Annotation:Susannah Gal (2): Difference between revisions

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SUSANNAH GAL [2]. AKA - "Susanna Gal." American, Reel (2/4 or cut time). D Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AA’BB’. “Sussanah Gal [2]” is a Patrick County, Virginia, variation of “Susannah Gal (1)”, which "has a different high part, closer to "Sally Ann," than versions collected in Grayson and Surry Counties" (Tom Carter and Barry Poss). An exception was biography:Emmett Lundy (1864-1953), who, even though a Grayson County, Virginia, fiddler, had a version similar to the Patrick County versions.

Kelly Lundy, accompanying his father Emmett on guitar, sang floating verses on their 1941 recording:

I wish I was in some western country,
Sittin' in a rockin' chair;
My arm around my whisky jug,
The other around my dear.

I wish I had a hog in the pen,
Corn to feed him on;
Pretty little girl to stay at home,
And feed him when I'm gone.

Fly around my pretty little miss,
Fly around my daisy;
Fly around my pretty little miss,
You almost run me crazy.

See note for "annotation:Susannah Gal (1)" for more information on these closely related tunes.

Additional notes

Printed sources : - Clare Milliner & Walt Koken (Milliner-Koken Collection of American Fiddle Tunes), 2011; p. 640.

Recorded sources : - County 201, "The Old Virginia Fiddlers: Rare Recordings 1948-49". Library of Congress AAFS 4944 B2, Emmett Lundy (1941. Alan & Elizabeth Lomax field recording). Marimac 9110, Dad Blackard's Moonshiners - "It'll Never Happen Again: Old Time String Bands, Vol. 1" (orig. rec. 1927). String 802, "Emmett W. Lundy: Fiddle Tunes from Grayson County, Virginia" (1977. Reissue of Lundy's 1941 Library of Congress recordings).

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-The Lundys sang on their 1941 recording:
+Kelly Lundy, accompanying his father Emmett on guitar, sang floating verses on their 1941 recording:
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-I went   the western country
+''I wish I was in some western country,''<br>
+''Sittin' in a rockin' chair;''<br>
 ''My arm around my whisky jug,</br>
-''The other around my gal.''<br>
+''The other around my dear.''<br>
+<br>
+''I wish I had a hog in the pen,''<br>
+''Corn to feed him on;''<br>
+''Pretty little girl to stay at home,''<br>
+''And feed him when I'm gone.''<br>
+<br>
+''Fly around my pretty little miss,''<br>
+''Fly around my daisy;''<br>
+''Fly around my pretty little miss,''<br>
+''You almost run me crazy.''<br>
 </blockquote>
 See note for "[[annotation:Susannah Gal (1)]]" for more information on these closely related tunes.
 |f_printed_sources=Clare Milliner & Walt Koken ('''Milliner-Koken Collection of American Fiddle Tunes'''), 2011; p. 640.
-|f_recorded_sources=County 201, "The Old Virginia Fiddlers: Rare Recordings 1948-49". String 802, Emmett Lundy (1941 Library of Congress recordings). Marimac 9110, Dad Blackard's Moonshiners - "It'll Never Happen Again: Old Time String Bands, Vol. 1" (orig. rec. 1927).
+|f_recorded_sources=County 201, "The Old Virginia Fiddlers: Rare Recordings 1948-49". Library of Congress AAFS 4944 B2, Emmett Lundy (1941. Alan & Elizabeth Lomax field recording). Marimac 9110, Dad Blackard's Moonshiners - "It'll Never Happen Again: Old Time String Bands, Vol. 1" (orig. rec. 1927). String 802, "Emmett W. Lundy: Fiddle Tunes from Grayson County, Virginia"  (1977. Reissue of Lundy's 1941 Library of Congress recordings).
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