Possibly the sadest song on an Edison Disc.

Phonoboy · Post by **Phonoboy** » Thu Mar 17, 2016 2:24 pm

Two little Orphans.https://youtu.be/FChHpOaCl2k

Valecnik · Post by **Valecnik** » Thu Mar 17, 2016 3:28 pm

I'm a Stoneman fan. Nice. Thanks for posting. I'm not sure it's the saddest song ever on Edison. There were "The Prisoner's Song" and of course "I'll Take You Home Again Kathleen". Try to find these by Kaplan's Melodists. They are fairly common and you won't be disappointed imho....

52089 · Post by **52089** » Thu Mar 17, 2016 4:33 pm

I swear most of Vernon Dalhart's songs are about death and train wrecks...

VintageTechnologies · Post by **VintageTechnologies** » Thu Mar 17, 2016 4:42 pm

I nominate "Molly Brannigan" as one of the saddest songs I've heard on Edison. The guy sounded suicidal. He's probably dead now.

http://cylinders.library.ucsb.edu/searc ... rtOrder=id

Phonoboy · Post by **Phonoboy** » Thu Mar 17, 2016 4:56 pm

52089 wrote:I swear most of Vernon Dalhart's songs are about death and train wrecks...

I have The Mississippi Flood with The Wreak of Number 9, and a couple more.
A lot of death for sure.

Phonoboy · Post by **Phonoboy** » Thu Mar 17, 2016 5:00 pm

Valecnik wrote:I'm a Stoneman fan. Nice. Thanks for posting. I'm not sure it's the saddest song ever on Edison. There were "The Prisoner's Song" and of course "I'll Take You Home Again Kathleen". Try to find these by Kaplan's Melodists. They are fairly common and you won't be disappointed imho....

I have I'll Take You Home Again Kathleen. It's sad, but two sweet little kids don't die in it. I'll have to check out the other.

Phonoboy · Post by **Phonoboy** » Thu Mar 17, 2016 5:06 pm

VintageTechnologies wrote:I nominate "Molly Brannigan" as one of the saddest songs I've heard on Edison. The guy sounded suicidal. He's probably dead now.

http://cylinders.library.ucsb.edu/searc ... rtOrder=id

Great song. Alas he's no longer with us.

Phonoboy · Post by **Phonoboy** » Thu Mar 17, 2016 5:10 pm

Who knew this post would be so controversial.

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