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|f_aka=Billie in the Lowground (1), Beaus of Albany (1), Billy in the Low Land (1), Braes of Auchtertyre (1), Fiddler's Drunk and the Fun's All Over, Jinny in the Lowlands (1), Kerry Fulton's Schottishe, Kerryman's Daughter (1) (The)
|f_aka=Billie in the Lowground (1), Beaus of Albany (1), Billy in the Low Land (1), Braes of Auchtertyre (1), Fiddler's Drunk and the Fun's All Over, Jinny in the Lowlands (1), Kerry Fulton's Schottishe, Kerryman's Daughter (1) (The), Red Church
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|f_book_title=Traditional Music in America
|f_book_title=Old Time Fiddlers Favorite Barn Dance Tunes
|f_collector=Ira Ford,
|f_collector=E.F. Adam
|f_year=1940
|f_year=1928
|f_page=p. 65
|f_page=No. 42, p. 17
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|f_recording_date=1925
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S:Leonard Rutherford (c. 1900-1954, Monticello, Ky.)
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Q:"Quick"
D:Columbia 15209-D (78 RPM), Burnett and Rutherford (1928)
F:https://www.slippery-hill.com/recording/billy-low-ground-9
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T:Billie in the Low Ground [1]
I:from the playing of John Salyer (1882-1952, Salyersville, Magoffin County, eastern Ky.)
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N:From home recordings made in 1941-1942 by Salyer's sons
N:https://soundarchives.berea.edu/items/show/4248
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S:Transcribed by John Hartford from the playing of Texas fiddler
S:Bob Wills (1905-1975).
B:Stephen F. Davis - The Devil's Box, vol. 26, No. 1, Spring 1992; p. 41
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T:Billy in the Low Ground [1]
N:From the playing of fiddler and  coal miner Delbert Hughes (1905-1982, W.Va.), from a home recording.
N:Hughes was born in Jellico, TN, raised in Kentucky, and settled in Ohley, Kanawha CO, WV in his mid thirties.
Q:"Moderately quick"
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D:Augusta Heritage AHR-015113, "Delbert Hughes - The Home Recordings".
D:https://www.slippery-hill.com/recording/billy-low-ground-6
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T:Billy in the Low Ground  [1]
N:From the playing of Carlton Rawlings (1907-1969, Bath
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N:the possession of John Harrod in the 1970's.
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Q:"Moderately Quick"
N:Few slurs, mostly saw bowing.
D:Field Recorders Collective FRC 718, Carlton Rawlings (2015)
D:https://soundarchives.berea.edu/items/show/3988
Z:Transcribed by Andrew Kuntz
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B:Stephen F. Davis - Devil's Box, vol. 23, No. 2, Summer 1989 (pp. 51-53)
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'''BILLY/BILLIE IN THE LOW GROUND [1]'''. AKA and see "[[Beaus of Albany (1)]]," "[[Billy in the Low Land (1)]],"  "[[Braes of Auchtertyre (1)]]," "[[Fiddler's Drunk and the Fun's All Over]]," "[[Jinny in the Lowlands (1)]]," "[[Kerry Fulton's Schottishe]]," "[[Kerryman's Daughter (1) (The)]]."  Old-Time, Bluegrass; Breakdown. USA, known under this title throughout the American South, Midwest, and Southwest. C Major (most versions): D Major (Bayard-Marr). Standard tuning (fiddle). AB (Beisswenger & McCann): AABB (most versions). Miles Krassen (1973) identifies an Irish version called "The Kerryman's Daughter" which may be cognate or ancestral, while R.P. Christeson suggests it can be traced to the Scottish "Braes of Auchentyre" in ('''Cole's 1000''') {as John Hartford has supported} and "[[Beaus of Albany]]" printed by Boston publisher Elias Howe. It has also been pointed out the the 'B' part of "Billy" is quite similar to the 'B' part of the Irish tune [[Sailor's Bonnet (The)]]." Samuel Bayard (1981) agrees with Stenhouse-Johnson in concluding that the tune originated in Britain as a slow 3/4 time song tune from c. 1710 or earlier, called "O Dear Mother (Minnie) What Shall I Do?" He sees the development of the tune as having then split into two branches, and that during the 1740's a 6/8 "giga" or jig form was composed called variously "[[All the Blue Bonnets Are Over the Border]]," "[[Blue Bonnets Over the Border (1)]]," "[[Over the Border (1)]]," or "[[Blue Bonnets (2)]]." Later in the century the second branch was fashioned from the original 3/4 tune into a fast duple time (4/4) dancing air which went by several titles including "The Braes of Auchtertyre/Auchentyre" (the oldest and most common title), "[[Belles of Tipperary (1) (The)]]," and "[[Beaus of Albany (1) (The)]]." These latter tunes are the immediate ancestor of the "Billy in the Lowground" group of tunes in America. See also related tunes "[[Apple Blossum]]," "[[Cranberry Rock]]," "[[Rymer's Favorite]]," "[[Dunbar]]," "[[Gilda Roy]]," [[Rocky Pallet]]," "[[Washroom Reel]]," "[[Indian Eat the Woodpcker]]," and the related part 'A' of "[[Shelvin Rock]]" (as played by Melvin Wine, for example).
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Early American printings of the piece can be found from the early 19th century onwards. The melody appears under the "Billy/Low Grounds" title in George P. Knauff 's '''Virginia Reels''', volume III (Baltimore, 1839)-see also note for "[[Billy in the Lowlands (5)]]". Folklorist and fiddler Alan Jabbour finds that, in some sources, the title changed around 1800 to "[[Johnny in the Nether Mains]]." 
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The melody is widely disseminated through the United States, with the exception of the Northeast and north Mid-West. Bayard (1944) writes that when he collected the melody it was "current as a marching tune in Greene County, Pennsylvania, and is known to its 'Billy' form of the title farther south (as the tune resembles another Pa. tune called  'Jinny in the Lowlands'). The resemblances between this tune and 'Jinny in the Lowlands' may be fortuitous; but they have at any rate attracted enough notice from the players to cause confusion of the titles..." Tom Carter and Blanton Owen (1976) maintain the tune and  title are characteristic of the Franklin, Floyd and Patrick County area of southwestern Virginia, and represent an older fiddle repertoire which predates the later development of stringband or fiddle/clawhammer banjo tunes. "Billy in the Lowground" was played by Arizona fiddler Kenner C. Kartchner for dances in the Southwest at the beginning of the twentieth century (the piece was identified by him as having come to that region from the American South, and assessed it as "a good one"). It was recorded from the playing of an Ozark fiddler for the Library of Congress by musicologist/folklorist Vance Randolph who collected in the early 1940's, and, likewise, by Herbert Halpert (also for the Library of Congress) in 1939 from Tishomingo County, Mississippi, fiddler John Hatcher. Texas fiddler Eck Robertson recorded it commercially for Victor records in 1923 in a medley with "[[Sallie Johnson]]" (the disc was backed with "[[Done Gone (1)]]"). Cauthen (1990) collected evidence from period newspapers and other accounts in Alabama and records that it was one of the tunes commonly played throughout every region of that state in the first part of the 20th century. The Marion Standard of April 30th, 1909, reported it was one of the tunes (along with "Miss McLeod") played at a housewarming in Perry County, Ala., in 1827. Elsewhere in the deep South, a Georgia fiddler named Ben Smith, serving with the 12th Alabama Infantry in the Civil War, played the tune in that conflict according to a memoir of the unit. According to Bell Irvin Wiley, writing in his book '''The Life of Johnny Reb''' (1943), "Billy in the Lowground" was a favorite tune of Confederate fiddlers.
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It is also known to have been associated with Kentucky fiddlers (Wolfe, 1982). The famous Kentucky musician Dick Burnett related this improbable story about the origin of the tune and title:
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''You know how come them to make that? There was a man a goin'''
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''through an old field one time and he had his fiddle with him and ''
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''fell down in that hole and couldn't get out. He just sat down there ''
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''and took his fiddle and played that tune. His name was Billy''
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"Billy in the Lowground" was a popular fiddle tune among Kentucky musicians. It was recorded in 1937 for the Library of Congress by the Lomax's from the playing of Luther Strong in Hazard, Kentucky (see below). African-American fiddler Cuje Bertram claimed to have taught it to Leonard Rutherford (Monticello, Ky.), and in Jeff Titon's (2001) opinion the two versions are in fact quite similar, although Bertram's is more intricate. Kentucky fiddler John Salyer's version (see Titon, '''Old Time Kentucky Fiddle Tunes''', 2001) was an uncommon rendition and shares similarities in the high part with another Kentucky fiddler, Doc Roberts, notes Titon. "Billy Lost in the Lowlands" is what fiddler Darley Fulks called the tune, the substitute word "Lowlands" in the title also being found by Bayard employed by some Pennsylvania fiddlers. Both the "Billy in the Lowground" and "Billy in the Lowlands" titles appear in the Berea, Ky., 1919-1928 contest tunes list, finds Titon. See also Ohio/Kentucky/W.Va. border region fiddler Ed Haley's "[[Dunbar]]" for a related melody.
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The tune was in the repertories of Uncle Jimmy Thompson 1848-1931 (Texas, Tenn.), Fiddlin' Cowan Powers 1877-1952? (Russell County, southwest Virginia) [and recorded by him in 1924 for Victor, though the side was unissued], Bob Wills (Texas), black Kentucky fiddler Cuje Bertram, and Alabama fiddlers Monkey Brown (1897-1972) and D. Dix Hollis. North Georgia fiddler Lowe Stokes recorded "Billy" in 1930 with guitarist Riley Puckett; his rendition features an extra beat (as does Ozark fiddler Seth Mize's version-see Beisswenger & McCann). Other early recordings include Georgia's Fiddlin' John Carson (1923) and the Kessinger Brothers (1929). See also the similar
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''Sources for notated versions'': African-American fiddler Bill Driver (Miller County, Missouri) [Christeson]; Charlie Higgins (Galax, Va.) [Krassen]; David P. Gilpin, 9/22/1943 (played at Connellsville, Fayette County, Pa. but learned at Dunbar, Pa., though Gilpin did not have the title) [Bayard, 1944]; Irvin Yaugher, John Meighen, Frank Lowry, John Filby & Wiley Jobes (from Greene or Fayette Counties, southwestern Pa.) [Bayard, 1981]; James Marr (Mo., age 93 in 1949) [Bayard]; Howdy Forrester via John Hartford [The Devil's Box]; Lowe Stokes (Ga.) [Kaufman]; Billy Baker & Forest Daugherty (Texas) [Phillips]; John Johnson [Phillips]; Clyde Davenport (Monticello, Kentucky) [Phillips]; Leonard Rutherford (Monticello, Kentucky) [Titon]; John Salyer (Salyersville, Magoffin County, Kentucky) [Titon]; African-American fiddler Cuje Bertram (Indianapolis, Indiana), who claimed he taught the tune to Leonard Rutherford [Titon]: Glenn Berry [Silberberg]; Cathy Sisco [Silberberg]; Seth Mize (1901-1977, Searcy County, Arkansas) [Beisswenger & McCann].
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''Printed Sources'': Adam, 1938; No. 42. Bayard ('''Hill Country Tunes'''), 1944; No. 5 (appears as "Reel"). Bayard ('''Dance to the Fiddle'''), 1981; No. 234A-E, pp. 192-194. Bayard ('''Dance to the Fiddle'''), 1981; Appendix No. 23, pg. 581. Beisswenger & McCann ('''Ozark Fiddle Music'''), 2008; pg. 92. Brody ('''Fiddler's Fakebook'''), 1983; p. 42-43. R.P. Christeson ('''Old Time Fiddlers Repertory''', vol. 1), 1973; No. 54, p. 41. '''The Devil's Box''', pp. 51-53. '''Fiddler Magazine''', vol. 3, No. 2, Summer 1996; p. 30. Ford ('''Traditional Music in America'''), 1940; p. 65 (as "Billy in the Low Land"). Kaufman ('''Beginning Old Time Fiddle'''), 1977; pp. 68-69. Krassen ('''Appalachian Fiddle'''), 1973; p. 74 (an irregular version with nine measure parts instead of eight). Lowinger ('''Bluegrass Fiddle'''), 1974; No. 21. Messer ('''Anthology of Favorite Fiddle Tunes'''), 1980; No. 65, p. 39. Phillips ('''Fiddlecase Tunebook'''), 1989; p. 6. Phillips ('''Traditional American Fiddle Tunes'''), vol. 1, 1994; p. 25 (three versions). Ruth ('''Pioneer Western Folk Tunes'''), 1948; No. 74, p. 27. Silberberg ('''Tunes I Learned at Tractor Tavern'''), 2002; p. 10 (two versions). Thede ('''The Fiddle Book'''), 1967; p. 78. Titon ('''Old Time Kentucky Fiddle Tunes'''), 2001; 9A,B,C (three versions), pp. 40-41. Welling ('''Welling's Hartford Tunebook'''), 1976; p. 1.
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Recorded Sources: Berea College Appalachian Center AC003, "John Salyer: Home Recordings 1941-42" (1993). Berea College Appalachian Center AC005, Walter McNew - "Black Jack Grove" (1993). Brunswick 239 (78 RPM), Dr. Humphrey Bate and His Possum Hunters {1928) (Nashville, Tenn. Columbia 15209-D (78 RPM), Burnett and Rutherford (1927). Columbia 15620 (78 RPM), Lowe Stokes (1930). County 202, "Eck Robertson: Famous Cowboy Fiddler." County 507, Lowe Stokes (North Ga.) {1930} - "Old Time Fiddle Classics." County 512, The Fiddlin' Bootleggers - "A Day in the Mountains" (orig. rec. in 1928). County 703, Benny Thomasson - "Texas Hoedown." County 733, Clark Kessinger - "The Legend of Clark Kessinger." Davis Unlimited 33014, W. L. Gregory - "Monticello: Tough Mountain Music from Southern Kentucky" (1974). Davis Unlimited 33015, Doc Roberts (Ky.) - "Classic Fiddle Tunes" (One of the first tunes recorded by this fiddler). Document DOCD-5631, Cuje Bertram - "Black Fiddlers" (1999). Document 8045, "Lowe Stokes, Vol. 1: 1927-1930" (1999 reissue). Folkways 2337, Clark Kessinger (Va.) - "Live at Union Grove" (1968). Gennet 3235 (78 RPM), Doc Roberts (1925). Gennet 6390 (78 RPM), Doc Roberts (1927). Library of Congress 1010A2, Jilson Setters, recorded for Alan Lomax and the Library of Congress in June, 1937. Marimac 9110, Dr. Humphrey Bate and his Possum Hunters - "It'll Never Happen Again: Old Time String Bands Vol. 1." Missouri State Old Time Fiddlers' Association, Casey Jones (1910-1967) - "Rocky Road to Jordon." Missouri State Old Time Fiddlers' Association, Cyrill Stinnett - "Plain Old Time Fiddling." Okeh 40020 (78 RPM), John Carson. Okeh 45397 (78 RPPM), Oscar and Doc Harper. Omac 1, Thomasson, Shorty, Morris, and O'Connor - "A Texas Jam Session." PearlMae Muisc 004-2, Jim Taylor - "The Civil War Collection" (1996. From Bruce Greene). Rounder 0046, Mark O'Connor - "National Junior Fiddle Champion." Rounder 0351, J. P. Fraley - "Mayville: Old Time Fiddler Tunes from Northeast Kentucky" (1995). Rounder 1004, "Ramblin' Reckless Hobo: The Songs of Dick Burnett and Leonard Rutherford" (originally recorded 1927). Rounder CD0262, Mike Seeger - "Fresh Oldtime String Band Music" (1988. Appears as part of "Billy in Waynesboro"). Sonyatone 201, Eck Robertson (Texas) - "Master Fiddler." Vanguard VSD 9/10, Doc Watson - "On Stage." Vetco 102, Jilson Setters, 1928 (under the name Blind Bill Day) {b. 1860, Rowan County, Ky.}, originally recorded on Victor 21407 (78 RPM) in 1928 (as "Billy in the Low Land"). Victor 19372 (78 RPM), Eck Robertson (Texas) {1922}. Recorded by Burnett and Rutherford (Ky.), 78 RPM, and Uncle Am Stuart (b. 1856, Morristown, Tenn.) in 1924 for Vocalion. Voyager 309, Benny and Jerry Thomasson - "The Weiser Reunion: A Texas Jam Session" (1993).<br>
B:Stephen F. Davis - Devil's Box, vol. 29, No. 2, Summer 1995 (pp. 35-36)
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N:Transcribed by Frank Maloy from the playing of Texas fiddler
See also listings at:<br>
N:Benny Thomasson.  
Jane Keefer's Folk Music Index: An Index to Recorded Sources [http://ibiblio.unc.edu/keefer/b07.htm#Bilinthl]<br>
D:County 703, Benny Thomasson - "Texas Hoedown."  
Alan Ng's Irishtune.info [http://www.irishtune.info/tune/2659/]<br>
Z:AK/Fiddler's Companion
Hear Luther Strong's 1937 LOC recording at Juneberry 78's [http://www.juneberry78s.com/sounds/Luther%20Strong%20-%20Billy%20In%20The%20Lowground.mp3]<br>
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Hear Lowe Stokes' recording at Juneberry 78's [http://www.juneberry78s.com/otmsampler/484%20Lowe%20Stokes%20-%20Billy%20In%20The%20Low%20Ground.mp3]<br>
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 Theme code Index    5L136 1H1H1H5
 Also known as    Billie in the Lowground (1), Beaus of Albany (1), Billy in the Low Land (1), Braes of Auchtertyre (1), Fiddler's Drunk and the Fun's All Over, Jinny in the Lowlands (1), Kerry Fulton's Schottishe, Kerryman's Daughter (1) (The), Red Church
 Composer/Core Source    
 Region    United States
 Genre/Style    Bluegrass, Old-Time
 Meter/Rhythm    Reel (single/double)
 Key/Tonic of    C
 Accidental    NONE
 Mode    Ionian (Major)
 Time signature    4/4
 History    
 Structure    AA'BB
 Editor/Compiler    Biography:E.F. Adam
 Book/Manuscript title    Book:Old Time Fiddlers Favorite Barn Dance Tunes
 Tune and/or Page number    No. 42, p. 17
 Year of publication/Date of MS    1928
 Artist    Doc Roberts
 Title of recording    
 Record label/Catalogue nr.    Gennet 3235 (78 RPM)
 Year recorded    1925
 Media    
Billy in the lowground

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Billy in the lowground


Billy in the Lowground (1): Annotations


X:1 T:Billy in the Low Ground [1] S:Leonard Rutherford (c. 1900-1954, Monticello, Ky.) M:C| L:1/8 Q:"Quick" D:Columbia 15209-D (78 RPM), Burnett and Rutherford (1928) F:https://www.slippery-hill.com/recording/billy-low-ground-9 Z:Transcribed by Andrew Kuntz K:C CA,|:G,A,CD EGA(B|c)Bcd cGAG|E+slide+[A2A2]c AGEG|A(de)d ed c2| G,A,CD EGA(B|c)Bcd cGAG|E+slide+[A2A2] B AGEG|1cGAG EDCA,:|2cGAG EDC2|| |:g3a gecd|e(ga)(g e)dcd|e+slide+a2a abag|egag edcd | eg2a gedg|e(ga)(g e)dcd|+slide+[e2e2]+slide+[ee]-[de] cAGA|cGAG ED C2:|]


X:1 T:Billy in the Low-land T:Billy in the Lowground [1] M:2/4 L:1/8 R:Reel B:E.F. Adam - Old Time Fiddlers Favorite Barn Dance Tunes (1928, No. B:42, p. 17 Z:AK/Fiddler's Companion K:C ((3G,/A,/B,/|.C)C [G,E][G,G]|[Ec][E/c/]-[E/d/] [E/c/](G/E/G/)|A(A/B/) A/(B/c/d/)|[ee]>[de]- [ee] ((3G,/A,/B,/| .C)C [G,E][G,G]|[Ec][E/c/]-[E/d/] [E/c/](G/E/G/)|A(A/B/) A/(G/E/G/)|G/E/D/(B,/ C):| |:(e/f/|.g)a/b/ (a/g/)e/d/|(c/d/)e/g/ (e/d/)c/A/|GA/B/ (A/B/)c/d/|[ee]>[de]- [ee](e/f/| .g)a/b/ (a/g/)e/d/|(c/d/)e/g/ (e/d/)c/A/|GA/B/ (A/G/)E/F/|G/E/D/(B,/ C_:|


X:1 T:Billie in the Low Ground [1] I:from the playing of John Salyer (1882-1952, Salyersville, Magoffin County, eastern Ky.) M:C| L:1/8 Q:"Fast" N:From home recordings made in 1941-1942 by Salyer's sons N:https://soundarchives.berea.edu/items/show/4248 Z:Transcribed by Andrew Kuntz K:C [C3E3]D [C2E2]DE|c2 cd c2G2|ABAA- AABc|[ee][e2e2]d [e2e2]ge| [C3E3]D [C2E2]DE|c2c-d c2G2|A3B AG E2|[G,D]-[A,E][CE][A,E] [G,D][C3E3]:|| |:eg2g gage-|ec-cd c2 [G,2G2]|A2a2 abag|ea2b a2g2| eg2g gage-|ec-cd c2 [G,2G2]|A3B AG E2| [A,2E2][CE]A, [G,D][C3E3]:|


X:1 T:Billy in the Lowground [1] M:2/4 L:1/8 R:Reel S:Transcribed by John Hartford from the playing of Texas fiddler S:Bob Wills (1905-1975). B:Stephen F. Davis - The Devil's Box, vol. 26, No. 1, Spring 1992; p. 41 Z:AK/Fiddler's Companion K:C G,|:C>D EG|"2"[ce]-"2"[ee] "4"c/"2"A/"1"G/"3"E/|A>B A-c|d/A/G/E/ D/C/[CE]:| |:"4"g>a g/e/a/g/|e/d/c/d/ c/A/G/"0"A/|a>a a/c'/a/g/|e/a/g/a/ g/e/c| e/ga/ g/e/a/g/|e/a/g/a/ g/e/c|e2- e/g/e/d/|cG- (A2|"3"[A2c2] c/)A/G/E/|D/C/[CE]:|


X:1 T:Billy in the Low Ground [1] N:From the playing of fiddler and coal miner Delbert Hughes (1905-1982, W.Va.), from a home recording. N:Hughes was born in Jellico, TN, raised in Kentucky, and settled in Ohley, Kanawha CO, WV in his mid thirties. Q:"Moderately quick" M:C| L:1/8 D:Augusta Heritage AHR-015113, "Delbert Hughes - The Home Recordings". D:https://www.slippery-hill.com/recording/billy-low-ground-6 Z:Transcribed by Andrew Kuntz K:C e-|g3e ga g2e2|aged c-AGG|Aa2a a2g2|aged cAcc| e-gg2 ggee|aged cAGG|Acc2 G2Ac|c-AGE D>CC2| e-g3 g2e2|aged cAcc|ea2a a2g2|bgag edcd| egag e2gg|aged cAGG|Acc2 G2Ac|c-AGE D>CC2|| G,-A,2CA,2 C2|EGAc cAGG|A-c2c c2c2|cAGE DCC2| G,-A,2CA,2 C2|EGAc cAGG|EGA-cc2 cd |cAGE DC[CE]C| C3C C2C2|EGAc cAGG|Ac2c- c2ed|cAGE DC C2| G,-A,2CA,2 C2|EGAB cBAG|EGAB {B}c2cc|cAGE DCC2||


X:1 T:Billy in the Low Ground [1] N:From the playing of Carlton Rawlings (1907-1969, Bath N:County, Ky.), from a field recording that came into N:the possession of John Harrod in the 1970's. M:C| L:1/8 R:Reel Q:"Moderately Quick" N:Few slurs, mostly saw bowing. D:Field Recorders Collective FRC 718, Carlton Rawlings (2015) D:https://soundarchives.berea.edu/items/show/3988 Z:Transcribed by Andrew Kuntz K:C (A,B,|C2)DE GA c2|deed cAGD|EA G3GTG2 |GEDC- C2(A,B,| C2)EF GAcd|ef_{gf}ed cAG2|GBA3 ea2 |g2 ed c2C2-| CCEF GAcd|efed cAGE|GBAB cBAE|GEDC- C4|| eg2a g2 ag|edce dcAc|eaab a2ga|bgag edcd| edga gceg|aged cGGG| +slide+[A2A2]AB cABA|GED(C [C2E2])eg-| g3a g2 ag|edce dcAc|eaab a2ga|bgag edcd| edga gceg|aged cGGG| +slide+[A2A2]AB cA{Bc}BA|GED(C [C2E2])||


X:1 T:Billy in the Lowground [1] L:1/8 M:C| S:Jay Ungar Z:AK/Fiddler's Companion K:C CA,|:G,A,CD EGAB|cBcd cAGB|ABAG EGAB|1 cAGE DCA,C:|2 cAGE D C3|| |:e g2 e g3 (g|g)age d c3|e a2 e a3 (a|a)bag edcd| e g2 e g3 (g|g)age d c3|ABAG EGAB|cBGE D C3:||


X:1 T:Billy in the Lowground N:Transcribed by John Hartford from the playing of Howdy Forrester M:2/4 L:1/8 R:Reel B:Stephen F. Davis - Devil's Box, vol. 23, No. 2, Summer 1989 (pp. 51-53) Z:AK/Fiddler's Companion K:C P:1 (3G,/A,/B,/|CC E/G/A/B/|c/B/c/d/ c/A/G/E/|E/A/A A/B/c/A/|[e2e2] e2| (3G,/A,/B,/ C/D/ E/G/A/G/|cc/c/ c/A/G/c/|A/G/c/d/ c/A/G/c/|A/G/E/C/ D/C/[CE]| (3G,/A,/B,/ C/D/ E/G/A/G/ |c/B/c/d/ c/A/G/F/|EA A/B/c/A/|[e2e2][e2e2]| (3G,/A,/B,/ C/D/ E/G/A/G/|cc/d/ c/A/G/c/|A/G/c/d/ c/A/G/c/|A/G/E/C/ D/C/[CE]|| [cg]>a [cg][c/g/]a/|(3g/a/g/ e/d/ c/A/G/c/|e/g/a a>g|ae/d/ c/A/G/c/| (e/f/)g [cg]>a|ge/d/ c/A/G/c/|A/B/c/d/ c/A/G/c/|A/G/E/C/ D/C/ [CE]| [c/e/]ga/ [cg]>a|gd/e/ c/A/G/c/|e/g/a/b/ g>f|ge/d/ c/A/G/c/| e/g/g/a g>a|fe/d/ c/A/G/c/|A/B/c/d/ c/A/G/c/|A/G/E/C/ D/C/[CE]|| G,/B,/C/D/ E/G/A/G/|c/B/c/d/ c/A/G/F/|E/[A/e/][AA] A/B/c|[ee]>[ee] [e2e2]| (3G,/A,/B,/ C/D/ E/G/A/G/|c/B/c/d/ c/A/G/c/|A/G/c/d/ c/A/G/c/|A/G/E/C/ D/C/[CE]|| (3G,/A,/B,/ C/D/ E/G/A/B/|c/d/e/d/ c/A/G/E/|E/A/A A/B/c/A/|[e2e2][e2e2]| G,/B,/C/D/ E/G/A/G/|c/B/c/d/ c/A/G/c/|A/G/c/d/ c/A/G/c/|A/G/E/C/ D/C/C|| (3G,/A,/B,/ C/D/ E/G/A/G/|c/d/e/d/ cA/G/F/|E/[A/A/][AA] A/B/c/A/|[e2e2][e2e2]| G,/B,/C/D/ E/G/A/B/|c/B/c/d/ c/A/G/c/|c/A/e/d/ c/A/G/c/|A/G/E/C/ D/C/C|| P:2 e/f/g/a/ ge/g/|(3f/g/f/ e/d/ c/A/G/c/|e/g/a/b/ a>^f|ge/d/ c/A/G/c/| d/ga/ g>^f|ge/d/ c/A/G/c/|A/B/c/d/ c/A/G/c/|A/G/E/C/ D/C/ C| e/[cg]a/ [cg]>a|ge/d/ c/A/G/c/|e/ag/ a>^f|ge/d/ c/A/G/c/| d/fa/ f>^d|ec/d/ c/A/G/c/|A/B/c/d/ c/A/G/c/|A/G/E/C/ D/C/C|| (3G,/A,/B,/ C/D/ E/G/A/B/|cc/d/ c/A/G/F/|E/AB/ A/B/c/d/|[e2e2][e2e2]| (3G,/A,/B,/ C/D/ E/G/A/G/|ce/d/ c/A/G/c/|A/B/c/d/ c/A/G/c/|A/G/E/C? D/C/[CE]| (3G,/A,/B,/ C/D/ E/G/A/G/|c/B/c/d/ c/A/G/c/|A/B/c/d/ c/B/c/d/|a/^g/a/=g/ e/g/ (3f/g/f/| e/c/a/g/ e/d/c/B/|c/G/e/d/ c/A/G/E/|E/G/A/B/ c/B/c/d/|c/A/G/E/ D/C/C|e/ga/ gd/^d/| e/d/c/A/ G/E/G/c/|e/ab/ ad/^d/|(3e/f/e/ c/g/ (3f/g/f/ e/a/|(3f/g/f/ e/d/ c/A/^d/e/| c/A/G/c/ A/G/^d/e/|c/A/G/c/ A/G/ ^d/e/|d/c/A/d/ c/A/^d/e/|d/c/A/G/ E/C/[CE]|| e/^f/g/a/ (3g/a/g/ e/g/|^f/g/e/d/ c/A/G/c/|e/g/a/b/ (3a/b/a/ e/g/|(3f/g/f/ e/d/ c/A/G/c/| e/^f/g/a/ ge/g/|^f/g/e/d/ c/G/^d/e/|c/G/a/g/ e/c/A/B/|c/A/G/F/ E/C/[CE]| P:3 (3G,/A,/B,/ C/D/ E/G/A/B/|c/A/^d/e/ e/d/c/A/|GA/B/ cA|e2 d'2| (3G,/A,/B,/ CD E/G/A/B/|c/A/^d/e/ c/A/G/c/|A/G/a/g/ e/c/A/B/|c/A/G/F/ E/C/[CE]|| +slide+CD/E/ E/G/A/B/|c/A/G/c/ d/^d/e/d/|e/d/c/A/ G/c/A/B/|c/e/a/g/ e/d/c/A/| G/B/A/B/ c/A/^d/e/|c/A/G/c/ A/G/^d/e/|c/A/G/c/ A/c/a/g/|e/c/A/G/ D/C/C|| [G2e2][G2e2]|e/d/c/A/ G/D/G/B/|[e2a2] [ea]^f|(3f/g/f/ e/d/ c/A/G/c/| [g2c'2][gc']>f|(3f/g/f/ e/d/ c/A/^d/e/|d/c/A/d/ c/A/^d/e/|d/c/A/G/ E/C/C| [G2e2][G2e2]|e/d/c/A/ G/E/D/C/|[e2a2] [ea]>b|(3a/b/a/ g/e/ d/c/A/G/| [g2c'2][gc']>[gc']|c'/a/g/e/ d/c/c'/a/|g/e/d/c/ A/G/e/d/|c/A/G/F/ E/C/C-|C4-|C3||


X:1 T:Billy in the Lowground [1] M:2/4 L:1/8 R:Reel B:Stephen F. Davis - Devil's Box, vol. 29, No. 2, Summer 1995 (pp. 35-36) N:Transcribed by Frank Maloy from the playing of Texas fiddler N:Benny Thomasson. D:County 703, Benny Thomasson - "Texas Hoedown." Z:AK/Fiddler's Companion K:C (3C/B,/A,/||"C"G,/A,/C/D/ E/G/A/G/|c/G/c/d/ c/A/G/c/|"Am"A/c/G/c/ e/c/d/c/|B/c/A/G/ E/C/D/C/| "C"B,/C/A,/C/ (3G,/A,/B,/ C/D/|E/c/B/d/ c/A/G/c/|"Am"A/c/G/c/ e/c/d/c/|"G7"B/c/A/G/ "C"E<[CE]| "C"(3G,/A,/B,/ C/D/ E/G/A/G/|cc/d/ c/A/G/E/|"Am"A/^G/A/B/ c/d/ (3e/^f/g/|a/b/a/g/ e/d/{cd}c/A/| "C"G/E/C/D/ E/G/A/G/|[Gc]c/d/ c/A/G/c/|"Am"A/c/G/c/ e/c/_e/d/|"G7"c/A/G/F/ "C"E<[CE]| "C"[CE]g/a/ g/^d/e/=d/|c/A/G/c/ A/G/c/G/|"Am"A<a a/b/a/g/|(3e/^f/g/ a/b/ a/g/f/a/| "C"g/e/c/g/ e/c/{g}a/g/|e/d/c/A/ G/c/A/G/|"Am"c/^d/e/g/ e/=d/c/e/|"G7"d/c/A/G/ "C"E<[CE]| "C"[CE]g/a/ g/^d/e/=d/|c/A/G/c/ A/G/[Gc]|"Am"[Ae]<[Aa] a/b/a/g/|e/a/a/b/ a/g/^f/a/| "C"g/b/a/g/ ^f/a/g/b/|a/g/e/d/ c/A/G/c/|"Am"A/c/G/c/ e/c/d/c/|"G7"B/c/A/G/ "C"E<[CE]|| "C"[CE][C/E/]D/ [G,E]<[G,G]-|[C2c2][Cc]-[G,G]|"Am"{G}[A,2A2][A,2E2]|C/E/D/C/ B,/C/A,/C/| "C"(3G,/A,/B,/ C/D/ E/G/A/G/|c/B/c/d/ c/A/G/c/|"Am"A/c/G/c/ e/c/d/c/|"G7"B/c/A/G/ "C"E<[CE]| "C"C/D/E/G/ A<c|[c2c'2] (3c'/b/a/ g|"Am"a/c'/a/g/ e/f/g/a/|g/e/d/c/ A/G/E/C/|"C"B,/C/A,/C/ (3G,/A,/B,/ C/D/| E/c/B/G/ c/A/G/c/|"Am"A/c/G/c/ e/c/d/c/|"G7"B/c/A/G/ "C"E<[CE]|"C"g/e/c/g/ e/c/a/g/| e/d/c/A/ G/E/D/C/|"Am"A,/C/E/A/ c/e/a/b/|a/g/e/d/ c<[Gc]|"C"[A/e/][cg][E/c/] [c2g2]|a/g/e/d/ c/A/G/c/| "Am"A/G/c/^d/ e/g/e/=d/|"G7"c/A/G/F/ "C"E<[CE]|"C"g/e/c/g/ e/c/a/g/|"G7"c/A/G/F/ "C"E<[CE]|| "C"(3G,/A,/B,/ C/D/ E/G/A/G/|c/B/c/d/ c/A/G/c/|"Am"A/c/G/c/ e/c/d/c/|B/c/A/G/ E/C/D/C/| "C"B,/C/A,/C/ (3G,/A,/B,/ C/D/|E/c/B/G/ c/A/G/c/|"Am"A/G/c/^d/ e/g/e/=d/|"G7"c/A/G/F/ "C"E<[CE]| "C"(3C/B,/A,/ G,/E/ E/C/G/F/|E/c/A/G/ c/A/G/D/|"Am"E/A/c/G/ A/E/G/A/|c/e/a/g/ e/c/A/G/| "C"(3E/D/C/ A,/C/ (3B,/A,/B,/ C/D/|E/c/B/d/ c/A/G/c/|"Am"A/G/c/^d/ e/g/e/=d/|"G7"c/A/G/F/ "C"E<[CE]| "C"g4|(3g/a/g/ e/d/ c/A/G/c/|"Am"e/ab/ a2|g/b/a/g/ e/d/c/G/|"C"c/[cg][E/c/] [c2g2]| a/g/e/d/ c/A/G/c/|"Am"A/c/G/c/ e/c/d/c/|"G7"B/c/A/G/ "C"E<C|g4| (3g/a/g/ e/d/ c/A/G/c/| "Am"e/ab/ ag/b/|a/g/e/d/ c/G/e/f/|"C"gg/a/ g/e/d/g/|e/d/c/e/ d/c/B/G/| "Am"A/B/c/e/ B/c/d/B/|"G7"c/A/G/F/ "C"E/Ca/|"C"(3g/a/g/ e/d/ (3c/d/c/ A/G/|"G7"(3E/G/E/ D/B,/ "C"[CE]||


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