Annotation:Shady Grove (4)
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SHADY GROVE [4]. American, Reel (whole or cut time). USA; north Georgia, east Kentucky. A Mixolydian (Spadaro): G Mixolydian (Rosenbaum): G Major (Johnson). AEae or Standard tunings (fiddle). AABB. The tune is a member of the "Fly Around My Pretty Little Miss" family of tunes.
Shady Grove, sugar Betty Ann,
Shady Grove I say,
Shady Grove, sugar Betty Ann,
Bound to leave this place.
Shady Grove's a pretty little girl,
Mighty hard to please;
She went to sleep by herself one cold night,
And I hope, by jinks, she'll freeze. ..... [Rosenbaum/Bruce]