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Theme code Index
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Also known as
Composer/Core Source
Region
United States
Genre/Style
Old-Time
Meter/Rhythm
Reel (single/double)
Key/Tonic of
G
Accidental
1 sharp
Mode
Ionian (Major)
Time signature
2/4
History
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BETTY BAKER [2]. Old-Time, Air and Breakdown. G Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB.
I went down for to see Betty Baker, She was asleep and the Devil couldn't wake her; She wouldn't stir and her mother wouldn't shake her, Long time ago. (Ford)
Printed source: Ford (Traditional Music in America), 1940; p. 36.
