Dr. John - Didn't He Ramble Lyrics

so good.

Papa john gordy came out with"ramble"in the late 50's,but the doctor does it well.👍👍👍👍👍👍

And now he's rambling with the angels, certainly making heaven boogie.

joyous.

Sounds like All In The Family intro song.

J Fitz Yes, "Those Were the Days", by Charles Strouse, and/or "Remembering You" by Roger Kellaway. Both good tunes, but that figuration, in 8th notes with an ascending diatonic scale starting on the fifth / Sol, then going up until the b3 (or #2) / Ri, and ending on the third / Mi, (and starting on beat 2 of the bar, and ending on beat 1 of the next bar), goes back even before those two tunes. The earliest appearance I can remember, of this figure, complete with octave-chorded tremolo on the top note as the 'payoff', is the start of the first theme of "Sleepy Hollow Rag" by the great Clarence Woods, from 1918.

Example : https://youtu.be/2YBjmztn_jI

That was exactly what I was going to type, but didn’t feel like it.

oh yeah !

RIP Dr. John, thanks for all the joy you brought us over the years☂️

Too bad this genius is walking the staircase to the stars.

My father died the same day, at the age of 76. He loved his music. Right place right time. RIP.

You will be missed.

GOD--He is simply amazing.
From a mad keen 75yo Aussie fan.

Intro and outro sound like a fugue on the chorus of The Tennessee Waltz.

Sad, another legend gone 😥

rip, mac! love you brother.

Thank you for decades of music, Dr John. And always staying close to your roots,keepin' it real. My tears fall like the rains here on the River and the End of the World

RIP OUR HOME GROWN VOODOO CHILD.

Iconic New Orleans blues , pop music man, Thank you John Malcolm Rebennack Jr, Thank you for all the great memories made with your music, R.I.P Dr. John

June 10th 2019, four days after you left this world for that great assembly above. Take your place at that golden piano and back up the others. We are going to miss you forever. It is raining in my heart. RIP Dr. John.

Rest in sweet music, Mac Rebennack (20 November 1941 – 6 June 2019).

The hoodoo you channeled will carry on Doctor! Thank you! RIP

This was "church" for my blues-lovin' grandad and me.

We miss you and love you, Mac! They broke the mold when they made you! There will never be another Dr. John! Thanks for Rollin all the good times for us!

I imagine Mac singing me in when the time comes...Laurens G.Pop David

Enriched us all, Professor. Peace on your Great Soul. Much loved, sorely missed.

So beautiful! Heaven is rocking

All the best on the way, Doctor John and thanks for all the music.

Rock In Peace, Mac, you were\are a true New Orleans spirit. Heaven just go a lot funkier.

WOW...good one.

Up there with JCB III. Jammin forever.

@Julia Dixon Yeah and with Allen Toussaint, Charles Neville, Eddie Bo and so many more great New Orleans originals.

Good night. Didn't he ramble.

😍🤗😟😲😭
I can't believe he's left us...
God bless him.
There will never be another
Dr. John.🙏🙏🙏🙏

Roll on down dat bayou , Mr Gris Gris , trip down dat night , sha . I'm gonna miss you like crazy , love you , Mac . RIP

gracias es hermoso

Farewell good doctor. Yes you did ramble you rascal you. But you left us with many smiles along the way.

Didn't he ramble.... RIP!

Drains you, and uplifts you at the same time!!! R.I.P. brother!

R.I.P Dr. John. Sending love out to you. Suis Generis!

Thank you Mac, for being in the right place back at the right time!

RIP Mac

The 1st time I saw the doctor me and my friends didn't know what to expect he burst onto the stage in a yellow chicken suit from head to toe the feathers were so long they seem to be sticking straight out even the crown on his chicken head was about a foot high well he was dancing around the making chicken noises everyone was clapping and telling except for me and my friends we didn't know what to think remember this was about a 100 years ago long story short when he sat down and started playing that piano and singing I loved him ever since and he did the whole show in that crazy chicken it was really something

Saw him in concert at James Burton’s birthday celebration he’s such a character was the only reason I went it is crazy how Louisianians don’t morn the dead we celebrate em us our relatives don’t die they just go home.

Closer Walk With Thee first, of course . . .

allways loved the dr ....john

Dr John is about 6 years older that myself... been listening to him since I was a kid in high school!! He could always tear it up... here's hoping your health holds strong DJ... Best Always, jp

have been so fortunate to have seen him live a handful of times but years apart ~ making it always apparent that his daily playing allows his songs and arrangements to evolve over time into sublime perfection ~ no other way I can describe it except that's the only way to achieve transcendent nirvana: daily playing so that music is your life

Unreal love it

Saw him last year in concert last year and he plays so fluidly it's almost seems no effort at all to him. Amazing player.

wow! Dr. JohN! Whos
music can heal ones
soul ailments. Pick
em uP! back to liveN
life. ya! love Ur Sounds!

The Doctor IS Indeed In!!!!!

Awesomeness

You don't walk into this kind of soul,your born with it and and embrace it""""

Amen John Weldon!!

@Everett K Bonner back again brother.needed some medicine

Great memories of old times.

The good doctor is in! Ain't much difference between a saint and a sinner in the end.

Richard Oshen nothing except the blood of Jesus!

no matter how they do this song, it's always great. WALK WITH THEE

Anyone remember Papa John Gordie??

very cool...dirty n sacred

"didn't he ramble" IS NOT about a guy who robbed whites, it's a song stateing the fact that the person who is now gone may now be dead, but they sure did have a great time about it while they were here on this earth; that's why it's sung after the body is put in the crypt and the funeral procession is leaving the cemetery. It's meant to be splice for the grieving as to say they are gone now but what a great time he had while they were earthly.

I should now, I'm from NOLA and been to many a wake and funeral procession. Im also Irish and plan on having it played at my wake.

Check out the original by jellyroll Morton

Man I got turned to Jelly by The Dirty Dozen "jelly's roll" when I first started doing sound in nawlings on a regular basis kept it on repeat for probably a year sinking my teeth into real new Orleans then I flopped over to James Booker,

Even though I'm a western boy, that the way to leave

Thank you for a more in-depth explanation. I've never been crazy about closer walk with thee but this makes a good amount of sense and I like it very much.. i'm a flaming lutheran. I really enjoyed Dr. John. He was one of a kind. Everyone is. But not everyone lives up to what that potential is that's way down deep inside of them. So may he rest in peace. God what a group of good people must be up there playing..

Man, Dr. John is one of the coolest men alive. I wish this was an actual video of him playing.

don't git no betta, din dis!!!!!

just seen and heard him S. F. jazz was wonderful

Did somebody die ;)

This is the real deal.

Michael Boyd suveränt dr jhon

Love you Doc BLUES MAN YOU STAND ALONE

Didn't He Ramble is about a dude that robbed whores; Closer Walk With Thee is a Jesus tune!  Somehow Mac put them together as one song!!!

+Mike Mal Don't know how much fact is in the story, but Jesus told the robber on one of the crosses beside him "today you will be with me in paradise".

They're both played by traditional New Orleans Funeral bands, quite often both played at the same funeral

Plus they're both gospel melodies

terrible version por favoooooorrrrrrr...

[email protected] If you are asking for a 'terrible version', 'please', just search around on YouTube, there must be some. But of course this is a fantastic version of both these tunes!

Gracias,que mas se puede decir

Another favorite one from The Night Tripper, I enjoy every time I listen !!!

I played this for Oscar Leal...a good friend who passed and may he rest in eternal peace!  He taught me a BUNCH !

Love this.!

he and his band are in Halifax tonight, cant wait! this is fabulous.

Dr. John been going strong since the late 60's. Saw him once in Ottawa in a small club called Le Hibou (the Owl) he was fantastic then - seems he's got his satchel o' Gris-Gris and is still walkin' on guilded splinters all the way down to Madam Roux!

Thanks a lot !

this one has all the ups and downs of life in them

@lookejr because the average of you tube users mean that they would never heard of Mac Rebbenac aka Dr. John and he's not played commercially

brilliant

good song to go out to. sorry man

I first saw Dr John on a late night TV show here in England called "The old grey Whistle test" his music was a real contrast to the Prog Rock and Underground stuff that was usually featured on the show but somehow fitted in perfectly.
Who wouldn't want to be able to play piano like that?
RIP Dr John

Beautiful performance. Dr. John is very great !
Thanks

@DEnsminger100 At first read this made me LOL, but if that the feel n you get that what you better do!!

Kinda' makes you want to run down the center aisle and throw yourself on the alter...rededicating your life after such an uplifting experience...

One more marvelous performance. Keep em coming.

This is for Peter Curtis,lovely man,musician and friend,taken from us 5th.January 2012.
(we'd just recently shared a glass)
R.I.P.

God Bless Dr. John ... !

You can always tell from the way he finishes that he just doesn't want to stop playing....Hell, does anybody want him to stop playing?! With any luck, the good Doctor's music will just keep going on forever and ever.

yes... new orleans roots...

oh Yes!!! Dr. John is the one.. My oh My- how wonderful.

HOW DOES THIS NOT HAVE THE MOST VIEWS OF ANYTHING ON YOUTUBE!?

Boy, amen to that. I feel sorry for anyone who prefers cat videos to this.