Annotation:Bonnie Blue Waltz

Back to Bonnie Blue Waltz

X:1 T:Bonnie Blue Waltz S:Dick Burnett (, Monticello, Ky.) M:3/4 L:1/8 D:Document DOCD-8025, "Burnett & Rutherford: Complete Recorded Works." N:The waltz was recorded in January, 1929, for Gennett Records, in N:Atlanta, Ga., but was unissued by Gennett. The master was N:obtained and later issued on Document Records. N:Ky. musician Dick Burnett is playing fiddle on the recording, N:backed by Oscar Ruttledge on guitar. F:https://www.slippery-hill.com/recording/bonnie-blue-waltz Z:Transcribed by Andrew Kuntz K:C [c2e2]-|[e4g4][eg][e^f]|[e4g4] [eg][e^f]|[e2g2]e2c2|G2A2c2|g4gf| g2a2b2|c'2b2a2|g2e2c2|+slide+[e4g4][eg][e^f]|[e4g4] [eg][e^f]| [e2g2]e2c2|G2A2c2|g4gf|g2a2b2|c'4[Ec]d|[E4c4]:| |:EF|G2^F2G2|A2G2E2|G2c2c2|+slide+[e6e6]|g3a ge| B4AB|c2BcdB|c4 :||CA,|G,2A,2C2|E2D2C2| G4 GA|G4CA,|G,2A,2B,2|C2G2D2|B,4B,C| B,4B,A,|G,2B,2D2|A2G2^F2|A4 AG|A4AG|A2B2c2| G2E2C2|E4EF|E4 CA,|G,2A,2CD|E2D2C2|G4 GA|G2E2G2| A2B2c2|G2D2E2|F4FE|F4F2|A2B2c2|A2B2c2| G4GF|E4C2|D2A,2B,2|D2A,2B,2|[C4E4][CE][CE]|[C4E4]||

BONNIE BLUE WALTZ. Old-Time, Waltz (3/4 time). USA, Ky. C Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). "A fast waltz also known to Dick Burnett (Monticello, Ky.) and a favorite in area coal camps" (Bobby Fulcher). The title is perhaps a reference to the "Bonnie Blue Flag" of the Confederacy? A waltz by this name was also in the repertoire of African-American Kentucky fiddler Cuje Bertram, and can be found on a home tape he made in 1970 for his family.

Additional notes

Source for notated version: -

Printed sources : -

Recorded sources: - Document Records DOCD-8025, "Burnett & Rutherford: Complete Recorded Works."

See also listing at:
Hear Dick Burnett's 1929 recording at Slippery Hill [1]

Back to Bonnie Blue Waltz