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WARFIELD [1]. AKA and see "Forks of Sandy (1)/Forks of the Sandy," "Three Forks of Reedy." Old Time, Breakdown. USA; West Virginia, Kentucky. G Major. Warfield and Naugatuck are two towns on opposite sides of the Tug fork of the Big Sandy River, one in Kentucky and the other in West Virginia. As the lyric below indicates, Naugatuck passed a 'dry law' leaving citizens who wished a drink no recourse but to cross the river to the neighboring state where spirits remained lega. John Scotland Hannah sings:

C’mon boys, let’s go to Warfield,
C’mon boys, let’s go to Warfield;
C’mon boys, let’s go to Warfield,
Naugytuck’s done gone dry, dry, Naugytuck’s done gone dry.

The Williamson Brothers & Curry who recorded the tune in the 1920’s, sang similar lyrics (see also the Henry Truvillon AFS recording.)

Source for notated version:

Printed sources:

Recorded sources: County CO-CD-3515, Ervin and Arnold Williamson with Arnold Curry – “Old-Time Music of West Virginia, volume 1.” Field Recorder FRC 405, John Hannah - "" (2006). Rounder CD0380, Roger Cooper (LewisCounty, Ky.) – “Going Back to Old Kentucky” (1996. His “recasting” of the tune on Rounder O376). Rounder CD 0376, Perry Riley – “Traditional Fiddle Music of Kentucky, vol. 1: Up the Ohio and Licking Rivers” (1997).

See also listing at:
Jane Keefer's Folk Music Index: An Index to Recorded Sources [1]

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