X:1
T: Her Little Brown Hand
N:From the playing of Fiddlin' Arthur Smith with the Delmore Brothers.
M:C|
L:1/8
R:Reel and Song
D:Bluebird 7547 (78 RPM), Arthur Smith Trio (1938)
D:https://archive.org/details/78_her-little-brown-hand_arthur-smith-trio_gbia0176083a/HER+LITTLE+BROWN+HAND+-+Arthur+Smith+Trio.flac
Z:Transcribed by Andrew Kuntz
K:G
D2|GFGB edBA|BG A2 G3B-|dBde- fdeB-|d6 DF|
GFGB e2-BA|BGAF G3D|EFGc B-AFA|G6||
GA-|Bd-d"4"e- dBAG|BJ[e2g2][eg]- [eg]d-cA|Bd-de fdeB|d6GA|
Bd-d-"4"e- dBAG|BJ[e2g2][eg]- [eg]d-cB|AdBe dB-AG-|G6||
Fiddlin' Arthur SmithLITTLE BROWN HAND. AKA and see "Brown Leaf Rag," "Her Little Brown Hand," "I Took Her by Her Little Brown Hand." American, Reel (cut time). G Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). ABB. "Her Little Brown Hand" is a breakdown and 'coon' song from Tennessee's wikipedia:Fiddlin'_Arthur_Smith, with racist lyrics. The melody (as an instrumental) was in the repertoire of southwestern Virginia fiddler Albert Hash (1917-1985), learned from the playing of Tennessee's Fiddlin' Arthur Smith. It was one of his favorite tunes to play, and he was of the opinion that "it had an awful lot of fiddling in it, more than you would think." Albert Hash
Additional notes
Recorded sources : - BeeBalm 303, "The Corndrinkers Still." Bluebird 7547 (78 RPM), Arthur Smith Trio (Delmore Brothers) (1938). Albert Hash - "I Wonder If I Can Git Ya To Tell Me That Story Of How Ya Made Yer First Fiddle" (). Field Recorders' Collective FRC411, "Albert Hash." Montgomery Ward M-747 (78 RPM), Fiddlin' Arthur Smith (1938). Mountain Records, "Albert Hash And Whitetop Mountain Boys".
See also listing at : Hear Albert Hash's recording at Slippery Hill [1]
Hear Arthur Smith's 1938 recording at Archive.org [2]
