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CHINQUAPIN/CHINQUIPIN. AKA and see "Sail away Ladies (6)." Old-Time, Breakdown. USA, Virginia. G Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. A chinquapin is an edible dwarf chestnut. The tune was recorded by fiddler Roscoe Parish (Coal Creek, Carroll County, Va.) as "Chinquapin," while Tommy Jarrell (1901-1985, Mt. Airy, N.C.) recorded a version as "Sail away Ladies (6)" (not related to the tunes that usually go by that title).

Source for notated version: Roscoe Parrish (Va.) [Phillips].

Printed source: Phillips (Traditional American Fiddle Tunes, vol. 2), 1995; p. 31.

Recorded sources: Heritage V, Roscoe & Leone Parish, John Patterson and the Piper's Gap Ramblers - "Old Time Tunes from Coal Creek" (1975). Rounder 0320, Bob Carlin & John Hartford - "The Fun of Open Discussion."


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