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'''MAXWELL GIRL.''' Old-Time. The tune was recorded by the Booker Brothers, African-American musicians from Jessamine County, Kentucky with the group Taylor's Kentucky Boys. They were one of the few bands with both white and black musicians; Jim Booker, a fiddler, was born around 1872, and played with Marion Underwood on banjo and Willie Young on guitar, and, on some sides, Aulton Ray on vocals. "Maxwell Girl" is a variant of an old ballad, variously known as "The Wexford Girl, The Oxford Girl, The Lexington Girl, or Knoxville Girl; also as "The Cruel Miller" and other titles [see Laws P35], seen earliest in broadsides dating to the 18th century.  
'''MAXWELL GIRL.''' AKA and see "[[Buffalo Gals (1)]]." Old-Time, Breakdown. G Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. The tune was recorded by the Booker Brothers, African-American musicians from Jessamine County, Kentucky with the group Taylor's Kentucky Boys. They were one of the few bands with both white and black musicians; Jim Booker, a fiddler, was born around 1872, and played with Marion Underwood on banjo and Willie Young on guitar, and, on some sides, Aulton Ray on vocals. "Maxwell Girl" is a retitling of "Buffalo Gals (1)," with "Maxwell" substituting for "Buffalo":
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''Maxwell Girl won't you come out tonight,''<br>
"Come out tonight, come out tonight;''<br>
''Maxwell Girl won't you come out tonight,''<br>
''And dance by the light of the moon.''<br>
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MAXWELL GIRL. AKA and see "Buffalo Gals (1)." Old-Time, Breakdown. G Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. The tune was recorded by the Booker Brothers, African-American musicians from Jessamine County, Kentucky with the group Taylor's Kentucky Boys. They were one of the few bands with both white and black musicians; Jim Booker, a fiddler, was born around 1872, and played with Marion Underwood on banjo and Willie Young on guitar, and, on some sides, Aulton Ray on vocals. "Maxwell Girl" is a retitling of "Buffalo Gals (1)," with "Maxwell" substituting for "Buffalo":

Maxwell Girl won't you come out tonight,
"Come out tonight, come out tonight;
Maxwell Girl won't you come out tonight,
And dance by the light of the moon.

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Recorded sources: Gennett 6205/Champion 15332/Challenge 335A (78 RPM), Taylor's Kentucky Boys (1927). Document 5167, The Booker Brothers. Yazoo Records 2200, Taylor's Kentucky Boys - "Kentucky Mountain Music."




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