General Information[]
Performer: Charlie Poole and The North Carolina Ramblers
Instrumentation: Banjo-Charlie Poole, Fiddle-Posey Rorer, Guitar-Roy Harvey
Date of recording: 1926
Record label: Columbia
Serial #: 15099D (W142658)
Summary[]
(As summarized by Harry Smith, The Anthology Of American Folk Music) "McKINLEY SWEARS, MOURNS, DIES. ROOSEVELT GETS WHITE HOUSE AND SILVER CUP" (5).
Information On This Song[]
This Ballad tells the story of the assassination of president William McKinley on Sept. 6, 1901.
Variations[]
Poole's rendition is an amalgamation of this ballad and Cannonball Blues. The line "Drinking out of a silver cup" is also found in some variations of Delia
Albums Featuring This Song[]
- The Anthology Of American Folk Music
- You Ain't Talkin' To Me! (album)
- Old-Time Songs
- The Very Best Of Charlie Poole
- Roots 'n' Blues
- With The North Carolina Ramblers And The Highlanders
- The Roots Of Bob Dylan
- Can't You Hear Me Callin'? (album)
- Old Time