Good Night Irene (arr. John Fries) by Eisho Higa Sheet Music for Lead Sheet / Fake Book at Sheet Music Direct

Product Details

Artist Eisho Higa

Score Type

PDF, Included with PASS

Arranger John Fries

Composer Eisho Higa

Format Digital Sheet Music

Pages 1

Arrangement Lead Sheet / Fake Book

Publisher John Fries

Level 3

Product ID 546624

Genre Blues Folk Standards 20th Century

Instruments C Instruments

Product Description

Please contact me by email at jfries@ptd.net to make a special request or to find out all that I have to offer and to express your comments or concerns. You can also type John Fries in the searchbar to see all I have to offer. "Goodnight, Irene" or "Irene, Goodnight," is a 20th-century American folk standard, written in 3/4 time, first recorded by American blues musician Huddie 'Lead Belly' Ledbetter in 1933. The lyrics tell of the singer's troubled past with his love, Irene, and express his sadness and frustration. Several verses refer explicitly to suicidal fantasies, most famously in the line "sometimes I take a great notion to jump in the river and drown, ""Irene" remained a staple of Lead Belly's performances throughout the 1930s and 1940s. In 2002, Lead Belly's Library of Congress recording received a Grammy Hall of Fame Award.

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