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Theme code Index	5566 5522
Also known as	Bile Them Cabbage Down (1)
Composer/Core Source
Region	United States
Genre/Style	Old-Time
Meter/Rhythm	Reel (single/double)
Key/Tonic of	D
Accidental	2 sharps
Mode	Ionian (Major)
Time signature	2/4
History
Structure	AA'BB
Editor/Compiler	Biography:Tennessee Folklore Society
Book/Manuscript title	Book:Devil's Box (The)
Tune and/or Page number	vol. 23, #1, Spring
Year of publication/Date of MS	1989
Artist	Biography:Benton Flippen
Title of recording
Record label/Catalogue nr.	Rounder Records
Year recorded
Media
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BOIL THE(M) CABBAGE DOWN [1]. AKA - "Bile Them Cabbage Down." Old-Time, Breakdown. A Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AB (Phillips): AABB (Devil's Box). Known now as a beginner's tune especially useful for practicing the basic "Georgia Shuffle" rhythm, "Boil/Bile the Cabbage Down" has been widely known and played. Renowned early-mid 20th century North Georgia fiddler Clayton McMichen created a virtuoso version and featured it in competitions at major contests; Fiddlin' Arthur Smith also played it on his radio broadcasts (Frank Maloy). North Georgia fiddler Lowe Stokes played a version he called "Somebody's Rockin' My Sugar Lump."

Printed sources: The Devil's Box, vol. 23, #1, Spring 1989. Phillips (Traditional American Fiddle Tunes, vol. 1), 1994; pg. 33.

Recorded soruces: Fretless 101, "The Campbell Family: Champion Fiddlers." Rounder Records, Benton Flippen.

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-'''BOIL THE(M) CABBAGE DOWN [1]'''. AKA - "Bile Them Cabbage Down." Old-Time, Breakdown. A Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AB (Phillips): AABB ('''Devil's Box'''). Known now as a beginner's tune especially useful for practicing the basic "Georgia Shuffle" rhythm, "Boil/Bile the Cabbage Down" has been widely known and played. Renowned early-mid 20th century North Georgia fiddler Clayton McMichen created a virtuoso version and featured it in competitions at major contests; Fiddlin' Arthur Smith also played it on his radio broadcasts (Frank Maloy). North Georgia fiddler Lowe Stokes played a version he called "Somebody's Rockin' My Sugar Lump."
+'''BOIL THE(M) CABBAGE DOWN [1]'''. AKA - "Bile Them Cabbage Down." Old-Time, Breakdown. A Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AB (Phillips): AABB ('''Devil's Box'''). Known now as a beginner's tune especially useful for practicing the basic "Georgia Shuffle" rhythm, "Boil/Bile the Cabbage Down" has been widely known and played. Renowned early-mid 20th century North Georgia fiddler Clayton McMichen created a virtuoso version and featured it in competitions at major contests; Fiddlin' Arthur Smith also played it on his radio broadcasts (Frank Maloy). North Georgia fiddler Lowe Stokes played a version he called "[[Somebody's Rockin' My Sugar Lump]]."
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