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'''I GOT A WOMAN ON SOURWOOD MOUNTAIN'''. AKA and see "[[Sourwood Mountain]]." OldTime, Breakdown & Song. USA, north Georgia. G Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). One part (Rosenbaum). A reworking of the traditional Appalachian song "Sourwood Mountain" by Georgia fiddler Earl Johnson [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Earl_Johnson_%28fiddler%29] (1886-1965), who added some new verses and subsituted the "hey-de-ing-dang, diddle ally-day" refrain with "What in the world can I do?" See note on “[[Sourwood Mountain]]” for more. | '''I GOT A WOMAN ON SOURWOOD MOUNTAIN'''. AKA and see "[[Sourwood Mountain]]." OldTime, Breakdown & Song. USA, north Georgia. G Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). One part (Rosenbaum). A reworking of the traditional Appalachian song "Sourwood Mountain" by Georgia fiddler Earl Johnson [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Earl_Johnson_%28fiddler%29] (1886-1965), who added some new verses and subsituted the "hey-de-ing-dang, diddle ally-day" refrain with "What in the world can I do?" See note on “[[Sourwood Mountain]]” for more. | ||
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''What in the world can I do?''<br> | ''What in the world can I do?''<br> | ||
''Had so many children I couldn't count 'em,''<br> | ''Had so many children I couldn't count 'em,''<br> | ||
''What in the world can I do? '' | ''What in the world can I do? '' . . . . (Rosenbaum)<br> | ||
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''Source for notated version'': Earl Johnson via his protégé L.D. Snipes who taught it to Ray Knight (Lumpkin County, Georgia) [Rosenbaum]. | ''Source for notated version'': Earl Johnson via his protégé L.D. Snipes who taught it to Ray Knight (Lumpkin County, Georgia) [Rosenbaum]. | ||
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''Printed sources'': Rosenbaum ('''Folk Visions and Voices: Traditional Music and Song in North Georgia'''), 1989; p. 216. | ''Printed sources'': Rosenbaum ('''Folk Visions and Voices: Traditional Music and Song in North Georgia'''), 1989; p. 216. | ||
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''Recorded sources'': <font color=teal>County 544, Earl Johnson & the Clodhoppers - "Georgia Fiddle Bands, vol. 2".</font> | ''Recorded sources'': <font color=teal>County 544, Earl Johnson & the Clodhoppers - "Georgia Fiddle Bands, vol. 2".</font> | ||
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See also listing at:<br> | See also listing at:<br> | ||
Jane Keefer's Folk Music Index: An Index to Recorded Sources [http://www.ibiblio.org/keefer/s15.htm#Soumo]<br> | Jane Keefer's Folk Music Index: An Index to Recorded Sources [http://www.ibiblio.org/keefer/s15.htm#Soumo]<br> | ||
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I GOT A WOMAN ON SOURWOOD MOUNTAIN. AKA and see "Sourwood Mountain." OldTime, Breakdown & Song. USA, north Georgia. G Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). One part (Rosenbaum). A reworking of the traditional Appalachian song "Sourwood Mountain" by Georgia fiddler Earl Johnson [1] (1886-1965), who added some new verses and subsituted the "hey-de-ing-dang, diddle ally-day" refrain with "What in the world can I do?" See note on “Sourwood Mountain” for more.
Well, I got a woman on Sourwood Mountain,
What in the world can I do?
Had so many children I couldn't count 'em,
What in the world can I do? . . . . (Rosenbaum)
Source for notated version: Earl Johnson via his protégé L.D. Snipes who taught it to Ray Knight (Lumpkin County, Georgia) [Rosenbaum].
Printed sources: Rosenbaum (Folk Visions and Voices: Traditional Music and Song in North Georgia), 1989; p. 216.
Recorded sources: County 544, Earl Johnson & the Clodhoppers - "Georgia Fiddle Bands, vol. 2".
See also listing at:
Jane Keefer's Folk Music Index: An Index to Recorded Sources [2]