Annotation:Josie-O

Tune properties and standard notation

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JOSIE-O. AKA - "Josie Girl." Old-Time, Breakdown. G Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABBCC. A tune from the repertoire of Art Stamper (as "Josie-O"), and Charlie Acuff (who learned it from his grandfather, Charlie Boyd Acuff, as "Josie Girl"). A 'josie' is a type of cape with a cover. The ditty sung to the tune (in the second half of the first strain, and the first half of the second strain) go:

Where’s that girl, where’s she gone,
Where’s the girl with the josie on?

Stole my heart, away she’s gone,
Where’s the girl with the josie on?

"Barlow Knife" is a related melody.

Source for notated version:

Printed sources:

Recorded sources: County CO-CD-2729, Art Stamper - "Goodbye Girls, I'm Going to Boston" (2000).

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Tune properties and standard notation