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''I asked Miss Sally for to be my wife,''<br> | ''I asked Miss Sally for to be my wife,''<br> | ||
''She stuck at me with a bowie knife.''<ref>Folklorist Stephen Green in his article | ''She stuck at me with a bowie knife.''<ref>Folklorist Stephen Green in his article | ||
Title, Text, and Tune Interrelations in Amerian Fiddle Music", points out the similar couplets are sung to "[[Barlow Knife (1)]]" and "[[I Asked that Pretty Girl to | Title, Text, and Tune Interrelations in Amerian Fiddle Music", points out the similar couplets are sung to "[[Barlow Knife (1)]]" and "[[I Asked that Pretty Girl to Be My Wife]]." </ref><br> | ||
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Sung to the coarse strain: | Sung to the coarse strain: | ||
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X:1 T:Miss Sally at the Party M:4/4 L:1/8 R:Reel S:W.E. Claunch (1894-1958), Guntown, Mississippi, 1939 Z:Transcribed by Andrew Kuntz K:G (g|g2)g2 gaba|g2d2-d2 {e}g2-|gged BAGB|A2G2 G2 ze| gaga gaba|g2d2-d2 {e}g2|gged BAGB|A2G2-G2 {A}Bc|| d2(B2B2) {A}Bc|d2G2G2A2|B2B2 BAGB|A2G2-G2 {A}Bc| d2B2-B2 {A}Bc|d2G2-G2A2|B2B2 BAGB|A2 G2-G2||
MISS SALLY AT THE PARTY AKA and see "I Asked that Pretty Girl to Be My Wife," "Old Miss Sally," "Pretty Little Girl with the Blue Dress On (2)." American, Reel (cut time). USA, Mississippi. G Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AB. The source for this version of the tune, W.E. Claunch (1894-1958), was recorded in 1939 for the Library of Congress, by recordist Herbert Halpert. He learned the tune from his father, James Claunch. The Mississippi-collected "Old Miss Sally" is similar in title and words sung to the melody, and the melodies themselves are similar in contour in both strains. Tom Rankin (1985) believes the tune to be a regional north-eastern Mississippi tune played by several fiddlers there, but only found in one other source an Oklahoma fiddler in Marion Thede's fiddle book (under the title "I Asked that Pretty Girl to Be My Wife").
Sung to the fine (first strain):
I asked Miss Sally for to be my wife,
She stuck at me with a bowie knife.[1]
Sung to the coarse strain:
Miss sally, Miss Sally,
Goin’ to the party-o.
Or:
I asked Miss Sally to be my wife,
She stabbed at me with a Bowie knife,
Miss Sally, Miss Sally,
Miss Sally at the party.
Stan Jackson's "Pretty Little Girl with the Blue Dress On (2)" is a related tune.
- ↑ Folklorist Stephen Green in his article Title, Text, and Tune Interrelations in Amerian Fiddle Music", points out the similar couplets are sung to "Barlow Knife (1)" and "I Asked that Pretty Girl to Be My Wife."