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'''JOHNNY COURT THE WIDOW [1]'''. AKA - "Johnny Court the Widder." | '''JOHNNY COURT THE WIDOW [1]'''. AKA - "Johnny Court the Widder." American, Reel (cut time). F Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AA'BB'. This ditty is sung to the tune: | ||
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''For seven long years, Johnny court the Widder,''<br> | ''For seven long years, Johnny court the Widder,''<br> | ||
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JOHNNY COURT THE WIDOW [1]. AKA - "Johnny Court the Widder." American, Reel (cut time). F Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AA'BB'. This ditty is sung to the tune:
For seven long years, Johnny court the Widder,
For seven long years, and then he didn't get her.
From fiddler biography:Roy Bennett (1895-1986), Battletown, Meade County, Kentucky, recorded in 1976 by Bruce Greene. Bennett played the tune in standard tuning--for cross-tuned version see "Johnny Court the Widow (2)."