Annotation:Bear Creek's Up
X:1 T: Bear Creek's Up N:From the playing of fiddler Ernest Claunch, accompanied by his daughter, Christine N:Hagood, on guitar M:C| L:1/8 R:Reel D:Library of Congress , Ernest Claunch (1939) D:Southern Culture AH002, Ernest Claunch - "Great Big Yam Potatoes" (1985) D:https://www.slippery-hill.com/content/bear-creeks Z:Andrew Kuntz K:G Bc|:d2 ed B2d2|d2 ed Bd2e| d2 ed B2A2|1G2 A2 Bd2d:|2 G2 Ad Bd3|| |:g-|g3a g2ef|gged B-d3|a3b a2f-a-|afed Bd2:|
BEAR CREEK'S UP. AKA and see "Bear Creek," "Sally Goodin'," "Give Me Chaw of Tobacco." American, Reel. USA, Mississippi. G Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). A regional variant of the well-known "Sally Goodin'" (according to Tom Carter & Gary Stanton) with similar lyrics to Thede's "Bear Creek." This version goes:
Bear Creek's up and Bear Creek's muddy
When a man gets drunk he can't stand steady.
The source for the tune, W.E. Claunch, also played "Sally Goodin,'" and for him it was a different tune, played in a different key. A Bear Creek does flow through Tishomingo County, Mississippi, into the Tennessee River, though it is likely, says Tom Rankin, that the title derives from the lyrics, not the location.
