does a nice version of Henry Lee on his 2002 self titled album, "Ralph Stanley ".

[@brenchadpicks3]

Kinda sounds like "house carpenter" too, done by doc Watson or tony rice

[@johnbethell1952]

Pure folk music good for the soul

[@rodsreel]

Amen to that brother, cheers from the Scottish Highlands

[@MimiJoys]

This man sings heavenly!!! I could listen to him all day! He looks like my Dad did. 😍

[@timfronimos459]

Appalachia is the heart of America. IMHO Greetings from Detroit

[@groovydoobies4699]

My Michigan brother Jesus bless ya!

[@ginajones2328]

Last Frontier Alaska. Many musicians here keeping old music alive and well

[@laduke9876]

You are right! the most beautiful mountain singers, and songs too.❤️

[@robertafierro5592]

REAL.folk music..back when people were still CIVILIZED..

[@georgefromgreece4119]

Couldn't have said it better

[@daveconleyportfolio5192]

Takes me back... the mountain dulcimer that Mrs. Winter held is the twin of one I used to see on the wall of my uncle's home in Mousie, Kentucky.

[@PeaceDayCortez]

He kind of sounds like Willie Nelson. I love her voice 🌹

[@jacobj3236]

It's saddening to watch Appalachia die and fade away. I grew up going there with my parents and grandparents to the place where they were raised and I always loved it. All that's left now are the pictures, stories and memories. I wish the rest of the world was still so simple, welcoming and calm but technology and society have killed the good old America. This video makes me want to go back to the mountains where I belong.

[@geronimosrifle2913]

Ahhhhhh wow!! My grandmother sang that to us too in the 70s. She sang it the same way the elder gentleman did. I swear! Your eye for the unseen is uncanny!! I wonder if any of the youngsters are still around there today I sure would like to visit them.

[@kennithumperovitch3371]

I am a Mountain Man from Iaeger West Virginia and mom was from Big Ugly in and above in Mingo County! She sang this and many more hillbilly mountain songs. At first it made me crazy! Now I love them! And I make up my own songs with crazy lyrics like these old songs!

[@brianjohnson2905]

My father born 1936. The closest civilization from where he was born and lived until be was 14yrs old was cookeville Tennessee. He was a real mountain born man. I was born and raised in upstate ny. Near the Canadian border. Listened to bluegrass all through informative years. Amazing that I connect with this video. Thanks

[@donyoung7874]

I have an aunt in Cookeville now but dad's family was from nearby Sparta. Lester Flatt's hometown.

[@brianjohnson2905]

@@donyoung7874 thanks for the reply. I feel a kinship toward the people there. I've never been introduced to any of my southern relations. Someday I am visiting. Bucket list stuff. Thanks again.

[@brianjohnson2905]

@@donyoung7874 I came from the womb hearing Earl Scruggs. My father would say it took 20 yrs in the north county..NY. to realize that Damn yankee was two words

[@donyoung7874]

You should visit the area sometime. Maybe rent a house boat on Center Hill Lake west of Sparta, or Dale Hollow Lake north of Cookeville. If you go in early July, you can check out the Smithville Fiddler's Jamboree and Center Hill is only about 10 miles away. The Jamboree has been televised on CMT in the past. I haven't been able to attend because I'm usually down there at the end of July for my family reunion. smithvillejamboree.com

[@brianjohnson2905]

@@donyoung7874 that as you described sound good. I will indeed visit . Thanks friends I've yet to meet

[@garyshaffer1409]

This music is still around and being played. And the easiest way to find it is...you guessed it...online. There are lots of young folks keeping it alive.

[@themean69]

Unknown Jetson Heard it called many names, “Love Henry” most common but it’s similar to an old folk tune called “Young Hunting”.

[@BenjaminShields]

I've spend the better part of the afternoon watching all of your movies. this might be one of my favorites

[@DavidHoffmanFilmmaker]

Thank you so much, Benjamin. I put all these films up on YT but only by the responses I get from people like you do I know that they have impact. David Hoffman-filmmaker

[@GeekLikeYou]

This is fantastic David Hoffman, thank for making it available to us

[@DavidHoffmanFilmmaker]

mark woolley Thank you Mark. My pleasure and joy. David Hoffman - filmmaker

[@COPPERMOUNTAINCOINS.]

Ah the good ole days. This is from when America was still pretty good, I hope those days return.

[@ronmartin5339]

Our country is still good (Great I think), you have to seek the beauty and weed out the hate that's always been there! They are all good ole days if you make them happen!

[@birdofevil4252]

America is dying. It has a fatal infection of Marxism. It is - in the words of the poet T.S. Eliot - "worm-eaten with liberalism".

[@MrMassivefavour]

She is a beautiful lady.

[@Pbs-xs4xk]

Shes very pretty!!!!

[@Politicianssuch]

100%

[@zeroceiling]

Sweet person...

[@elizabethcameron6045]

I thought so, too!

[@marcussmith9804]

Yup. My kind of woman, sweet and pretty.