Annotation:Too Young to Marry (1)

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X:1 T: Too Young to Marry [1] N:From the playing of fiddler and banjo player Oscar Jenkins (western N.C.) M:2/4 L:1/8 R:Reel Q:"Quick" D:County 713, Oscar Jenkins - "Down to the Cider Mill" (1968). D:https://www.slippery-hill.com/content/too-young-marry-1 Z:Andrew Kuntz K:D f-|aaga |f/g/f/e/ d(f/a/-|a/)f/-a gg/a/|be- e>f-| aaga|f/g/f/e/ d/B/A-|A/B/c Bc|ed- d>f-| a/f/-a ga|f/g/f/e/ d(f/a/-|a/)f/-a g/-f/g/a/|be-e>f-| aaga|f/g/f/e/ d/B/A-|A/B/c Bc|ed- d|| |:(c/-d/-|d/)B/A [FA][FA]|[GB][G/_B/]-[G/=B]- [GB](B/-d/-|d/)B/A [FA]A|[EA]>[FA] [EA] (c/-d/-|d/)B/A [FA][FA]|[GB][G/_B/]-[G/=B]- [GB]A-|A/B/c Bc|ed- d:|]



TOO YOUNG TO MARRY [1]. AKA and see "Buffalo Nickel (1)," “Cat Ate the Handsaw,” "Chinky Pin," “Crooked Stovepipe (2),” "Darling Child," "Fourth of July," “Grey-Eyed Cat,” "Hair in the Butter," "I'm My Momma's Darling (Child)," “Lead Out,” “Liesel,” “Love Somebody (2),” "Midnight Serenade (1)," "My Love Is/She's But a Lassie Yet [1],” “Old Mose,” “Raymondville," "Richmond Blues," “Soapsuds Over the Fence (3),” "Sweet Sixteen," "Ten Nights in a Bar Room," "Yellow Eyed Cat." American, Reel (cut time). USA; western North Carolina, southwestern Virginia. D Major. ADae (Tommy Jarrell) or Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. "Too Young to Marry" is one title for reel widespread in the upland South/Appalachian region, and beyond as well. It has garnered a variety of titles and variants, with the "Too Young to Marry" title being particularly associated with western North Carolina/southwestern Virginia fiddlers such as Tommy Jarrell and Oscar Jenkins. The tune, however, is derived from a well-known Scottish reel, "My Love is but a Lassie Yet."


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Source for notated version : - S

Printed sources : - S

Recorded sources : - S

See also listing at :
Jane Keefer's Folk Music Index: An Index to Recorded Sources [1]



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