Name: I'm Troubled Oh Boy
Duration: 1 min 52 s
Channel: Traditional Appalachian Lament
Description: "I'm Troubled Oh Boy" is a song by istrum. My own arrangement of a traditional Appalachian lament.

I'm Troubled Oh Boy

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My own arrangement of a traditional Appalachian lament.

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This is my solo artist name. I play Folk / Blues / Ragtime / Jazz / and Bluegrass.

I grew up (ha! That's a good one!) in Haworth, NJ then sent to private school in Cheshire, CT before entering Syracuse University. Traveled extensivly across the U.S. reaching various points on the West coast many times before settling in S.F. After finishing my degree at Syracuse there was a stint in Stockbridge, MA and then back to NJ where I reside today.

Song Info

Genre

Acoustic • Acoustic Folk

Charts

Peak #156

Peak in subgenre #23

Author

Traditional Appalachian Lament

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Arranged by Ira Strum

Uploaded

January 02, 2006

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MP3 1.7 MB • 128 kbps • 1:52

Story behind the song

I recorded this song late at night after being inspired by the Garcia / Grisman cd entitled Been All Around This World. I was originally going to record it in a similar upbeat fashion and include lead embellishments on guitar, but while rehearsing the lyrics, I came upon the idea that this song is actually a lament of a country boy after a season of courting and failing to win his heart's desire.  Perhaps in the future I will revisit the tune and arrange it differently.

Lyrics

I'm troubled I'm troubled
   I'm troubled in mind
   If trouble don't kill me
   I'll live a long time

Now meeting is pleasure and parting is grief
And a false-hearted lover is worse than a thief
A thief can but rob you and take what you've saved
But a false-hearted lover'll take you to your grave

The grave will detain you and turn you to dust
Ain't a girl in a million a poor boy can trust
They'll hug you, they'll kiss you they'll tell you more lies
Then the cross ties on a railroad or the stars in the skies

I'm troubled I'm troubled
   I'm troubled in mind
   If trouble don't kill me
   I'll live a long time

I'm going to Georgia I'm going to roam
I'm going to Georgia gonna make it my home
Gonna build me a cabin in the mountains so high
Where the wild birds and the turtle doves can't hear my sad cry

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