Cathy Fink and Marcy Marxer with Chao Tian - Mary Don’t You Weep

7. Mary Don’t You Weep (Traditional, Arrangement Cathy, Marcy, Chao, 2 Spoons Music, ASCAP) The opening sounds of this song are played by Chao on the ban 板, also known as the Four Treasures as they are four pieces of bamboo played with two in each hand, percussively. This arrangement came from a free form jam session where we tried several songs and tunes with the ban and Marcy began singing a familiar spiritual, “Mary Don’t You Weep.” The backdrop of ban and clawhammer style old time banjo contrast the fluidity of the vocal by Marcy. The lyrics are hybrid from various versions of the song. Vocals, Five-String Banjo, Percussion (Ban)