St. Thomas

©Sonny Rollins

        I am told that, even though this tune is now played on the island of St. Thomas in the Virgin Islands as a “folk” tune, it was originally written by the jazz musician Sonny Rollins. I learned it from Debbie Suran, who learned it from Andy Cohen, and in the transition from guitar to hammered dulcimer to 12-string, I can’t vouch for the accuracy of my version of it.

St. Thomas is recorded on the CD A Rogue's Gallery of Songs for 12-String