Annotation:New Broom (1)
X:1 T: New Broom (1) N:Transcribed by Frank Maloy from the playing of fiddler Byron N:Berline (b. 1944, originally from Kansas) M:2/4 L:1/8 R:Reel D:Rounder 0100, Byron Berline - "Dad's Favorites" B:Stephen F. Davis - Devil's Box, vol. 27, No. 4, Winter 1993 (p. 14) Z:abc's AK/Fidddler's Companion K:G B/c/|:"G"d/B/e/B/ d/B/A/G/|"C"E/A/D/C/ B,/G,/A,/B,/|"G"G,/B,/D/B/ d/B/A/G/|"D7"F/G/A/B/ AB/c/| "G"d/B/e/B/ d/B/A/G/|"C"E/G/A/B/ c/e/d/c/|"G"B/c/d/B/ "D7"A/G/E/F/|1 "G"G/B/A/F/ GB/c/:|2 "G"G/B/A/F/ GB/c/|| |:"G"g/f/g/a/ b/g/a/b/|"C"a/g/e/a/ g/e/d/c/|"G"B/d/g/a/ b/g/a/g/|"D7"f/g/a/b/ a/g/e/f/| "G"g/f/a/g/ b/g/a/b/|"C"a/g/e/d/ "G"B/c/d/B/|"C"c/e/d/c/ "G"B/c/d/B/|1 "D7"A/G/E/F/ "G"GB/d/:|2 "D7"A/G/E/F/ "G"G||
NEW BROOM [1]. AKA and see "Democrats a-Rising." American, Reel. G Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AB (Silberberg): AA'BB' (Phillips). Charles Wolfe (1991) thinks the title might be associated with an old African-American banjo song, perhaps of minstrel origins, called "Sweep dat Kittle Wid a Bran' New Broom." Kentucky fiddler Jim Bowles (1903 -1993) called the tune "Democrats a-Rising," associating the title "New Broom" with the political analogy of a new administration 'sweeping' out the old. It was recorded for OKeh Records on June 11, 1930, in San Antonio, Texas, along with two other sides, by the Texas group The Fox Chasers.
