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|f_composer=C.W. Strong
|f_country=United States
|f_genre=Old-Time
|f_rhythm=Reel (single/double)
|f_time_signature=2/2
|f_key=A
|f_accidental=3 sharps
|f_history=USA(Upland South)
|f_structure=AAAAB
|f_theme_code_index=3331 335L5L
|f_score=1
|f_player=Bruce Geene
|f_album=Civil War Collection (The)
|f_label=PearlMae Muisc 004-2
|f_recording_date=1995
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T:They Swung John Brown from a Sour Apple Tree 
N:From the playing of C.W. "Charlie" Strong (Warren County, Kentucky, though originally 
N:from Lee County where he was born in 1899) via Bruce Greene. Strong said he 
N:learned the tune from his father, Alexander Strong, who said it was “brought back 
N:from the Civil War.”
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L:1/8
N:AEac# tuning (fiddle)
D:https://www.slippery-hill.com/content/swung-john-brown-sour-apple-tree
D:PearlMae Music – 004-2, Jim Taylor - "The Civil War Collection vol. 1: Traditional Southern 
D:Fiddle Tunes From The War Between The States"  (1995)
Z:Transcribed by Andrew Kuntz
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