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|f_annotation='''GOING DOWN TO CHARLESTON.'''  American, Reel (2/4 or cut time). G Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AAB. John Hartford collected these words to the tune from source "Snake" Chapman:
|f_annotation='''GOING DOWN TO CHARLESTON.'''  American, Reel (2/4 or cut time). G Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AAB. John Hartford collected these words to the tune from source "Snake" Chapman:
 
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''Goin' down to Charleston early in the morning,''<br />
''Goin' down to Charleston early in the morning,''<br />
''Going down to Charleston later in the day;''<br />
''Going down to Charleston later in the day;''<br />
''Seen so many pretty girls I couldn't get away,''<br />
''Seen so many pretty girls I couldn't get away,''<br />
''I'm goin' down to Charleston, later in the day.''<br />
''I'm goin' down to Charleston, later in the day.''<br />
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|f_source_for_notated_version=Transcribed by John Hartford from the playing of Owen "Snake" Chapman (1919-2002, Canada, Pike County, Kentucky) ['''Devil's Box'''].
|f_source_for_notated_version=Transcribed by John Hartford from the playing of Owen "Snake" Chapman (1919-2002, Canada, Pike County, Kentucky) ['''Devil's Box'''].
|f_printed_sources=Stephen F. Davis ('''Devil's Box'''), vol. 28, No. 1, Spring 1994; p. 18.
|f_printed_sources=Stephen F. Davis ('''Devil's Box'''), vol. 28, No. 1, Spring 1994; p. 18.

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GOING DOWN TO CHARLESTON. American, Reel (2/4 or cut time). G Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AAB. John Hartford collected these words to the tune from source "Snake" Chapman:

Goin' down to Charleston early in the morning,
Going down to Charleston later in the day;
Seen so many pretty girls I couldn't get away,
I'm goin' down to Charleston, later in the day.


Additional notes
Source for notated version : - Transcribed by John Hartford from the playing of Owen "Snake" Chapman (1919-2002, Canada, Pike County, Kentucky) [Devil's Box].

Printed sources : - Stephen F. Davis (Devil's Box), vol. 28, No. 1, Spring 1994; p. 18.

Recorded sources : - Rounder 0378, Owen "Snake" Chapman - "Up in Chapman's Hollow" (1996).




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