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My cover of Billy Bragg song Way Over Yonder in the Minor Key for Open Mic Week 40 by thebigdelay

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My cover of Billy Bragg song Way Over Yonder in the Minor Key for Open Mic Week 40
This is one of my favourite Billy Bragg songs. He was commissioned to set unpublished Woodie Guthrie lyrics to music, and this is one of his most soulful attempts. The melody and lyrics of the chorus just create such an incredible sense of yearning and timelessness.  A song that would make even the most rooted seek to ramble.

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*^Notice how I'm playing with an invisible pick? Neat, huh?*

I've posted the lyrics below. You'll notice that in my version I've merged the first two verses and switched "see" for "be" in the third verse, and theres a few other minor changes. Oh, and I mispronounced his home town. Oh well, that's folk music, people!

### Way Over Yonder in the Minor Key
**Music by Billy Bragg, words by Woodie Guthrie**

I lived in a place called Okfuskee
And I had a little girl in a holler tree
I said, little girl, it's plain to see
Ain't nobody that can sing like me
Ain't nobody that can sing like me

She said it's hard for me to see
How one little boy got so ugly
Yes my little girly that might be
But there ain't nobody that can sing like me
Ain't nobody that can sing like me

*Way over yonder in the minor key
Way over yonder in the minor key
There ain't nobody that can sing like me*

We walked down by the Buckeye Creek
To see the frog eat the goggle-eye bee
To hear the west wind whistle to the east
There ain't nobody that can sing like me
Ain't nobody that can sing like me

Oh my little girly will you let me see
Way over yonder where the wind blows free
Nobody can see in our holler tree

And there ain't nobody that can sing like me
Ain't nobody that can sing like me

*Way over yonder in the minor key
Way over yonder in the minor key
There ain't nobody that can sing like me*

Her mama cut a switch from a cherry tree
And laid it on the she and me,
It stung lots worse than a hive of bees
But there ain't nobody that can sing like me
Ain't nobody that can sing like me

Now I have walked a long long ways
And I still look back to my Tanglewood days
I've led lots of girls since then to stray
Saying ain't nobody that can sing like me
Ain't nobody that can sing like me

*Way over yonder in the minor key
Way over yonder in the minor key
There ain't nobody that can sing like me*

Ain't nobody that can sing like me

***
**My previous covers**
Tonight Will Be Fine by Leonard Cohen:
https://steemit.com/openmic/@thebigdelay/open-mic-week-40-my-cover-of-tonight-will-be-fine-by-leonard-cohen

Been Smoking Too Long by Nick Drake:
https://steemit.com/openmic/@thebigdelay/open-mic-week-39-my-cover-of-been-smoking-too-long-by-nick-drake
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@amitrwt ·
Keep it up.. really liked it..!
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@thebigdelay ·
Thanks, I really appreciate your feedback :)
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@captaincanary ·
Nice performance mate! I hadn't heard that song before but it's nice, got a mellow vibe to it and I like some of the chord changes. Just make sure you get a duster out next time you change your strings!
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@thebigdelay ·
I know, right; it's a disgrace. Thanks for voting. I'm checking out your multi instrumental jam, it's really nice. Upped and followed etc.
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@captaincanary ·
Cheers!
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@clintjunior ·
Nice job, you can really tell it's done by Billy Bragg, you put it across really well! Is this song on that album he did that was all recorded in train stations across America? Think I heard it before..
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@thebigdelay ·
Thanks, I appreciate your kind words. It was from [Mermaid Avenue](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mermaid_Avenue:_The_Complete_Sessions) which he recorded with Wilco in the late nineties.
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@clintjunior ·
I noticed you have also done One Of Us Cannot Be Wrong by Leonard Cohen, I love that song! I play it myself sometimes when I've got the inner strength. I'm gonna listen as soon as I get to a cafe with headphones - got a bandwidth shortage at home.. But looking forward to it. I like your taste!
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@juliakponsford ·
This is so nice, i love your interpretation :)
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@thebigdelay ·
Thanks, that means a lot to me. Loving your stuff.
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@tfeldman ·
Very nice man! Getting that strum down. Eventually it will come very natural. Just FEEL IT!
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@thebigdelay ·
Wow, just noticed how dusty my guitar is!
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@carlosd15 ·
LOL! yup.. you should clean it up. Keep the good music going!
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@carlosd15 ·
btw you got a new follower
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@thebigdelay ·
Thanks so much to all who have voted so far, that means a lot to me :) Follow me for more covers, plus original songs and poetry :)
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@vachemorte ·
really calming.
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@thebigdelay ·
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Thanks man, it's really great to get people's reactions. Just listening to your collab with @juliakponsford now, sounds sweet. Upped and resteemed.
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@vachemorte ·
Way to go. I really like her art/videos composition. @juliakponsford
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