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'''GENTLE ANNIE'''. American, Air (whole time). USA, West Virginia. G Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AB. A song written and composed in 1856 by American songwriter Stephen Foster [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stephen_Foster] (1826-1864) that entered instrumental tradition in America and abroad. Foster was the youngest son of a large Scots-Irish family from the Pittsburgh, Pa., area, and the melody may or may not have Irish ancestry ("I won't see you anymore my dear", recorded by | '''GENTLE ANNIE'''. American, Air (whole time). USA, West Virginia. G Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AB. A song written and composed in 1856 by American songwriter Stephen Foster [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stephen_Foster] (1826-1864) that entered instrumental tradition in America and abroad. Foster was the youngest son of a large Scots-Irish family from the Pittsburgh, Pa., area, and the melody may or may not have Irish ancestry ("I won't see you anymore my dear" [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BjyBchgqycM], recorded by Derry fiddler Eugene O'Donnell in 1978 is a similar melody. One source, West Virginia fiddler Oscar Wright, learned it from his mother, never knew it was originally a song. Researcher Conor Ward finds the tune among those entered into the c. 1883 music manuscript collection (2nd ms., no. 21) of fiddler [[biography:Francis Reynolds]], of Gaigue, Ballinamuck, County Longford, Ireland. | ||
[[File:foster.jpg|200px|thumb|left|Stephen Foster]] There is speculation about the identity of 'Annie'--Foster's cousin, a friend, a grandmother--but no firm conclusion. | [[File:foster.jpg|200px|thumb|left|Stephen Foster]] There is speculation about the identity of 'Annie'--Foster's cousin, a friend, a grandmother--but no firm conclusion. | ||
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GENTLE ANNIE. American, Air (whole time). USA, West Virginia. G Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AB. A song written and composed in 1856 by American songwriter Stephen Foster [1] (1826-1864) that entered instrumental tradition in America and abroad. Foster was the youngest son of a large Scots-Irish family from the Pittsburgh, Pa., area, and the melody may or may not have Irish ancestry ("I won't see you anymore my dear" [2], recorded by Derry fiddler Eugene O'Donnell in 1978 is a similar melody. One source, West Virginia fiddler Oscar Wright, learned it from his mother, never knew it was originally a song. Researcher Conor Ward finds the tune among those entered into the c. 1883 music manuscript collection (2nd ms., no. 21) of fiddler biography:Francis Reynolds, of Gaigue, Ballinamuck, County Longford, Ireland.
There is speculation about the identity of 'Annie'--Foster's cousin, a friend, a grandmother--but no firm conclusion.
Source for notated version:
Printed sources:
Recorded sources: Rounder 0089, Oscar & Eugene Wright - "Old Time Fiddle and Guitar Music from West Virginia."
See also listing at:
Jane Keefer's Folk Music Index: An Index to Recorded Sources [3]