Indian Corn

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 Also known as    Old Woodward's Tune
 Composer/Core Source    Biography:Willie O. Ault
 Region    United States
 Genre/Style    Old-Time
 Meter/Rhythm    Reel (single/double)
 Key/Tonic of    G
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 Time signature    4/4
 History    USA(Central)
 Structure    AABB
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X:1 T:Indian Corn C:Traditional, from Willie O. Ault M:4/4 L:1/8 K:G N:From the playing of Rhys Jones and Cleek Shrey on Bigfoot String Band's album N:'I've got a Bulldog'. Rhys Jones adds that "Indian Corn comes from the fiddling N:of Willie O. Ault, from the small town of Hidalgo, Illinois. Willie was an old N:fiddler that was 'collected' and field recorded by Garry Harrison back in the N:1970s when Willie was in his 80s. My mentor Lynn 'Chirps' Smith was in an old time N:stringband with Garry called The Indian Creek Delta Boys when they were in their N:late teens and early twenties (they attended the same high school). When I was N:learning tunes from Chirps as a teenager myself, I had access to those field N:recordings including the ones of Willie Ault. The tape was mislabeled with N:Indian Corn listed as Ol’ Woodward’s Tune and for years everyone mistakenly N:called Indian Corn by that name. N:If you are interested in the source recording, I think it might be included N:in Garry’s project 'Dear Old Illinois' which was a book with accompanying CD he N:put out shortly before his death. The book is mostly tune transcriptions with the N:CD being accompanying field recordings". Z:Transcribed roughly by Jan Howard 2022 D:www.youtube.com/watch?v=nCaNAqwgkKA zD-|:"G" DGBG BGBG |"C" DGcG cGcG |"G" DGBG BGBB |"D" cBAG FDEG |"G" DGBG BGBG |1 "C" DGcG cGBc |"D" d2 de dBAF |"D" GBAF "G" G2 (3GFE :|2"C" DGcG cGBc | "D" d2 de dBAF |"D" GBAF "G" G2 AB-|:"G" BcdB G2 GF |"C" EFGE "G"D2DC | "G" B,CDE G2AB- |"D" BBcB A2A2 |"G" BcdB G2 GF |"C" EFGE"G" D2 DC | "G" B,CDE G2 AB- |1 "D" BBAF "G" G2 AB :|2 "D"BBAF"G " G4 ||