Annotation:Hellbound for Alabama
Tune properties and standard notation
HELLBOUND FOR ALABAMA. Old-Time, Breakdown. USA, north Georgia. Originally recorded by north Georgia fiddler and showman John Carson and his Virginia Reelers in the 1920's. A similar tune called "Ride Old Buck to Water" was recorded by another north Georgia band, the Skillet Lickers, about the same time.
Ain't no hell in Georgia,
Hell broke loose in Georgia,
...in the old tin pan,
I'm goin' to hell just as quick as I can.
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Recorded sources: Document "Fiddlin John Carson Vol. 4 1926 - 1927." Folkways FTS 31062, "Ship in the Clouds: Old Time Instrumental Music" (1978).
See also listing at:
Jane Keefer's Folk Music Index: An Index to Recorded Sources [1]