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'''GIPPIE GET YOUR HAIRCUT'''. AKA and see "Chippy/Tippie/Johnny/Hippie Get Your Hair Cut." Old-time, Breakdown. USA, W. Va. C Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AAB (Phillips/1989): AA'B (Phillips/1994) {the 'B' part is irregular}. Words to the tune go:  
'''GIPPIE GET YOUR HAIRCUT'''. AKA and see "Chippy/Tippie/Johnny/Hippie Get Your Hair Cut," "[[Piney Woods Gal]]," "[[Piney Woods Girl]]." American, Reel (cut or 2/4 time). USA, W. Va. C Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AAB (Phillips/1989): AA'B (Phillips/1994) {the 'B' part is irregular}. Words to the tune go:  
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''Printed sources'': Milliner & Koken ('''Milliner-Koken Collection of American Fiddle Tunes'''), 2011; p. 237. Phillips ('''Fiddle Case Tunebook: Old Time Southern'''), 1989; pp. 20-21. Phillips ('''Traditional American Fiddle Tunes, vol. 1'''), 1994; p. 97.  
''Printed sources'': '''Devil's Box''', vol. 20, No. 3, 1986; p. 16. Milliner & Koken ('''Milliner-Koken Collection of American Fiddle Tunes'''), 2011; p. 237. Phillips ('''Fiddle Case Tunebook: Old Time Southern'''), 1989; pp. 20-21. Phillips ('''Traditional American Fiddle Tunes, vol. 1'''), 1994; p. 97.  
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Brunswick 364 (78 RPM), The Kessinger Brothers (1929).
Brunswick 364 (78 RPM), The Kessinger Brothers (1929).
County Records 536, Clark Kessinger.
County Records 536, "The Kessinger Brothers 1928-1930" (1974).  
Rounder 0533, Roger Cooper – "Essence of Old Kentucky" (2006).
Rounder 0533, Roger Cooper – "Essence of Old Kentucky" (2006).
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Hear the Kessinger Brothers' recording at Slippery Hill [https://www.slippery-hill.com/recording/gippy-get-your-hair-cut] and on youtube.com [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=paMZYiZwJiU]<br>
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GIPPIE GET YOUR HAIRCUT. AKA and see "Chippy/Tippie/Johnny/Hippie Get Your Hair Cut," "Piney Woods Gal," "Piney Woods Girl." American, Reel (cut or 2/4 time). USA, W. Va. C Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AAB (Phillips/1989): AA'B (Phillips/1994) {the 'B' part is irregular}. Words to the tune go:

Johnny get your hair cut, hair cut, hair cut,
Johnny get your hair cut, hair cut short.
Johnny get your hair cut, hair cut, hair cut,
Johnny get your hair cut like a sport.

Joel Shimberg reports that West Virginia fiddler Melvin Wine sang the fragment "Gippy get your hair cut short like mine" to the melody.

Source for notated version: Clark Kessinger (W.Va.) [Milliner & Koken, Phillips].

Printed sources: Devil's Box, vol. 20, No. 3, 1986; p. 16. Milliner & Koken (Milliner-Koken Collection of American Fiddle Tunes), 2011; p. 237. Phillips (Fiddle Case Tunebook: Old Time Southern), 1989; pp. 20-21. Phillips (Traditional American Fiddle Tunes, vol. 1), 1994; p. 97.

Recorded sources: Brunswick 364 (78 RPM), The Kessinger Brothers (1929). County Records 536, "The Kessinger Brothers 1928-1930" (1974). Rounder 0533, Roger Cooper – "Essence of Old Kentucky" (2006).

See also listing at:
Hear the Kessinger Brothers' recording at Slippery Hill [1] and on youtube.com [2]




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