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Revision as of 17:29, 25 March 2012
Tune properties and standard notation
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 (1)" 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).