Annotation:Sweet Bunch of Daisies (2)
X: 1 T:Sweet Bunch of Daisies [2] M:3/4 L:1/8 K:D A2 ^G2 =G2||: "D"F6 | "A7"G4 ^G2 | "D"A6 | "D7"f6| "G"e3 def | "E7"d4 (3BdB | "D"A6 | "A"A2 ^G2 =G2| "D"F6 | "A7"G4 ^G2 | "D"A6 | "Bm"f6| "E"e6 | f4 ^ef | "A"e4-ed | cA-A2 G2| "D"F6 | "A7"G4 ^G2 | "D"A6 | "D7"f6| "G"e3 def | "E7"d4 (3BdB | "D"A6 | "D7"A2 ^G2 A2| "G"B6 | "E7"d4 e2 | "D"f6 | "Bm"d3 cd^d| "E"e4 (3fed | "A"c2 B2 A2 |1 "D"d6 |"A" A2 ^G2 =G2 :|2 "D"d6-|d2 z4 |]
SWEET BUNCH OF DAISIES [2]. American, Waltz (3/4 time). G Major (Phillips): C Major (John Summers): D Major: B Flat Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). One part: AB (Phillips). "Sweet Buch of Daisies [2]" is popular song originally written in waltz time by Anita Owen and published by Wabash Music in Chicago in 1894. The earliest citation for this tune is from Arizona fiddler Kenner C. Kartchner who learned it as one of his first, in 1898 (Shumway). It was remembered by north Georgia fiddler Lowe Stokes (1898-1982) as having been fiddled by his father. “Sweet Bunch of Daisies” was recorded in 1924 for Gennett and in 1929 for Columbia by fiddler Jess Young (Chattanooga, Tenn.), and apparently popularized by him among fiddlers (C. Wolfe, The Devil's Box, Dec. 1981, vol. 15, #4). It appears in the repertoires of both the Stripling Brothers (Ala.) {who recorded it in 1934 for Decca although it was not issued}, and Freeny's Barn Dance Band (twin fiddle band from Leake County, Mississippi), 1930. Tommy Magness (1911-1972), born in north Georgia near the southeastern Tennessee border, knew the tune and recorded it for Roy Acuff on a home recorder in 1948. See "Sweet Bunch of Daisies (1)" for the 2/4 time bluegrass version popularized by fiddler Kenny Baker. Source for notated version: Hollis Taylor and Vivian Williams [Phillips]. Phillips (Traditional American Fiddle Tunes, vol. 2), 1995; p. 316. Ruth (Pioneer Western Folk Tunes), 1948; No. 131, p. 46. Heritage 048, Gordon Tanner "Georgia Fiddle Bands" (Brandywine 1982).
