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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]]/[[Rocking My Sugar Lump]]." | ||
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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/Rocking My Sugar Lump."
Source for notated version:
Printed sources: The Devil's Box, vol. 23, #1, Spring 1989. Phillips (Traditional American Fiddle Tunes, vol. 1), 1994; p. 33.
Recorded sources: Fretless 101, "The Campbell Family: Champion Fiddlers." Rounder Records, Benton Flippen.