Boatin' Down the River

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Theme code Index	1H1H1H1H 6633
Also known as
Composer/Core Source
Region	United States
Genre/Style	Old-Time
Meter/Rhythm
Key/Tonic of	G
Accidental	1 sharp
Mode	Ionian (Major)
Time signature
History
Structure	AA'BB'
Editor/Compiler	Biography:Drew Beisswenger & Gordon McCann
Book/Manuscript title	Book:Ozark Fiddle Music
Tune and/or Page number	p. 43
Year of publication/Date of MS	2008
Artist	Biography:Gene Goforth
Title of recording	Traditional Fiddle Music of the Ozarks vol. 1
Record label/Catalogue nr.	Rounder CD 0435
Year recorded	1999
Media
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BOATIN' DOWN THE RIVER. Old-Time, Breakdown. USA, Missouri. G Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AA'BB'. Beisswenger & McCann find similarities in the 'A' part with "Shippensport/Shipping Port," and to a lesser extent, "Taney County Breakdown" and A & E Rag"; and in the 'B' part with "Fort Smith" and "Dance Around Molly."

Source for notated version: Gene Goforth (1921-2002, High Ridge, near St. Louis, Mo.), who learned it from Roy Wooliver [Beisswenger & McCann].

Printed source: Beisswenger & McCann (Ozark Fiddle Music), 2008; p. 43.

Recorded source: Rounder CD 0435, Gene Goforth - "Traditional Fiddle Music of the Ozarks, vol. 1" (1999).

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