Annotation:Sweet Little Julie
X:1 T:Sweet Little Julie N:From the playing of Norman Edmonds (southwest Virginia) M:C| L:1/8 R:Reel D:https://www.slippery-hill.com/recording/sweet-little-julie D:Spring Fed Records SFR- DU 33002, Norman Edmonds - Train on the Island (1973) Z:AK/Fiddler's Companion K:D a2-|ab a2 fedd|[Ae]-[A2f2][Ae]- [A2f2][Ae]|[Af]aaf e2BB|d3d A2a2-| ab a2 fedd|[Ae]-[A2f2][Ae]- [A2f2][Ae]|[Af]aaf e2BB|d2d2A2|| |:d2-|dd [d2f2]B-A dd| [Ae]-[A2f2]e A2ef-|fe d2 BABB|dd2dA2:||
SWEET LITTLE JULIE. American, Reel (cut time). A Major. ADae tuning (fiddle). AABB. "Sweet Little Julie" is is a banjo and fiddle tune from southwestern Virginia. It was in the repertory of a few regional musicians; fiddler biography:Norman Edmonds (1889-1976), Dudley Spangler, Harry Pendleton and Maggie Wood (from a 1940's broadcast over WPAQ), and Meadows of Dan, Floyd County, banjo player James Thompson (the latter recorded in the field by Pete Hoover in 1960). It is not considered a common or widespread tune. The two parts of this "square" tune are very similar to each other. Mr. Thompson sang one line during his thirty seconds performance:
Sweet little Julie, Salt Creek,
Sweet little Julie, Salt Creek.
