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SHADY GROVE [4]. American, Reel (whole or cut time). USA; north Georgia. A Mixolydian (Spadaro): G Mixolydian (Rosenbaum): G Major (Johnson). AEae or Standard tunings (fiddle). AABB.

Shady Grove, sugar Betty Ann,
Shady Grove I say,
Shady Grove, sugar Betty Ann,
Bound to leave this place.

Shady Grove's a pretty little girl,
Mighty hard to please;
She went to sleep by herself one cold night,
And I hope, by jinks, she'll freeze. ..... [Rosenbaum/Bruce]

Additional notes

Source for notated version: - banjo player W. Guy Bruce (Trion, Chattooga County, Georgia) [Rosenbaum].

Printed sources : - Johnson (The Kitchen Musician: Occasional Collection of Old Timey Fiddle Tunes for Hammer Dulcimer, Fiddle, etc., No. 2), 1982 (revised 1988, 2003); p. 4. Rosenbaum (Folk Visions and Voices: Traditional Music and Song in North Georgia), 1989; pp. 138 139. Spadaro (10 Cents a Dance), 1980; p. 38.

Recorded sources: -Fretless 136, Arm and Hammer String Band - "Stay on the Farm."

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-'''SHADY GROVE [4].''' American, Reel (whole or cut time). USA; north Georgia, east Kentucky. A Mixolydian (Spadaro): G Mixolydian (Rosenbaum): G Major (Johnson). AEae or Standard tunings (fiddle). AABB.  The tune is a member of the "[[Fly around My Pretty Little Miss]]" family of tunes.
+'''SHADY GROVE [4].''' American, Reel (whole or cut time). USA; north Georgia. A Mixolydian (Spadaro): G Mixolydian (Rosenbaum): G Major (Johnson). AEae or Standard tunings (fiddle). AABB.
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-Hear east Ky. fiddler John Salyer's 1942/1942 home recording at Berea Sound Archives [https://soundarchives.berea.edu/items/show/4259]<br>
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