The Soggy Bottom Boys — I Am A Man Of Constant Sorrow
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(In constant sorrow, all through his days)
I am a man of constant sorrow
I've seen trouble all my days
I bid farewell to old Kentucky
The place where I was born and raised
(The place where he was born and raised)
For six long years I've been in trouble
No pleasure here on earth I found
For in this world I'm bound to ramble
I have no friends to help me now
(He has no friends to help him now)
It's fare thee well, my old true lover
I never expect to see you again
For I'm bound to ride that northern railroad
Perhaps I'll die upon this train
(Perhaps he'll die upon this train)
You can bury me in some deep valley
For many years where I may lay
Then you may learn to love another
While I am sleeping in my grave
(While he is sleeping in his grave)
Maybe your friends think I'm just a stranger
My face you never will see no more
But there is one promise that is given
I'll meet you on God's golden shore
(He'll meet you on God's golden shore)
I am a man of constant sorrow
I've seen trouble all my days
I bid farewell to old Kentucky
The place where I was born and raised
(The place where he was born and raised)
For six long years I've been in trouble
No pleasure here on earth I found
For in this world I'm bound to ramble
I have no friends to help me now
(He has no friends to help him now)
It's fare thee well, my old true lover
I never expect to see you again
For I'm bound to ride that northern railroad
Perhaps I'll die upon this train
(Perhaps he'll die upon this train)
You can bury me in some deep valley
For many years where I may lay
Then you may learn to love another
While I am sleeping in my grave
(While he is sleeping in his grave)
Maybe your friends think I'm just a stranger
My face you never will see no more
But there is one promise that is given
I'll meet you on God's golden shore
(He'll meet you on God's golden shore)
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My RP "Constant." This was one of the first songs I heard when I started listening in 2001.
I was looking for streaming radio stations on Shoutcast (I think) and didn't really know what I wanted to listen to. RP was categorized as "Eclectic" so it seemed like a good place to start. This song was either playing when I tuned in or came on soon after but I had recently watched the movie and liked the soundtrack by T Bone Burnett. I kept listening and song after song was either an old forgotten favourite or a new-to-me classic that I was embarrassed to not know about already.
I never bothered to check out any other stations on Shoutcast. It's been well over 20 years now and RP has never given me reason to want to "move the dial."
Oddly, I just noticed I've never bothered to rate this song. I didn't register and begin rating songs until 2006. It's a solid 8, but I'll leave it as is. I will give my RP password to the executor of my will and have them make rating this song my final, posthumous act.
idiot_wind wrote:
He has definitely listened to a LOT of Doc Watson!
I still say this sounds like Doc Watson on vocals.
He has definitely listened to a LOT of Doc Watson!
Dan The Man..
I still say this sounds like Doc Watson on vocals.
I remember seeing chain gangs working roads in Mississippi and Virginia. Guess its good exercise.
treatment_bound wrote:
DO NOT SEEK THE TREASSSURE!😄
WE THOUGHT YOU WAS A TOAD!!!!
DO NOT SEEK THE TREASSSURE!😄
forthbrdge wrote:
The more I think about this line, the more I smile.
Done turned 'im into a HORNEY TOAD!
The more I think about this line, the more I smile.
litwardle wrote:
You are not alone
One of my favourite movies! I seem to be the only one I know that thinks that however! Love the soundtrack. It often pops up on my spotify playlists!
You are not alone
This is fantastic. 9 but I love this song (and the entire O Brother Where Art Thou soundtrack), it will probably go to a 10.
Jakethemuss wrote:
In the movie, absolutely. But he's not singing here.
The musicians and singer were on loan from Alison Krauss' Union Station.
Ha! Bill set the record straight while I was typing!
c.
I’m sure it’s been said before but George Clooney really nails this one.
The musicians and singer were on loan from Alison Krauss' Union Station.
Ha! Bill set the record straight while I was typing!
c.
"damn we're in a tight spot"
I’m sure it’s been said before but George Clooney really nails this one.
One of my favourite movies! I seem to be the only one I know that thinks that however! Love the soundtrack. It often pops up on my spotify playlists!
this silly film introduced a lot of lame people to Bluegrass
I defy you to listen to this track and not smile...
I heard a great mash-up version of this at a festival by Craig Charles (Red Dwarf fame) It really works as a dance track too.
"Is you is, or is you ain't, my constituency?"
The movie made me smile.
This song makes me smile.
I'm'a smilin'.
: )
This song makes me smile.
I'm'a smilin'.
: )
mread wrote:
Well, it's an odyssey. Easier just to see it than try to have it 'splained. See it.
It's an essential part of our cultural heritage. Seriously.
Well, it's an odyssey. Easier just to see it than try to have it 'splained. See it.
It's an essential part of our cultural heritage. Seriously.
This song is Bonafide!
I've gotta watch this movie again. It's been too long...
Yeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee haaaaa
Say, any of you boys smithies? Or, if not smithies per se, were you otherwise trained in the metallurgic arts before straitened circumstances forced you into a life of aimless wanderin'?
mread wrote:
Well, it's an odyssey. Easier just to see it than try to have it 'splained. See it.
Literarily true...and this has to be one of my favorite 'in-movie' soundtrack hits....it's a 9....Long Live RP!!
Well, it's an odyssey. Easier just to see it than try to have it 'splained. See it.
Literarily true...and this has to be one of my favorite 'in-movie' soundtrack hits....it's a 9....Long Live RP!!
mread wrote:
Well, it's an odyssey. Easier just to see it than try to have it 'splained. See it.
A retelling of Homers' The Odyssey', but a lot more fun.
Well, it's an odyssey. Easier just to see it than try to have it 'splained. See it.
A retelling of Homers' The Odyssey', but a lot more fun.
Pjesnik wrote:
Well, according to Wiki or IMDb...
What is this movie about?
Well, according to Wiki or IMDb...
Eclectic RP's best
Pjesnik wrote:
Well, it's an odyssey. Easier just to see it than try to have it 'splained. See it.
What is this movie about?
Well, it's an odyssey. Easier just to see it than try to have it 'splained. See it.
What is this movie about?
Yes to this. Old country with that urgent drive of blues and rock. Yum.
NEED MOAR
Great stuff!
Great song, great soudtrack, great movie !!!
If you like the vocals, go check out his latest in the opening segment of "The Ballad of Buster Scruggs" on Netflix.
Done turned 'im into a HORNEY TOAD!
Do check out the live Alison Kraus & Union Station version. Dan Tyminski still taking the lead, but the whole song tighter and pacier.
thewiseking wrote:
OK, so now that we've heard bluegrass for beginners let's move on. Let's hear some Kentucky Mountain Boys, Scruggs, Monroe, Blue Sky Boys etc....
All I know about Bluegrass is this album. But given how much I enjoy it I would very much like to be exposed to more!
Skydog wrote:
Kaisersosay wrote:
Keep pounding the drum,,,,but do it with a sort of twang heard in Bluegrass..
anything from Bill Monroe and/or Flatt & Scruggs would work
Maybe include the early New Grass Revival, when Sam Bush was a mad man on mandolin. It's a different version of the "high an lonesome" sound.
Forgot to include Jerry Garcia...especially the band "Old and In the Way". David Grissman and Vassar Clemens are superb!
Kaisersosay wrote:
Keep pounding the drum,,,,but do it with a sort of twang heard in Bluegrass.
anything from Bill Monroe and/or Flatt & Scruggs would work
Maybe include the early New Grass Revival, when Sam Bush was a mad man on mandolin. It's a different version of the "high an lonesome" sound.
Forgot to include Jerry Garcia...especially the band "Old and In the Way". David Grissman and Vassar Clemens are superb!
I would love to see George Clooney do some more hillbilly dancing!
I like it very much)
They sound like a younger version of Ralph Stanley and the Clinch Mountain Boys.
forthbrdge wrote:
Blooey!!!
Nothin' but a grease spot on the L&N...
Blooey!!!
Is that also an "old film" now?
.I always love this song and its inventor.
bluegrass is where its ass y'all youtube iron horse covers honey wagons billie jean or the cleverly's work
An occasional bluegrass song is a good idea. I'll defer to others on the artists.
thewiseking wrote:
Kaisersosay wrote:
Keep pounding the drum,,,,but do it with a sort of twang heard in Bluegrass..
anything from Bill Monroe and/or Flatt & Scruggs would work
Can we now get serious about this genre and play some occasional bluegrass out here. No, we don't need to hear this movie soundtrack again.
Kaisersosay wrote:
Keep pounding the drum,,,,but do it with a sort of twang heard in Bluegrass.
anything from Bill Monroe and/or Flatt & Scruggs would work
thewiseking wrote:
Can we now get serious about this genre and play some occasional bluegrass out here. No, we don't need to hear this movie soundtrack again.
Keep pounding the drum,,,,but do it with a sort of twang heard in Bluegrass.
Can we now get serious about this genre and play some occasional bluegrass out here. No, we don't need to hear this movie soundtrack again.
Nothin' but a grease spot on the L&N...
blkstd wrote:
This is one of my favorite tunes to do karaoke !!!
"I'm a Dapper Dan man!"
This is one of my favorite tunes to do karaoke !!!
HOT DAMN IT'S THE SOGGY BOTTOM BOYS!
thewiseking wrote:
I must admit that a bluegrass snob is an interesting concept.
I listen to plenty of bluegrass. This would be a good bluegrass song so matter who or where it came from.
OK, so now that we've heard bluegrass for beginners let's move on. Let's hear some Kentucky Mountain Boys, Scruggs, Monroe, Blue Sky Boys etc....
I must admit that a bluegrass snob is an interesting concept.
I listen to plenty of bluegrass. This would be a good bluegrass song so matter who or where it came from.
Lemonhead wrote:
Nice.
Nice.
Yes my friend make us feel proud to be North American!
Yiii-haaaa!
The song - and film - that ignited my love for bluegrass. 10, with gratitude.
WonderLizard wrote:
We were fond of telling the Bushies, "Your guy lied through his teeth, invaded a sovereign nation on the pretext of that lie, and got handily reelected. Our guy got a blow job in the Oval Office, lied about it, and was impeached."
The lesson here being if you are going to lie, lie big. You'll get banged up for a murder, but destroy a country and you'll get a medal.
We were fond of telling the Bushies, "Your guy lied through his teeth, invaded a sovereign nation on the pretext of that lie, and got handily reelected. Our guy got a blow job in the Oval Office, lied about it, and was impeached."
The lesson here being if you are going to lie, lie big. You'll get banged up for a murder, but destroy a country and you'll get a medal.
I sometimes wonder if I would like this song if not for the movie. Normally, not my cup of tea, but I can never resist singing along to this.
My coworkers love me.
My coworkers love me.
Hot damn! It's the Soggy Bottom Boys!
you got that right able!!! 
Damn! We're in a tight spot!
thewiseking wrote:
LOL!
Kinda like El Condor Pasa is Andes folk music for beginners.
OK, so now that we've heard bluegrass for beginners let's move on. Let's hear some Kentucky Mountain Boys, Scruggs, Monroe, Blue Sky Boys etc....
LOL!
Kinda like El Condor Pasa is Andes folk music for beginners.
Love it.... 
What's this...bluegrass "snobbery"? LOL! 
Is there such a thing?
Just enjoy sitting on your soggy bottoms.
Is there such a thing?Just enjoy sitting on your soggy bottoms.
thewiseking wrote:
Seldom Scene, Country Gentlemen, New Grass Revival, Bluegrass 45...
Ralph Stanley reigns supreme IMHO.
OK, so now that we've heard bluegrass for beginners let's move on. Let's hear some Kentucky Mountain Boys, Scruggs, Monroe, Blue Sky Boys etc....
Seldom Scene, Country Gentlemen, New Grass Revival, Bluegrass 45...
Ralph Stanley reigns supreme IMHO.
OK, so now that we've heard bluegrass for beginners let's move on. Let's hear some Kentucky Mountain Boys, Scruggs, Monroe, Blue Sky Boys etc....
Clinchco VA -
My family home.
My family home.
WE THOUGHT YOU WAS A TOAD!!!!
Always loved it. Used to pause movie to listen to it again and again. Guess I'm doing it again through my Real Player ... 
netskink wrote:
Well, some days, for sure.
my themesong
Well, some days, for sure.my themesong
Webfoot wrote:
"Sweet Jesus!"
Hard to imagine that "Jesus" had anything to do with it.
"Sweet Jesus!"
Hard to imagine that "Jesus" had anything to do with it.
MentalWedgie wrote:
👍✌️
Thank you, thank you and thank you. I really love this song. The movie was equally good.
👍✌️
Thank you, thank you and thank you. I really love this song. The movie was equally good.
Love this soundtrack
LowPhreak wrote:
Not a dime's worth of difference between the Bushes, the Clintons, or Obama. They're all neo-fascists.
"Sweet Jesus!"
Not a dime's worth of difference between the Bushes, the Clintons, or Obama. They're all neo-fascists.
"Sweet Jesus!"
I'm with you fellers!
unclehud wrote:
"We thought you was a toad."
"We thought you was a toad."
"I'm a Dapper Dan man!"
WonderLizard wrote:
We were fond of telling the Bushies, "Your guy lied through his teeth, invaded a sovereign nation on the pretext of that lie, and got handily reelected. Our guy got a blow job in the Oval Office, lied about it, and was impeached."
Not a dime's worth of difference between the Bushes, the Clintons, or Obama. They're all neo-fascists.
We were fond of telling the Bushies, "Your guy lied through his teeth, invaded a sovereign nation on the pretext of that lie, and got handily reelected. Our guy got a blow job in the Oval Office, lied about it, and was impeached."
Not a dime's worth of difference between the Bushes, the Clintons, or Obama. They're all neo-fascists.
linzie wrote:
You see here? linzie says it's bonafide!
This is Bonafide!!!
You see here? linzie says it's bonafide!
kcar wrote:
Three clowns who should be on a chain gang for the rest of their sorry lives.
"Simply stated, there is no doubt that Saddam Hussein now has weapons of mass destruction."
Dick Cheney
August 26, 2002
"Intelligence gathered by this and other governments leaves no doubt that the Iraq regime continues to possess and conceal some of the most lethal weapons ever devised."
George W. Bush
March 17, 2003
We were fond of telling the Bushies, "Your guy lied through his teeth, invaded a sovereign nation on the pretext of that lie, and got handily reelected. Our guy got a blow job in the Oval Office, lied about it, and was impeached."
Three clowns who should be on a chain gang for the rest of their sorry lives.
"Simply stated, there is no doubt that Saddam Hussein now has weapons of mass destruction."
Dick Cheney
August 26, 2002
"Intelligence gathered by this and other governments leaves no doubt that the Iraq regime continues to possess and conceal some of the most lethal weapons ever devised."
George W. Bush
March 17, 2003
We were fond of telling the Bushies, "Your guy lied through his teeth, invaded a sovereign nation on the pretext of that lie, and got handily reelected. Our guy got a blow job in the Oval Office, lied about it, and was impeached."
My bottom just turned soggy. 
kcar wrote:
Find some new material.
Three clowns who should be on a chain gang for the rest of their sorry lives.
"Simply stated, there is no doubt that Saddam Hussein now has weapons of mass destruction."
Dick Cheney
August 26, 2002
"Intelligence gathered by this and other governments leaves no doubt that the Iraq regime continues to possess and conceal some of the most lethal weapons ever devised."
George W. Bush
March 17, 2003
Three clowns who should be on a chain gang for the rest of their sorry lives.
"Simply stated, there is no doubt that Saddam Hussein now has weapons of mass destruction."
Dick Cheney
August 26, 2002
"Intelligence gathered by this and other governments leaves no doubt that the Iraq regime continues to possess and conceal some of the most lethal weapons ever devised."
George W. Bush
March 17, 2003
Yo Bill - Do you really mean to sound like Monty Python when you say "... and now for something completely different"?
Haha Monty Python. Awesome!!! DAMN!!! We're in a tigh spot!!!!!! Brilliant film!!!!! Love this song.
Yo Bill - Do you really mean to sound like Monty Python when you say "... and now for something completely different"?
shellbella wrote:
DAMN! We're in a TIGHT SPOT!
Do NOT seek the treasure... 
DAMN! We're in a TIGHT SPOT!
shellbella wrote:
Three clowns who should be on a chain gang for the rest of their sorry lives.
"Simply stated, there is no doubt that Saddam Hussein now has weapons of mass destruction."
Dick Cheney
August 26, 2002
"Intelligence gathered by this and other governments leaves no doubt that the Iraq regime continues to possess and conceal some of the most lethal weapons ever devised."
George W. Bush
March 17, 2003
Do NOT seek the treasure...
Three clowns who should be on a chain gang for the rest of their sorry lives.
"Simply stated, there is no doubt that Saddam Hussein now has weapons of mass destruction."
Dick Cheney
August 26, 2002
"Intelligence gathered by this and other governments leaves no doubt that the Iraq regime continues to possess and conceal some of the most lethal weapons ever devised."
George W. Bush
March 17, 2003
easmann wrote:
Tim Blake Nelson (Delmar) did sing lead on In the Jailhouse Now...
Tim Blake Nelson (Delmar) did sing lead on In the Jailhouse Now...
shellbella wrote:
no need to seek, just listen it's most definatly a treasure.......
Do NOT seek the treasure...
no need to seek, just listen it's most definatly a treasure.......
Do NOT seek the treasure...
how sweet it is......Now for something completely different!
I love this song and I love you RP for being so diverse and accepting all great music.
I love this song and I love you RP for being so diverse and accepting all great music.
Is you is or is you ain't my constituency?
I swear this sounds like Ralph Stanley and Doc Watson in a band.
This is Bonafide!!!
if only Bill would follow this with Flat & Skurggs
Gopher, Everett?
RedTopFireBelow wrote:
Yee Haw! Love this song... it just makes me happy! 
Yee Haw! Love this song... it just makes me happy!
meauclaire wrote:
Maybe, but not on that movie.
That George Clooney sure can sing..........
Maybe, but not on that movie.
If you watch the Academy awards version you will see Allison Krauss elbowing Emmylou Harris off of the mike for her solo. I don't think she even noticed that Emmy was a bit slow on the draw back.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R-C_HVoiJpY
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R-C_HVoiJpY
The Dude approves!That George Clooney sure can sing..........
wow...that sounds like Ralph Stanley.
MilSF1 wrote:
There were plenty of Odyssey references here and there - The Sirens (river washing scene), the Lotus Eaters (river baptism), cyclops (John Goodman's character). Even the whole notion of having to get back home to defeat the wife's suitors. But no, it wasn't as faithful to the work as something like Apocalypse Now.
You and Darlington are entirely correct about this--had forgotten some of the references. "O Brother"'s links to Homer were definitely occasional and casual. Which is fine: a film that adhered too closely to the epic probably would have lost a lot of its zip and humor.
Yee Haw.
There were plenty of Odyssey references here and there - The Sirens (river washing scene), the Lotus Eaters (river baptism), cyclops (John Goodman's character). Even the whole notion of having to get back home to defeat the wife's suitors. But no, it wasn't as faithful to the work as something like Apocalypse Now.
You and Darlington are entirely correct about this--had forgotten some of the references. "O Brother"'s links to Homer were definitely occasional and casual. Which is fine: a film that adhered too closely to the epic probably would have lost a lot of its zip and humor.
Yee Haw.
Yes! I've been jonesin' to hear this song!
I am a man of constant leisure.
this silly film introduced a lot of lame people to Bluegrass
Wrong - I already knew about bluegrass before I saw this film. I just had no idea that Clooney was so gifted in the genre. I wonder why he doesn’t release some more material.