Annotation:Susannah Gal (2)

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X:1 T: Susannah Gal [2] N:From the playing of Emmett Lundy (1864-1953, Grayson County, southwestern Virginia), N:recorded in the field in 1941 by Alan and Beth Lomax for the Library of Congress. M:C| L:1/8 R:Reel D:String 802, "Emmett W. Lundy: Fiddle Tunes from Grayson County, Virginia" (1977) D:https://www.slippery-hill.com/content/susannah-gal Z:Andrew Kuntz K:D [Ae]-|[Af]fed df-ed|BdAG FEDF|ABAA Bd3|J[A3f3](e [A2f2])gg| fdef df-ed|BdAA FEDF|ABAA Bd3|[d3f3](d [d3f3])e-| fefe d2ed|BdAA FEDF|AFAA Bd3|J[A3f3](e [A2f2])gg| fdef dded|BdAA FEDF|ABAA Bd3|[d3f3](d [d3f3]):| |:[Ae]-|[A2f2][Aa][Aa] [A3a3][Aa]|[A2a2][A2a2]-[A2a2] [A2a2]-|[A2a2]ba faed|[Af]-[Aa]-[Aa][Aa] [A2a2][A2a2]-| [Aa][Aa]ba fa-af| e2d2 dd[df]d| edeg f2ec|[D3d3][Dd][D2d2]|]

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SUSANNAH GAL [2]. AKA - "Susanna Gal." American, Reel (2/4 or cut time). D Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AA’BB’. “Sussanah Gal [2]” is a Patrick County, Virginia, variation of “Susannah Gal (1)”, which "has a different high part, closer to "Sally Ann," than versions collected in Grayson and Surry Counties" (Tom Carter and Barry Poss). An exception was biography:Emmett Lundy (1864-1953), who, even though a Grayson County, Virginia, fiddler, had a version similar to the Patrick County versions.

Kelly Lundy, accompanying his father Emmett on guitar, sang floating verses on their 1941 recording:

I wish I was in some western country,
Sittin' in a rockin' chair;
My arm around my whisky jug,
The other around my dear.

I wish I had a hog in the pen,
Corn to feed him on;
Pretty little girl to stay at home,
And feed him when I'm gone.

Fly around my pretty little miss,
Fly around my daisy;
Fly around my pretty little miss,
You almost run me crazy.

See note for "annotation:Susannah Gal (1)" for more information on these closely related tunes.

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