Nixon's Farewell
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Transcription: by Darryl D. Bush
"Nixon's Farewell" was composed on the occasion of President Nixon's resignation in the<br> mid-1970's by Curtis Bouterse (San Diego, California).<br> His website explains it like this:<br> "Some time ago on the Banjo Hangout I gave some historical background<br> on the origins of Nixon's Farewell. Right after the resignation in 1974<br> I figured something that monumental ought to be recognized in music.<br> My initial reaction was the situation resembled the old "Somebody on the Gallows"<br> or "What's-his-name's Farewell," and I played around with various Lonesome and<br> Lone melodies without success. Then I imagined a song with the refrain<br> 'And you won't have Old Dick Nixon to kick around anymore'. [...]<br> It was played so much in the late 1970s some tired of it and I was afraid it<br> might better be called 'Nixon's Revenge', but it's still popular with contra-dancers."<br> Curt Bouterse also wrote "Waiting for Nancy".<br> It was printed in Songer's Portland Collection (1997),<br> Pickin' Magazine 1977/07 and<br> Keefer's Old Time Stringband Workshop for Fiddle, Banjo, Guitar & Mandolin (2011).<br> It was recorded by Boiled Buzzards on Early Bird Special (1994) and Eat at Joe's (2000).<br>
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