Annotation:Burke County
X:1 T:Burke County N:From the playing of fiddler Bill Hensley (1873-1960, Madison N:County, N.C.), recorded in the field in 1940. M:C| L:1/8 R:Reel N:AEae tuning (fiddle) D:https://www.slippery-hill.com/content/burke-county Z:Transcribed by Andrew Kuntz K:A [ce]-[ee]-[ee][ee] [e2e2][ce]-[ee]-|[ee][ee][ee][ef] [e2e2][c2e2]|[ce]-[ee]-[ee][ee] [e2e2][ce]-[ee]-|[ee][ee][ee][ef] [e2e2][c2e2]| [Be]-[ce]-[ce][ce] [c2e2][ce][Be]|1A2F2 EFA2|{B}[c3e3]B A2[A,2E2]-|[A,2E2]B-c A2A2:| |2 [M:2/4]A2F2||[M:C|]E-FA2 {B}[c3e3]B|A-BcB A2FA|E-FA2 {B}[c3e3][Be]-|[ce][Be][ce][Be] A2FA| |:E-FA2 {B}[c3e3]B|A-BcB A2FA|E-FA2 {B}[c3e3][Be]-|[ce][Be][ce][Be] A2FA:| EF A2 {B}[c3e3]B|A2 [A,2E2]- [A,E]AB-c|[M:2/4]A2A2||
BURKE COUNTY. American, Reel (cut time). A Major. AEae tuning (fiddle). AABB. "Burke County" is a version of the tune usually known as "(Give the) Fiddler a Dram." It was in the repertoire of western North Carolina's Fiddlin' Bill Hensley (1873-1960, Madison County).
