Jim Along Josey
X:1 T:Jim along Josey M:2/4 L:1/8 R:Reel B:Gumbo Chaff - The Complete Preceptor for the Banjo (1851, p. 8) N: A later edition of the earliest known banjo tutor, published in 1848. It was written by Elias Howe, whose pseudonym Gumbo Chaff N:is taken from Thomas Dartmouth Rice's 1834 blackface character. The 1851 edition was published in Boston by Oliver Ditson. N:In 1850 Howe sold some of his works to Ditson (this one among them) and agreed not to publish similar works for ten years. Z:AK/FIddler's Companion K:A ef/e/ cc|BBce|ef/e/ cc|B/A/B/c/ A2| ef/e/ cc|BB ce|ef/e/ cc|B/A/B/c/ A|| e|a>b aa/b/|a/e/c/A/ B/A/B/c/|A/c/e/g/ a/e/c/A/|B/A/B/c/ B/A/E/A/| A/c/e/g/ a/e/c/e/|a/e/c/e/ a/e/c/e/|A/c/e/g/ a/e/c/A/|B/A/B/c/ A2||
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T:Jimalong Josie
N:From the playing of James Bryan (Alabama)
M:C|
L:1/8
R:Reel
Q:"Quick"
N:DDad tuning (fiddle)
N:As usual with DDad tunes, drones are frequent
D:James Bryan - "Two Pictures" (1995)
D:https://www.slippery-hill.com/recording/jimalong-josie
Z:Transcribed by Andrew Kuntz
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|:A2BA F2(F/2G/2F|E)DE2 F2-A2|A2 BA F2 F2|EDEF D4:|
Addc d3e|dAFA [EA][DA][EA][FA]|Dd2c dAFA|EDEF/E/ D4|
Adde d3c|dAFA [EA][DA][EA]F/E/|DFAc dAFA|EDEF D3([Dd]||
A)-dfd A-dfd|edef edcd|A-d{g}fd A-d{g}fd|edef d3d|
x-dfd A-dfd|edef edcd|A-d{g}fd A-d{g}fd|edef d2 (3ABc||
d2A-c d2 (AB/c/|d)AFA [EA][DA][EA](F/E/|D)FAc dAFA|EDEF/E/ D3 (c|
d)AFA d2 (AB/c/|d)AFA [EA][DA][EA](F/E/|D)FAc dAFA|EDE(F/E/ D4)||