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Good Night, Irene (NYC 2011)

from Saint Miscellaneous, Vol​.​1 by The Reverend John DeLore

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Conceived, recorded & produced within a 10-hour span on Saturday, August 28, 2011. All the tracks on this song were recorded by 19 different individuals, in different rooms all across the 5 boroughs, as we sat waiting for Hurricane Irene to arrive over NYC.

I tweaked the lyrics of this classic Leadbelly song to fit the Big Apple, recorded a solo-acoustic version around 3pm, and then sent it out to a number of my talented musician friends. They recorded their individual parts, emailed them back to me, and I put the mix together.

As I write this, it's 2:03am, and I'm going to go sit down and have a beer on my stoop, and say, "Good Night, Irene."

Thanks to everyone who contributed their energy to making this song happen, and here's to Irene: have mercy on our fair city.

Onward, Upward...
--Rev. John DeLore

p.s. Thanks for not knocking the electricity out while we were putting this together.

lyrics

On Saturday night, she got angry.
She stormed up the Long Island Sound.
But still she had some tears to shed
So she headed for New York town.

Irene, good night. Irene, good night.
Good night, Irene. Good night, Irene.
I’ll see you in my dreams.

My baby lives in Manhattan,
But the trains are all shut down.
I’d swim across the East River.
But I fear that I might drown.

Irene, good night. Irene, good night.
Good night, Irene. Good night, Irene.
I’ll see you in my dreams.

Irene she rides the Cyclone,
She cries on Jersey shore awhile
She stops to play in Far Rockaway,
And dances on Staten Isle.

Irene, good night. Irene, good night.
Good night, Irene. Good night, Irene.
I’ll see you in my dreams.

Stop your rumbling, stop your cryin’
Stop your thunder don’t turn out the lights.
Go to sleep out on the Ocean
Can’t you hear us sing, Good Night.

Oh, Irene, good night. Irene, good night.
Good night, Irene. Good night, Irene.
I’ll see you in my dreams.

credits

from Saint Miscellaneous, Vol​.​1, track released August 27, 2011
John Betty Bettencourt - Bass, Vocals
Michele Bettencourt - Vocals
Willie & Erin Breeding - Vocals (from the Borough of Nashville!)
Carraway - Guitar, Vocals
Meghan Cavan - Vocals
Lindsay Cummings - Vocals
Doran Danoff - Piano, Vocals (from the Borough of Beverly Hills!)
John DeLore - guitar, vocals
John Ladeau - Lead Guitars
Allison Leyton-Brown - Piano, Vocals
Steve Lewis - Trombone
Brent Follis - Drums
Aya Kato -- Melodica, Vocals
Rick Kwan - Wurlitzer
Jesse Singer - Vocals
Chris Soper - Vocals
Tess Walsh - Vocals
Jasmine Wigandt - Vocals
Lavinia Wright - Glockenspiel

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