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Banks of the Pontchartrain

KDM Project Notes:

The KDM projects tries to avoid embellishments, accidentals, incidentals, voicing,

or other orchestration notation, as a “Keep it Simple” directive. All the tunes and

songs are played with live, acoustic instruments, and the musicians who

participate follow this sheet music to create the audio (compiled in the Keltoi-

Studio). In this music selection, I used an Irish-tuned, low octave mandolin (aka

“Irish Bouzouki”), a Kerry Mezzo C whistle, and I provided the voices.

Earnie Taft provided the fiddle melody and harmony parts, as well as a mandolin.

Linda King (Amberhawke) provided the guitar support and created the chording

for the KDM arrangement.

KDM Broadside Continued …

Another clue as to the origins of this song was the mention of the traveler’s money

being no good. This might refer to either U.S. or Confederate currency, depending

upon who was in control of the area at the time. Thousands of banks in that time

issued their own “bank notes,” which may not have been accepted in various

places or towns across the country.

The “Dixie” bank note, for example, out of the “Central Bank” of Atlanta, Georgia,

was recognized up and down the Mississippi River for trading and exchange, but

not necessarily recognized in some towns or some northern States.

Continued …

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