HW: Song refs -- Hurry (on) Sundown

[Kevin Perry]

I always thought it was a reference to the Sundown which was a pub/bar/venue
in London (I think)!

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Kevin Perry
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----- Original Message -----
From: Eric Siegerman <erics at TELEPRES.COM>
To: <BOC-L at LISTSERV.SPC.EDU>
Sent: Monday, January 29, 2001 8:25 PM
Subject: Re: HW: Song refs -- Hurry (on) Sundown


> In http://www.andygilham.com/hwsongrefs.html, Andy Gilham wrote:
> > Hurry on Sundown - probable reference to John Wain's novel "Hurry on
Down".
>
> Or to any of several "Hurry Sundown"s (with "on" presumably added
> to fit the tune's metre):
>   - A book, by K.B. Gilden (which various web sites say is a
>     pseudonym for "Bert with wife", but I can't find out "Bert
>     who?").  Bibliographic record:
>
http://www.mainland.cc.tx.us/library/resource/comcat/eng/r000028/r027865.htm
>     The "Bert with wife" reference:
>         http://www.ncteamericancollection.org/litmap/ri_authors_e-h.htm
>
>   - A movie adaptation of the above, from 1967.  Capsule
>     summaries:
>
http://onfilm.chireader.com/MovieCaps/H/HU/10214_HURRY_SUNDOWN.html
>         http://us.imdb.com/Title?0061796
>
>   - A song by Peter Paul & Mary (1966).  Lyrics:
>         http://www.peterpaulandmary.com/music/07-06.htm
>
> But this looks like the winner:
>   - Handy, W.C., Sundown Blues (Hurry Sundown And Let To-Morrow
>     Come), 1923.  This is a score preserved in the "William Grant
>     Still and Verna Arvey Papers" collection at U. Arkansas,
>     Fayattville.  Its entry in the collection's catalogue:
>         http://www.uark.edu/libinfo/speccoll/still/still4aid.html
>
>     Dunno whether Dave ever heard this, but it seems a fair bet
>     that:
>       - it's where Bert and/or wife got the title for their book
>       - the book directly or indirectly inspired the rest,
>         including (at least the title of) HW's song
>
>     Anyone here live near enough to Fayattville to dig this out
>     of the library and post the lyrics?
>
> On a side note, this page contains a reference to PP&M's "Hurry
> Sundown" that's unintentionally most amusing under the
> circumstances...
>     http://www.csp.org/practices/entheogens/docs/bonny-music.html
>
> --
>
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