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"Cindy" ("Cindy, Cindy") is a popular American folk song. According to John Lomax, the song originated in North Carolina. In the early and middle 20th century, "Cindy" was included in the songbooks used in many elementary school music programs as an example of folk music. One of the earliest versions of "Cindy" is found in Anne Virginia Culbertson's collection of Negro folktales (''At the Big House, where Aunt Nancy and Aunt 'Phrony Held Forth on the Animal Folks'', Bobbs-Merrill, 1904) where one of her characters, Tim, "sang a plantation song named 'Cindy Ann'," the first verse and refrain of which are: :''I'se gwine down ter Richmond,'' :''I'll tell you w'a hit's for:'' :''I'se gwine down ter Richmond,'' :''Fer ter try an' end dis war.'' ::''An'-a you good-by, Cindy, Cindy'' ::''Good-by, Cindy Ann;'' ::''An'-a you good-by, Cindy, Cindy'' ::''I'se gwine ter Rappahan.''〔Culbertson, "How Mr. Terrapin Lost His Beard", pp. 1329–133.〕 As with many folk songs, each singer was free to add verses, and many did. In addition, as Byron Arnold and Bob Halli noted in ''An Alabama Songbook'', performers could swap verses with those of other songs, including "Old Joe Clark" and "Boil Them Cabbage Down". The tune is taken from the spiritual The Gospel Train, also known as "Get on Board Little Children". ==Versions== Benjamin Weisman, Dolores Fuller and Fred Wise wrote a version of "Cindy" called "Cindy, Cindy". This version is the familiar one recorded by such performers as Elvis Presley, Johnny Cash, Ricky Nelson, Warren Zevon, Nick Cave (in a duet with Johnny Cash), and others. Dr. Mack Wilberg's choral arrangement of the piece was written for four-hand piano, double eight-part choirs, a string bass, xylophone, and a score of quintessential Americana instruments to supplement the melody during the arrangement's hoedown section. This arrangement is available for any choir to learn and perform, although Wilberg also wrote a special arrangement to be performed by the Mormon Tabernacle Choir. The choral parts are the same, but the accompaniment has been rewritten for full orchestra (specifically the Orchestra at Temple Square). Robert Plant featured an arrangement titled "Cindy, I'll Marry You Someday" on his 2010 album ''Band of Joy''. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Cindy (folk song)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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