Roscoe Holcomb
Roscoe Holcomb
Roscoe Holcomb
Roscoe Holcomb
Roscoe Holcomb
Roscoe Holcomb
Roscoe Holcomb
Roscoe Holcomb
Roscoe Holcomb
Roscoe Holcomb
Roscoe Holcomb
Roscoe Holcomb
Roscoe Holcomb
Roscoe Holcomb
Roscoe Holcomb
Roscoe Holcomb
Roscoe Holcomb
Voice and banjo. Roscoe learned this from a man he knew around Hazard, Kentucky. He thinks the song was composed by Banjo Bill Cornett of Hindman, about an actual fire in Hazard. (For more about Bill Cornett see Mountain Music of Kentucky, Folkways FA 2317)
All on one Tuesday morning just about the hour of nine
There was an awful excitement when the Combs Hotel burned down
There was Mr. Berglar and his wife and one little sizemore girl
These three dear loving people are gonna pardon from this world
There was one poor railroad man Mr. Taylor was his name
When he came rushing through the hall, was brought down by the smoky flame
It was on one Tuesday morning just about the hour of nine
There was an awful excitement when the Combs Hotel burned down
Combs Hotel Burned Down was produced by John Cohen.
Roscoe Holcomb released Combs Hotel Burned Down on Fri Jan 01 1965.