Annotation:Old Aunt Jenny

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OLD AUNT JENNY. AKA and see "Dandy Jim from Caroline (1)/Dandy Jim of Caroline (1)." Old-Time, Breakdown. G Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. The tune appears to be a variant of the 1844 American minstrel song "Dandy Jim of Caroline," lyrics perhaps composed by Dan Emmett.

Who's been here since I've been gone? (x3) Old Aunt Jenny with her nightcap on. {Ford}

Source for notated version:

Printed sources: Ford (Traditional Music in America), 1940; p. 48.

Recorded sources:

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