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29: 95:" (for which Lewis F. Muir wrote the music). In "Down Yonder," Gilbert brought back four of the characters from the earlier song — Daddy, Mammy, Ephram and Sammy. However, the lyrics of "Down Yonder" are seldom heard because the song has usually been performed as an instrumental, especially on the piano or organ. 98:"Down Yonder" is an expression meaning "down there" in a geographic sense, referring to a place that is considerably lower in elevation or farther south. In the sense of the song's lyrics, it means "in the 317: 724: 142: 604: 571: 138: 537: 504: 368:
charts, where all versions were combined, the song got even higher, making No. 1 for one week, December 15, 1951.
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as catalog number 45-3036, backed with "Sheba". The record charted at 48 on the
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Index


Song
Songwriter(s)
L. Wolfe Gilbert
popular
L. Wolfe Gilbert
Orpheum Theater
New Orleans
Waiting for the Robert E. Lee
American South
Ernest Hare
Billy Jones
Peerless Quartet
Gid Tanner
Skillet Lickers
gold disc
RIAA
1951
Del Wood
Joe "Fingers" Carr
Champ Butler
Lawrence (Piano Roll) Cook
Freddy Martin
Ethel Smith
Del Wood
Joe "Fingers" Carr
Capitol Records
Champ Butler
Columbia Records
Lawrence (Piano Roll) Cook

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