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'''ROCKINGHAM CINDY.''' AKA and see "[[I Get My Whiskey from Rockingham]]." Old-Time, Breakdown & Song. D Major (Jarrell): G Major (Silberberg). ADae (Tommy Jarrell) tuning (fiddle). AABC.  The tune is often compared to north Georgia fiddler Earl Johnson's "[[I Get My Whiskey from Rockingham]]" (recorded in 1927), and although Tommy Jarrell's version is musically different, the words are clearly related.  
'''ROCKINGHAM CINDY.''' AKA and see "[[I Get My Whiskey from Rockingham]]." Old-Time, Breakdown & Song. D Major (Jarrell): G Major (Silberberg). ADae (Tommy Jarrell) tuning (fiddle). AABC.  The tune is often compared to north Georgia fiddler Earl Johnson's "[[I Get My Whiskey from Rockingham]]" (recorded in 1927), and although Tommy Jarrell's version is musically different, the words are clearly related. Fiddler Jarrell (1901-1985), of Mt. Airy, North Carolina, whose version is much imitated, sang:
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''Never loved old Cindy, don't expect I ever shall.''<br>
''Never loved old Cindy, but I love old Cindy’s gal.''<br>
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''It's come along home, Cindy, Cindy.''<br>
''Knock along home Cindy, Cindy.''<br>
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''Where'd you get your whisky, where'd you get your dram?''<br>
''Where'd you get your whisky at? Way down in Rockingham.''<br>
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''Where'd you get your whisky, where'd you get your dram?''<br>
''Where'd you get your whisky at? (spoken) well it don't make a damn...''<br>
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Revision as of 04:06, 22 November 2017


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ROCKINGHAM CINDY. AKA and see "I Get My Whiskey from Rockingham." Old-Time, Breakdown & Song. D Major (Jarrell): G Major (Silberberg). ADae (Tommy Jarrell) tuning (fiddle). AABC. The tune is often compared to north Georgia fiddler Earl Johnson's "I Get My Whiskey from Rockingham" (recorded in 1927), and although Tommy Jarrell's version is musically different, the words are clearly related. Fiddler Jarrell (1901-1985), of Mt. Airy, North Carolina, whose version is much imitated, sang:

Never loved old Cindy, don't expect I ever shall.
Never loved old Cindy, but I love old Cindy’s gal.

Chorus:
It's come along home, Cindy, Cindy.
Knock along home Cindy, Cindy.

Where'd you get your whisky, where'd you get your dram?
Where'd you get your whisky at? Way down in Rockingham.

Where'd you get your whisky, where'd you get your dram?
Where'd you get your whisky at? (spoken) well it don't make a damn...


Additional notes

Source for notated version: - Greg Canote (Seattle) [Silberberg].

Printed sources : - Silberberg (Tunes I Learned at Tractor Tavern), 2002; p. 132.

Recorded sources: - Cartunes 105, Bruce Molsky and Bob Carlin – “Take Me as I Am” (2004. Sourced to Tommy Jarrell). County Records, Tommy Jarrell – “Banjo Album.” Marimac 9009, Chad Crumm - "Old Time Friends" (1987).



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