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'''GILDA ROY'''. Old-Time, Breakdown. USA, south-eastern Kentucky. C Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). ABC. No musical relation to the tune that is usually known as "[[Gilderoy (2)]]" or "[[Red Haired Boy]]." The title, however, is a corruption of "Gilderoy" which itself is an Englished version of the Gaelic ''giolla ruadh'', or 'red-haired boy'. The tune was recorded in 1937 by the Alan and Elizabeth Lomax for the Library of Congress from the playing of Kentucky fiddler W.H. Stepp. Magoffin County, eastern Kentucky, fiddler John Salyer (1882-1952, who called the tune "Gilda Roy") played the 'f' notes so that they sound almost 'f#'. Similarities with the "[[Billy in the Lowground (1)]]" family of tunes.   
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'''GILDA ROY'''. American, Reel. USA, south-eastern Kentucky. C Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). ABC. No musical relation to the tune that is usually known as "[[Gilderoy (2)]]" or "[[Red Haired Boy]]." The title, however, is a corruption of "Gilderoy" which itself is an Englished version of the Gaelic ''giolla ruadh'', or 'red-haired boy'. The tune was recorded in 1937 by the Alan and Elizabeth Lomax for the Library of Congress from the playing of Kentucky fiddler W.H. Stepp. Magoffin County, eastern Kentucky, fiddler John Salyer (1882-1952, who called the tune "Gilda Roy") played the 'f' notes so that they sound almost 'f#'. Similarities with the "[[Billy in the Lowground (1)]]" family of tunes. 
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''Source for notated version'': from a 1941 home recording of fiddler John M. Salyer (Salyersville, Magoffin County, Kentucky), by his sons, Glen and Grover [Milliner & Koken, Titon].
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<font color=red>''Source for notated version''</font>: - from a 1941 home recording of fiddler John M. Salyer (Salyersville, Magoffin County, Kentucky), by his sons, Glen and Grover [Milliner & Koken, Titon].
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''Printed sources'': Miliner & Koken ('''Milliner-Koken Collection of American Fiddle Tunes'''), 2011; p. 236. Titon ('''Old-Time Kentucky Fiddle Tunes'''), 2001; No. 48, p. 79.
<font color=red>''Printed sources''</font> : - Miliner & Koken ('''Milliner-Koken Collection of American Fiddle Tunes'''), 2011; p. 236. Titon ('''Old-Time Kentucky Fiddle Tunes'''), 2001; No. 48, p. 79.
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''Recorded sources'': <font color=teal>Berea College Appalachian Center AC-003, "John M. Salyer: Home Recordings 1941-1942, vol. 2" (1993). Bruce Greene - "Leatherwood Stocking."</font>
<font color=red>''Recorded sources'': </font> <font color=teal> -Berea College Appalachian Center AC-003, "John M. Salyer: Home Recordings 1941-1942, vol. 2" (1993). Bruce Greene - "Leatherwood Stocking."</font>
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See also listing at:<br>
Hear John Salyer's 1941 home recording at Slippery Hill [https://www.slippery-hill.com/recording/gilda-roy]<br>
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GILDA ROY. American, Reel. USA, south-eastern Kentucky. C Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). ABC. No musical relation to the tune that is usually known as "Gilderoy (2)" or "Red Haired Boy." The title, however, is a corruption of "Gilderoy" which itself is an Englished version of the Gaelic giolla ruadh, or 'red-haired boy'. The tune was recorded in 1937 by the Alan and Elizabeth Lomax for the Library of Congress from the playing of Kentucky fiddler W.H. Stepp. Magoffin County, eastern Kentucky, fiddler John Salyer (1882-1952, who called the tune "Gilda Roy") played the 'f' notes so that they sound almost 'f#'. Similarities with the "Billy in the Lowground (1)" family of tunes.

Additional notes

Source for notated version: - from a 1941 home recording of fiddler John M. Salyer (Salyersville, Magoffin County, Kentucky), by his sons, Glen and Grover [Milliner & Koken, Titon].

Printed sources : - Miliner & Koken (Milliner-Koken Collection of American Fiddle Tunes), 2011; p. 236. Titon (Old-Time Kentucky Fiddle Tunes), 2001; No. 48, p. 79.

Recorded sources: -Berea College Appalachian Center AC-003, "John M. Salyer: Home Recordings 1941-1942, vol. 2" (1993). Bruce Greene - "Leatherwood Stocking."

See also listing at:
Hear John Salyer's 1941 home recording at Slippery Hill [1]



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