Annotation:Black River
X:1 T:Black River M:2/4 L:1/8 R:Reel B:Stephen F. Davis - The Devil's Box, vol. 27, No. 2, Summer 1993 (p. 31) Z:AK/Fiddler's Companion K:C G,|CE/F/ G/A/G/E/|F/G/A/B/ c/d/c/A/|CE/F/ G/E/C/E/|D/E/C/C/ B,/G,/G,| CE/F/ G/E/C/E/|F/G/A/B/ c/d/c/A/|B/c/d/e/ f/a/g/f/|e/c/d/B/ c:| |:c/d/|e/g/e/d/ c/B/c/d/|e/f/g/e/ c/A/d/c/|B/d/B/A/ GG/G/|e/f/g/e/ c/A/c/d/| e/f/e/d/ c/B/c/d/|e/f/g/e/ c/A/d/c/|B/d/B/A/ G/B/A/B/|cc/d/ c||
BLACK RIVER. American, Reel. USA, Missouri. C Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. See note for "annotation:Ladies in the Ballroom (2)," and "Rattlesnake Bit the Baby." Liner notes to Gene Goforth's album say that Ken Curtis, who played the character Festus on American TV's long-running Gunsmoke, whistled the tune and called it "Cherokee Square Dance." John Hartford calls it a 'cousin' to Howdy Forrester's "Ladies in the Ballroom (2)," and Bill Monore's "Boston Boy."
