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''Recorded sources'': <font color=teal>Sugar Hill SH/PS 1134, Metamore (Sutherland, Dalglish & Larson) - "Great Road" (1987). </font> | ''Recorded sources'': <font color=teal>Sugar Hill SH/PS 1134, Metamore (Sutherland, Dalglish & Larson) - "Great Road" (1987). </font> | ||
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Hear Bruce Greene's 1976 field recording of Roy Bennett at Berea Digital Content [http://cdm272901.cdmhost.com/cdm/search/collection/p15131coll4/searchterm/Meade!bennett,%20roy/field/all!subjec/mode/any!all/conn/and!and/cosuppress/]<Br> | |||
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Revision as of 02:36, 16 March 2012
Tune properties and standard notation
JOHNNY COURT THE WIDDER. AKA - "Johnny Court the Widow." Old-Time, Breakdown. D Minor. GDad tuning (fiddle). This ditty is sung to the tune:
For seven long years, Johnny court the Widder,
For seven long years, and then he didn't get her.
From fiddler Roy Bennett, Battle Town, Kentucky; via Bruce Greene.
Source for notated version:
Printed sources:
Recorded sources: Sugar Hill SH/PS 1134, Metamore (Sutherland, Dalglish & Larson) - "Great Road" (1987).
See also listing at:
Hear Bruce Greene's 1976 field recording of Roy Bennett at Berea Digital Content [1]