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|f_annotation='''NODDIN' BOY'''. AKA and see: "[[Chapel Hill March]]," "[[Coleman's March (1)]]," "[[Green Willis (1)]]," "[[Miss Finlay's Delight]]," "[[New Rigged Ship (1) (The)]]," "[[Old | |f_annotation='''NODDIN' BOY'''. AKA and see: "[[Chapel Hill March]]," "[[Coleman's March (1)]]," "[[Green Willis (1)]]," "[[Miss Finlay's Delight]]," "[[New Rigged Ship (1) (The)]]," "[[Old Hickory]]," "[[Raw Recruit (The)]]."<meta charset="UTF-8"><span>American, Reel or March (2/4 time). G Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. "Noddin' Boy" was in the repertory of fiddler Woodrow Boone (1923-1999), of Turkey Branch, Madison County, N.C., learned from his father John Crate Boone who himself learned it from a neighbor, "Old Man" Vestus Robinson. Mr. Robonson's grandfather emigrated from Ireland and settled at Blue Rock , in the South Toe River Valley in what is now Yancey County, and brought this and other tunes from his native place. Woodrow Boone was a tenth generation descendent of frontiersman Daniel Boone and came from a musical family. He was befriended and researched by fiddler Roger Howell, who captured his extensive repertoire. | ||
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"Noddin' Boy" has a number of variants and titles, many of which are duple-time tunes. However, the melody can be traced to Scotland where it was published by the Gows as the jig "[[New Rigged Ship (1) (The)]]." | |||
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X:1 T:Noddin' Boy N:Transcribed by Roger Howell from the playing of fiddler Woodrow Boone (1923-1999, N:Turkey Branch, Madison County, N.C.), learned from his father J. Crate Boone who had it N:from a neighbor, Old Man Vestus Robinson. Mr. Robonson's grandfather brought the tune from Ireland. M:2/4 L:1/8 R:Reel B:Stephen F. Davis - Devil's Box, vol. 28, No. 1, Spring 1994 (p. 12) Z:abcs -AK/Fiddler's Companion K:G D/F/|:GG/G/ G/A/B/A/|GG/G/G G/B/c/|AA/A/ F/E/F/D/|AA/A/ F/D/E/F/| GG/G/ G :||: B/c/|d/c/B/c/ d/c/B/A/|G3 c/d/|e/d/c/d/ e/d/c/B/| A3 B/c/|d/c/B/c/ d/c/B/A/|G3 c/B/|AA F/D/E/F/|GG/G/ G:|
NODDIN' BOY. AKA and see: "Chapel Hill March," "Coleman's March (1)," "Green Willis (1)," "Miss Finlay's Delight," "New Rigged Ship (1) (The)," "Old Hickory," "Raw Recruit (The)."<meta charset="UTF-8">American, Reel or March (2/4 time). G Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. "Noddin' Boy" was in the repertory of fiddler Woodrow Boone (1923-1999), of Turkey Branch, Madison County, N.C., learned from his father John Crate Boone who himself learned it from a neighbor, "Old Man" Vestus Robinson. Mr. Robonson's grandfather emigrated from Ireland and settled at Blue Rock , in the South Toe River Valley in what is now Yancey County, and brought this and other tunes from his native place. Woodrow Boone was a tenth generation descendent of frontiersman Daniel Boone and came from a musical family. He was befriended and researched by fiddler Roger Howell, who captured his extensive repertoire.
"Noddin' Boy" has a number of variants and titles, many of which are duple-time tunes. However, the melody can be traced to Scotland where it was published by the Gows as the jig "New Rigged Ship (1) (The)."
