Annotation:Wild John
X:1 T:Wild John N:From the playing of Benny Thomasson (1909-1984, Dallas-Ft. Worth, Tx.) M:C| L:1/8 R:Reel Q:"Moderately Quick" D:Voyager VRCD 34, Benny Thomasson - "Say Old Man, Can D:You Play the Fiddle?" (1999) D:https://www.slippery-hill.com/recording/wild-john-0 Z:Transcribed by Andrew Kuntz K:C [E2c2]-|[E2c2]+slide+[e2e2] eged|cAGc AGc2|[ce]-[e2e2]e eged|ceag edc[Gc]| [ce]-[e2e2]e eged|((3c/d/c/A) Gc AGA-B|((3c/d/c/A) Gc AGBG|1c2 (c/d/c/B/) c2:|2 c2 (c/d/c/B/) cGAG|| |:E[C3E3] [CE]cdc|AF3 [F2A2]dc|BAGB AGBG|ceag ecAG| E[C3E3] [CE]cdc|AF2-G F2dc|BAGB AGBG|1[E2c2] ([E/c/]d/c/B/) [E2c2]FE:|2 [E2c2] ([E/c/]d/c/B/) [E2c2]|| |:G2|cdcG cdec|dcAG EFGA|BdBG BcdB|(3cBA GF ECEG| cecG cdec|dcAG EFGA|Bgfa gdBG| [E2c2] ([E/c/]d/c/B/) [E2c2]:|]
WILD JOHN. American, Reel (cut time). USA, Texas. C Major. Standard tuning (fiddle) AA'BB'CC. A ragtime-flavored reel. See the related tunes "Rocky Pallet" and "Rattlesnake Bit the Baby."
