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I Truly Understand That You Love Another Man

Title

I Truly Understand That You Love Another Man

Digital Object

Performer

Roark, George "Shortbuckle"

Date Recorded

1938-01

AFS Number

1994A

AFC Collection

AFC 1938/009

AFC Catalog Record

http://lccn.loc.gov/2009655412

Editor Note

Roark originally recorded this tune for the Victor label in 1928.

Genre

lyric song

Instrumentation

vocal

banjo

State

Kentucky

County

Bell

Town

Pineville

Is Referenced by

Lofgren, Lyle. “I Truly Understand That You Love Another Man.” Inside Bluegrass (Minnesota Bluegrass and Old-Time Music Association). July 2001. (Article about “I Truly Understand That You Love Another Man” as played on the banjo and sung by George “Shortbuckle” Roark. Note: this is in reference to the original 1928 Victor recording, not the performance recorded by Mary Elizabeth Barnicle in 1938, which is essentially identical).

Cohen, John, Mike Seeger, and Hally Wood. Old-Time String Band Songbook. Oak Publications, 1964, 1976. (Songbook produced by members of the New Lost City Ramblers, includes text and musical transcriptions of pieces in the collection.)

Kentucky Mountain Music: Classic Recordings of the 1920s and 1930s. Edited by Richard Nevins and Charles Wolfe. [S.1.]: Yazoo, 2200, 2003. Set of 7 CD's. (Includes recordings from the collection.)

Reviews:
Blech, Kerry. Old-Time Herald 9, No. 2 (Winter 2003-2004).
Pareles, Jon. New York Times. November 30, 2003.
Pekar, Harvey. Austin Chronicle. April 4, 2003.

Collection

Mary Elizabeth Barnicle Kentucky Collection

Tags

banjo, lyric song, vocal

Citation

“I Truly Understand That You Love Another Man,” Alan Lomax Kentucky Recordings, accessed April 18, 2024, https://lomaxky.omeka.net/items/show/313.

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