Annotation:Hard up Big Kanawha
X:1 T:Hard up Big Caney T:Hard up Big Kanawha S:Ed Haley (northeast Ky.) M:6/8 L:1/8 B:Devil's Box, vol. 32, No. 1, Spring 1998; p. 39 N:Transcribed by John Hartford Z:AK/Fiddler's Companion K:A A,3 Ace|f3 fec|f3 fec|ecA BAF| A,3 Ace|f3f fec|f2e dcB|A3-A2|| e3-e2a|c'3 c'2a|e2c e2c|B3-B3| e3-e2a|c'3 c'2a|e2c BcB|A3-A2||
HARD UP BIG CANEY. American, Jig (6/8 time). A Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AB. "Hard up Big Caney" was a 6/8 tune in the repertoire of blind northeast Kentucky fiddler Ed Haley, as remembered by people around Portsmouth, Ohio, where Northern and Southern fiddle traditions tended to mix.
