Annotation:Walk Along John to Kansas

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WALK ALONG JOHN TO KANSAS. AKA and see "Little Rabbit," "Rabbit Where's Your Mammy? (2). Old Time, Breakdown. USA, Arizona. A Major. AEae or AEac# tunings (fiddle). AA'BB'. Arizona fiddler Kartchner identified the tune as having come from the South. "Walk along John to Kansas was recorded in the field by Alan Lomax (1867-1948) from the playing of Frank Goodwyn (1911-2001, guitar) and Mrs. F.E. Goodwyn (fiddle), of Hebbronville, Texas, in 1941.

Source for notated version: Kenner C. Kartchner (Arizona) [Shumway].

Printed sources: Phillips (Traditional American Fiddle Tunes, vol. 1), 1994; p. 193. Shumway (Frontier Fiddler), 1990; p. 271.

Recorded sources: County 2730, Rafe Stefanini – “Glory on the Big String.”

See also listing at:
Jane Keefer's Folk Music Index: An Index to Recorded Sources [1]
Hear versions played on youtube.com [2] [3] [4]
See John Lamancusa's standard notation transcription [5]