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'''OLD AUNT JENNY.''' AKA and see "[[Dandy Jim from Caroline (1)]]/[[Dandy Jim of Caroline (1)]]." | |f_tune_annotation_title= https://tunearch.org/wiki/Annotation:Old_Aunt_Jenny > | ||
|f_annotation='''OLD AUNT JENNY.''' AKA and see "[[Dandy Jim from Caroline (1)]]/[[Dandy Jim of Caroline (1)]]." American, Reel. G Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. "Old Aunt Jenny" is a title that is a truncated form of "Old Aunt Jenny with her Nightcap On," a tune title (for which there are several melody variants) that enjoyed some currency in the American South. The tune itself appears to be a variant of the 1844 American minstrel song "[[Dandy Jim of Caroline (1)]]," lyrics perhaps composed by Dan Emmett. The | |||
<blockquote> | <blockquote> | ||
''Who's been here since I've been gone?'' .... (x3)<br> | ''Who's been here since I've been gone?'' .... (x3)<br> | ||
''Old Aunt Jenny with her nightcap on.'' .... {Ford}<br> | ''Old Aunt Jenny with her nightcap on.'' .... {Ford}<br> | ||
</blockquote> | </blockquote> | ||
|f_source_for_notated_version= | |||
|f_printed_sources= Ford ('''Traditional Music in America'''), 1940; p. 48. | |||
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|f_see_also_listing=Jane Keefer's Folk Music Index: An Index to Recorded Sources [http://www.ibiblio.org/keefer/o04.htm#Oldauje]<br> | |||
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Jane Keefer's Folk Music Index: An Index to Recorded Sources [http://www.ibiblio.org/keefer/o04.htm#Oldauje]<br> | |||
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OLD AUNT JENNY. AKA and see "Dandy Jim from Caroline (1)/Dandy Jim of Caroline (1)." American, Reel. G Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. "Old Aunt Jenny" is a title that is a truncated form of "Old Aunt Jenny with her Nightcap On," a tune title (for which there are several melody variants) that enjoyed some currency in the American South. The tune itself appears to be a variant of the 1844 American minstrel song "Dandy Jim of Caroline (1)," lyrics perhaps composed by Dan Emmett. The
Who's been here since I've been gone? .... (x3)
Old Aunt Jenny with her nightcap on. .... {Ford}
