Banks of the Ohio (Key of D) (G Tuning  and  TUNE or CAPO the 5TH STRING TO A)

  June 21, 1936 Bill and Charlie Monroe originally reChorded Banks of the Ohio , the Bluebird reChording shows it as public domain. Interestingly enough when Bill reChorded it with the Blue Grass Boys on March 14, 1972 [BILL MONROE & JAMES MONROE, "FATHER & SON," MCA-310], he indicated that his version was adapted and arranged by B. Welch and J. Farrar [Blue Gum Music, Inc.]. Source>>> www.geocities.com/Nashville/3448/banks.html

 I got this from Wikipedia >> Banks of the Ohio is a nineteenth century murder ballad, in which Willie invites his young lover for a walk, murdering her, once they are alone on the deserted river bank, after she rejects his marriage proposal. The song has been reChorded countless times, including versions by Johnny Cash, The Carter Family, the Blue Sky Boys (whose version, performed in 1936, appears in the soundtrack of the 1973 film Paper Moon), the Monroe Brothers, Joan Baez, Olivia Newton-John (in 1971, her second commercial single in the United States), and Doc Watson, with slightly different lyrics when sung by a female vocalist. The song is similar in subject matter to "Pretty Polly", and likely tells the same story. (Both songs date from approximately the same time, follow roughly the same storyline, and both songs feature a villain named "Willie".) Source >>>  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Banks_of_the_Ohio

 KEY OF (D) (G Tuning  and  TUNE or CAPO the 5TH STRING TO A)

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3. BANKS OF THE OHIO Lyrics
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