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'''GOING UP TO HAMBURG'''. American, Reel (cut time). USA, Mississippi. G Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). Tom Rankin (1985) reports that the tune is local to the northern Mississippi area. The title refers to a locale on the Tennessee River, just across the state line from Mississippi in Hardin County, Tennessee. Rankin thinks the melody may have begun as a holler and evolved into a fiddle tune, citing the tune's almost unison following of the vocal line.
'''GOING UP TO HAMBURG'''. American, Reel (cut time). USA, Mississippi. G Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). Tom Rankin (1985) reports that the tune is local to the northern Mississippi area. The title refers to a locale on the Tennessee River, just across the state line from Mississippi in Hardin County, Tennessee. Rankin thinks the melody may have begun as a holler and evolved into a fiddle tune, citing the tune's almost unison following of the vocal line.

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GOING UP TO HAMBURG. American, Reel (cut time). USA, Mississippi. G Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). Tom Rankin (1985) reports that the tune is local to the northern Mississippi area. The title refers to a locale on the Tennessee River, just across the state line from Mississippi in Hardin County, Tennessee. Rankin thinks the melody may have begun as a holler and evolved into a fiddle tune, citing the tune's almost unison following of the vocal line.

Well Shane
Going up to Hamburg, pretty little lady,
Going up to Hamburg, yes I am;
Going up to Hamburg, pretty little lady,
Going up to Hamburg to get me a dram.


Additional notes

Source for notated version: -

Printed sources : -

Recorded sources: -Library of Congress, AFS 02999B2, John Hatcher (1939). Mississippi Department of Archives and History AH-002, John Hatcher (Tishomingo County, Miss.) - "Great Big Yam Potatoes: Anglo-American Fiddle Music from Mississippi" (1985. Originally recorded for the Library of Congress in 1939).

See also listing at:
Hear John Hatcher's 1939 recording at Slippery Hill [1]



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