@@packingten Not so. Grayson & Whitter recorded Rose Conley in 1927, and it was old then. And RCA was notorious for giving false writing credits to living artists who then had under contract.
@@packingtennot true…back then as long as no one else had recorded it…he could claim it. See A.P. Carter who claimed writing credit for tons of traditional songs.
@@ShootYourRadio "I had a bottle of burgundy wine" makes no sense in this context, but so many sing it that way. It is supposed to be "I had a bottle of BURGLAR'S wine." In other words, poisoned wine.
This is an interesting revelation. I've heard this song all my life & I've only ever heard "burgundy". Granted, why burgundy wine in the Appalachian mountains? But I accepted it & just sang the song anyway
@@panthercreek60 It is "burglars." This kind of thing happens a lot with folk music. One famous person gets a word wrong, and then everyone follows and ever after the word is wrong. Even if that word makes no sense in the context. Why "burgundy" wine, in the context of drugging and then murdering someone? If you search hard enough, you can find a correct early version of the song, where it is "burglars" wine. And by the way, this reminds me of the Carter Family's Wildwood Flower, where MANY of the words are incorrect gibberish. And they could have easily found the poem the song was based on, to get the correct words. I love the Carter Family, but really, why not go to a little trouble to get things right. I guess it's because most people simply do not care about song lyrics enough to make the slightest effort.
Sharp objects make me look for this song
Same here.
Such great music.! Glad I found it.
Really nice rendition
Good lord sang it boys
Holly Hunter sang this murder ballad to her Raising Arizona baby. Ha. Nice lullaby. Play it Taterbug!
that was the best version
It took me years to figure out what she was singing. My favorite movie ever. Watching it now.
Love this that movie
Good God. This is one of the saddest songs I have ever heard. Adapted from an old Irish tune. this is one of my favorite versions
Bill Monroes brother Charlie wrote this and put it out in 1947 if this was a traditional song odds are RCA,would not given credit to anyone...
@@packingten thanks for the information!
@@packingten Song been around much longer than that. Beautiful and haunting.
@@packingten Not so. Grayson & Whitter recorded Rose Conley in 1927, and it was old then. And RCA was notorious for giving false writing credits to living artists who then had under contract.
@@packingtennot true…back then as long as no one else had recorded it…he could claim it. See A.P. Carter who claimed writing credit for tons of traditional songs.
Kool. You might like the track 'The Ghost of Rose Connelly' on my channel.
Burglar's wine, not burgandy wine.
What?
@@ShootYourRadio "I had a bottle of burgundy wine" makes no sense in this context, but so many sing it that way. It is supposed to be "I had a bottle of BURGLAR'S wine." In other words, poisoned wine.
This is an interesting revelation. I've heard this song all my life & I've only ever heard "burgundy". Granted, why burgundy wine in the Appalachian mountains? But I accepted it & just sang the song anyway
@@panthercreek60 It is "burglars." This kind of thing happens a lot with folk music. One famous person gets a word wrong, and then everyone follows and ever after the word is wrong. Even if that word makes no sense in the context. Why "burgundy" wine, in the context of drugging and then murdering someone? If you search hard enough, you can find a correct early version of the song, where it is "burglars" wine.
And by the way, this reminds me of the Carter Family's Wildwood Flower, where MANY of the words are incorrect gibberish. And they could have easily found the poem the song was based on, to get the correct words. I love the Carter Family, but really, why not go to a little trouble to get things right. I guess it's because most people simply do not care about song lyrics enough to make the slightest effort.
My mind was just blown.