Annotation:Sally was a Poor Girl
X:1 T:Sally was a Poor Girl S:Munsey Gaultney (Ashe Cty., N.C.), via Thornton Spencer M:C| L:1/8 D:Thornton Spencer - "Fiddling through the Years" (2020) Z:AK/Fiddler's Companion K:G f-|gage dedB |A2G2-G4|gage d2d2|J[e3e3][ee][e3e3]f-| gage dedB|A2 G2-G3(A|BA)GE D2E2|1G4-G3:|2 G8|| |:G2.[G2B2]G2.[G2B2]|GBAG E3D|GBAD G[G3B3]|{D}[E4B4] AG3| G2.[G2B2]G2.[G2B2]|GBAG E3(A|BA)GE D2E2|1 G6A2:|2G4-G3:|
SALLY WAS A POOR GIRL. American, Reel (cut time). G Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. "Sally was a Poor Girl" is sourced to Ashe County, western North Carolina fiddler Munsey Gaultney. It was learned from him by Thornton Spencer, fiddler for the Whitetop Mountain Band, who lived just across the state line in Whitetop, southwest Virginia. The tune is similar to Gaultney's "Chicken in the Bread Tray."
