"On the Banks of the Wabash, Far Away" by Paul Dresser
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- Опубліковано 9 лис 2011
- George Spitzer, baritone, and Artis Wodehouse, 1887 Mason & Hamlin Liszt Organ perform Paul Dresser's 1897 song, On The Banks of the Wabash, Far Away at Church of the Epiphany, NYC 10/30/11 in a concert given by the chamber music group, Melodeon.
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i live on the banks of the wabash. this realy hits me deep. north indiana is my home. always will be.
@calebcourtney god bless indiana. I’m from the cal region, but I’m a Hoosier through and through.
Excellent song. Great baritone. This is one of my favorite songs, and I, too, first heard it by hearing Rudy Wissler singing it as the young Al Jolson in "The Jolson Story". The final stanza is very sad, though---almost ghoulish with the cemetery imagery---and I think the song can do without it. The rest of it has a peaceful, romantic serenity that is very appealing. It is very much a product of the late 19th and early 20th centuries, yet it evokes emotions that are timeless. Thanks for posting!
Yes, it's a lovely old song, and won't be forgotten.
It's nice to hear the song performed the way it was meant to be performed.
The harmonium drives me mad. It is such a beautiful instrument and doing the accompaniment is is quite an accomplishment. It supports the baritone quite nicely.
All you fans of this song should come to Terre Haute, IN where the brothers Paul Dresser (originally Dreiser, composer of this song) and Theodore grew up. Their house stands at the entrance of Fairbanks Park on the banks of the Wabash River.
Born there! :D #TerreHauteIN
THS 1991 and ISU 1996. Sure miss home.
Nice ! I play this song everey day in elderhomes !
Very well done. I first heard "Banks of the Wabash" sung by Rudy Wissler as the young Al Jolson in "The Jolson Story." I used it as a teaching tool when I was studying voice in the 1990s, but I didn't know this song had a second stanza. It adds a plaintive context to it. Interesting to hear a really good baritone do it. Kudos!
Makes me choke up and think of my parents and all in my family who have passed.i live in central tx now and i play this all the time.my normal genres are pynk and reggae.this is a reminder of where i come from.
My favorite version on UA-cam. The whole song. Thank you.
George Spitzer and I are so pleased that this song is meaningful to so many. - Artis Wodehouse
Brings back good memories.
Bravo! Cheers from Brazil
Thank you for such a beautiful rendition of my home's State Song - very well interpreted and executed!
Thanks for listening!
Beautiful interpretation of a beautiful song. I've always loved this song even though it's well before my time. No idea how I know it. Thank you and greetings from Scotland 👍
Thanks for listening
Beautiful American ballad of a vanished time and and God fearing way of Life.
Clayton Henderson has written a thoroughly researched biography of Paul Dresser (born Dreiser), entitled "On the Banks of the Wabash." Anyone interested in the story of Dresser's life or the music of that era (roughly 1880-1910) should look it up, and would find it very informative.
It's very nostalgic, but for a time which I have no remembrance, so how can I have a nostalgia for it?
I live about 5 miles from the house where Paul Dresser grew up. The city of Terre Haute, IN is doing a river tribute album, and I'm looking over different songs and versions about or with reference to the river, as I've been asked to contribute. Nice take/version here.
Hopefully we can use this song in an upcoming movie, set in 1929. What beautiful music!
Only Hoosiers can do this song justice. It just sounds wrong to me here.
ah, that eastern accent, lol....
Those poor easterners just can't quite do it. Only a Hoosier could...
so lovely
This song appears in The Jolson Story movie, when Al Jolson was a teenager.
Sublime!
John Dos Passos quotes from this song ("Through the sycamores the candle lights are gleaming...") in his novel The 42nd Parallel. Its sentimental appeal is contrasted to the cynical opportunism of the characters.
Bravo!
And i was bornin lafayette.lived in w.Lafayette. on the wabash river.
Artis, thank you so much for uploading this! You are both fantastic! I live in Vigo County in Seelyville (I live on Copper Creek). Have you ever read the book "The Wabash" by William E. Wilson? It was publish in 1941 and it is amazing!
Indiana forever!
Lived in Indiana for 61 years and never heard this. I'll stick with Back home again in Indiana
I wish they'd sing THIS at the 500 instead of that OTHER song.
If Kentucky can sing THEIR state song at the Derby, why can't we sing OUR state song at the "Greatest Spectacle in Racing"?!
i wanna go home
Indiana baby! I love Notre Dame too.
Cakesniffer16 don't skip Purdue University. Boiler up!
do you have the montana state song
Tony Racer
Everytime I hear this song I image the cars being rolled out onto the starting grid...... ;)
Wrong song. You're thinking of back home again
Brian Plank Wrong - I have been going to the Indy 500 since 1982 pal... 34 years to be exact... Back home again in Indiana is sung just prior to start engines command, I am talking about when they roll the cars out onto the grid... But if you are so sure all to hell, like you think you are, then all you have to do is look in any indy 500 program - in there is the race day schedule... sorry but if you do as I suggested you will be quickly corrected and then humbled. Gotta love all you UA-cam know it alls...... who don't do their research first...
+ILSRWY4 then I stand corrected.
Is that Jim Halpert?
So I found the papper that u place in the piano and it plays.. wonder how much its worth . Very old this song
Do you think you can hook me up the sheet music to this? The lead sheets. It must be public domain.
Mack Campbell
Duke University has it online at: library.duke.edu/digitalcollections/hasm/
Paul Dresser changed his name from Dreiser so as to sound less German. His younger brother was Theodore Dreiser, the author of depressing novels. His first novel _Sister Carrie_ which was banned for a while, is said to have been based on the exploits of the Dreiser brothers’ sister, who is portrayed as a slatternly woman.
What is that accent! i mean just damn.
Des petits curieux en prépa ?😁
This song is consummately Indiana. Hoosiers will either be reminded nostalgically of hearth and home, or be reminded of their perpetual and hopeless backwater status. Truth, either way.
You are not wrong with the stereotype of us being backwater, but Indiana has been getting better and better for a while now .
Have been a "hopeless backwater" all my life. Proud of it. Indiana is beautiful and it's people are genuine. I will take that any day over snobs from the Northeast and West Coast.
Thank you for not dirtying the soil of our state with your feet.
Many singers butcher this song by a giggley tempo, or too much harmony.
It's almost more beautiful spoken
sounds like a funeral song