Annotation:Ten Cent Cotton
X:1 T:Ten Cent Cotton N:From the playing of Eck Robertson (1887-1975, Borger, Texas) N:A version of "East Tennessee Blues" M:C L:1/8 R:Country Rag Q:"Moderately Quick" D:Rounder CO 3515, "Eck Robertson: Old Time Texas Fiddler" (1998) D:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aAORrPadF9Q D:https://www.slippery-hill.com/recording/sally-johnson-0 Z:Transcribed by Andrew Kuntz K:C ef|gage gage|ga2g e2d2|cdcA cdcA|cd2c A2G2| gage gage|ga2g e2 Bc|ddg2 d2g2|ddge g2ef| gage gage|ga2g e2d2|cdcA cdcA|cd2c A2G2| GGAc B2d2|e-g2g agec|cd2c d2 e2|[c4e4]- [c2e2]:| |:ef|gage ga2g|+slide+[e4e4]- [e2e2]ed|cdcA cd2c|+slide+[A4A4]-[A2A2]g-e| gage ga2g|+slide+[e4e4]- [e2e2](Bc|d2)g2d2g2|dggd g2ef| gage ga2g|+slide+[e4e4]- [e2e2]ed|cdcA cd2c|+slide+[A4A4]-[A2A2](EF| G2)Ac B2d2|e-g2g agec|cd2c d2 e2|[c4e4]- [c2e2]:|
TEN CENT COTTON. AKA and see "East Tennessee Blues." American, Country Rag (cut time). C Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. "Ten Cent Cotton" is a rather inferior setting of "East Tennessee Blues", from the usually reliable Texas fiddler Eck Robertson (1887-1975). The last four measures of the stains (repeated in both parts) are awkward compared with the smooth delivery of The Hill Billies 1926 recording of "East Tennessee Blues."