Annotation:Seven and a Half

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X:1 T:Seven and a Half N:From the playing of fiddler J.E. Mainer (1898 – 1971, North Carolina) M:C| L:1/8 R:Reel D: Z:Transcribed by Andrew Kuntz K:A +slide+a2-|aeaa ffee|afaa- f2+slide+a2-|abaf f-gee|ceBB A2+slide+a2-| aeae- ffee|afae- f2+slide+a2-|abaf f-gee|ceBB A4|| +slide+cAcA BcAA|cAcA E2+slide+(=c2|^c)AcA BcAA|FEFF A2(=c2| ^c)AcA BcAA| cAcA E2+slide+(=c2|^c)AcA BcAE|FEFF A2||

SEVEN AND A HALF. American, Reel (cut time). A Major. AEae tuning (fiddle). The tune, a close relative of "Cripple Creek", was in the repertoire of North Carolina fiddler J.E. Mainer, who recorded it in 1936 with his band Mainer's Mountaineers. Mainer sang this ditty to the second strain:

Sold my cow, sold my calf.
All I got was seven and a half.

I rode my I won't get a bite 'till the water gets warm.

Sheep and goat, walking' to the pasture,
Sheep said, "Goat, can't you get a little faster."

Give me a hook, give me a line,
Give me that gal who's tall and fine.

Sold my horse, sold my calf,
Sold my lunch box for seven and a half.

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Recorded sources: - Montgomery Ward M-7009-B (78 RPM), Mainer's Mountaineers (1935).

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