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'''RIDE OLD BUCK TO WATER.''' Old-Time, Song and Breakdown. A similar tune is "[[Hellbound for Alabama]]," recorded in the 1920's by another north Georgia band, Fiddlin' John Carson and His Virginia Reelers.  
'''RIDE OLD BUCK TO WATER.''' AKA and see "[[Hell Broke Loose in Georgia]]." Old-Time, Song and Breakdown. A Major. AEae tuning (fiddle). AABB. A similar tune is "[[Hellbound for Alabama]]," recorded in the 1920's by another north Georgia band, Fiddlin' John Carson and His Virginia Reelers.  
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''Ride Old Buck to water,''
''Ride Old Buck to water.''<br>
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''Saw him down at the foot of the hill,<br>
''If he ain't come back I'd a-been there still.''<br>
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''Ride Old Buck to the halter,''<br>
''Sold, for a dollar and a quarter.''<br>
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''Raccoon treed the possum,''<br>
''Raccoon treed the possum.''<br>
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''Don't you cry my honey,''<br>
''Don't you cry my honey.''<br>
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<font color=red>''Recorded sources'': </font> <font color=teal> - County 526, "The Skillet Lickers, vol. 2" (1973). County CD-3509, Skillet Lickers – “Old Time Fiddle Tunes and Songs from North Georgia.” Document DOC-8060-CD, “Skillet Lickers: Complete Recorded Works, vol. 5.” Revonah RS-932, The West Orrtanna String Band - "An Orrtanna Home Companion" (1978). </font>
<font color=red>''Recorded sources'': </font> <font color=teal> - County 526, "The Skillet Lickers, vol. 2" (1973). County CD-3509, Skillet Lickers – “Old Time Fiddle Tunes and Songs from North Georgia.” Document DOC-8060-CD, “Skillet Lickers: Complete Recorded Works, vol. 5.” Field Recorders Collective FRC 710, "Dean Sturgill, The Spencer Branch Fiddler" (2015). Patuxent Music, Nate Leath & Friends - "Rockville Pike" (2008). Revonah RS-932, The West Orrtanna String Band - "An Orrtanna Home Companion" (1978). The Skillet Lickers (1930).</font>
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See also listing at:<br>
Hear the Skillet Lickers' recording on youtube.com [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y69DRoWxuWc] and at Slippery Hill [https://www.slippery-hill.com/recording/ride-old-buck-water]<br>
Hear a 1989 field recording of Kentucky fiddlerTommy Taylor by John Herrod at Berea Digital Content [http://digital.berea.edu/cdm/ref/collection/p15131coll4/id/3271/]<br>
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RIDE OLD BUCK TO WATER. AKA and see "Hell Broke Loose in Georgia." Old-Time, Song and Breakdown. A Major. AEae tuning (fiddle). AABB. A similar tune is "Hellbound for Alabama," recorded in the 1920's by another north Georgia band, Fiddlin' John Carson and His Virginia Reelers.

Ride Old Buck to water, Ride Old Buck to water.

Saw him down at the foot of the hill,
If he ain't come back I'd a-been there still.

Ride Old Buck to the halter,
Sold, for a dollar and a quarter.

Raccoon treed the possum,
Raccoon treed the possum.

Don't you cry my honey,
Don't you cry my honey.


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Printed sources : -

Recorded sources: - County 526, "The Skillet Lickers, vol. 2" (1973). County CD-3509, Skillet Lickers – “Old Time Fiddle Tunes and Songs from North Georgia.” Document DOC-8060-CD, “Skillet Lickers: Complete Recorded Works, vol. 5.” Field Recorders Collective FRC 710, "Dean Sturgill, The Spencer Branch Fiddler" (2015). Patuxent Music, Nate Leath & Friends - "Rockville Pike" (2008). Revonah RS-932, The West Orrtanna String Band - "An Orrtanna Home Companion" (1978). The Skillet Lickers (1930).

See also listing at:
Hear the Skillet Lickers' recording on youtube.com [1] and at Slippery Hill [2]
Hear a 1989 field recording of Kentucky fiddlerTommy Taylor by John Herrod at Berea Digital Content [3]



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