As I said in the preceding playlist Libby Holman's and Josh White's "Fare Thee Well" (SEE: Joop's Musical Flowers: Dink's Song (1904) / Fare Thee Well (1942), IS NOT TO BE CONFUSED with Georgia White's "Fare Thee Honey Fare Thee Well" in this playlist, although the label says the composer is ALSTON. And that name also is on the label of Libby Holman's and Josh White's "Fare Thee Well".
(o) Georgia White (1937) (as "Fare Thee Honey Fare Thee Well")
Recorded October 5, 1937 in New York
Released on Decca 7405 A;
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(c) Connie Boswell (1938) (as "Fare Thee Honey Fare Thee Well")
Nr 11 hit USA
Recorded April 9, 1938, Los Angeles CA.
Released on Decca 1862
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(c) Count Basie (1939) (as "Fare Thee Honey Fare Thee Well")
Recorded January 26, 1939 in New York
Released on Decca 2780
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(c) Hollywood Flames (1954) (as "Fare Thee Well")
Super-rare recording, released on Money 202
But Georgia White's "Fare Thee Honey Fare Thee Well", in his turn, has a striking resemblance with "I'll See You In The Spring, When The Birds Begin To Sing"
(which also has the "Fare Thee Honey Fare Thee Well"-chorus.
Recorded by the Memphis Jug Band on October 20, 1927 (Victor 21066)
You gonna keep on fooling around, you be six foot in the grave
It's fare you, honey fare you well
You gonna keep on fooling around, you be six foot in the grave
It's the last time, honey it's the last time
I'll see you in the spring, when the birds begin to sing
It's fare you, honey fare you well
I'll see you in the spring, when the birds begin to sing
It's fare you, honey fare you well
Instrumental section
You gonna keep on fooling around, you be six foot in the grave
It's fare you, honey fare you well
You gonna keep on fooling around, you be six foot in the grave
It's fare thee, honey fare you well
I'll see you in the fall, When you have no friend at all
It's fare you, honey fare you well
I'll see you in the fall, When you have no friend at all
It's the last time, honey it's the last time
And I'm going away, just to worry you off my mind
You keep me troubled honey all the time
And I'll see you in the spring, when the birds begin to sing
It's fare thee, honey fare you well
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The song was also recorded in Chicago in January 1928 by Johnnie Head under the title of "Fare Thee Blues"
Released on Paramount 12628. He recorded 2 parts, here's part 1:
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Joe Calicott covered it in 1930 as "Fare Thee Well Blues".
Recorded on February 20, 1930 in Memphis, Tenn.
Released on Brunswick 7166.
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And
the tune was also used by Leadbelly as the basis of a ballad ("The Titanic") on the sinking of the Titanic ("Fare Thee Titanic Fare Thee Well").
Recorded in 1935 for the Library of Congress
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It's refrain of “Fare thee, Titanic, fare thee well” in his turn is strongly reminsicent of Virginia Liston’s 1926 "Titanic Blues".
Listen here: www.openmusicarchive.org/audio/Titanic_Blues.mp3
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Already in November 1916 Marie Cahill recorded a song titled "Fare Thee Honey Fare Thee Well", which, apart from the "Fare Thee Honey Fare Thee Well" frase, is a different song, composed by John Queen and Walter Wilson.
Here's the sheetmusic of that song
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NOTE: musically speaking "Fare Thee, Honey, Fare Thee Well" in this playlist, has also a little resemblance to "Careless Love" (AKA "Loveless Love").
SEE NEXT LINK: ----Joop's Musical Flowers: Careless Love (1923)
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