Annotation:Old Aunt Jenny
X:1 T:Old Aunt Jenny N:The title is probably a truncated form of "Old Aunt Jenny with her Nightcap On." M:2/4 L:1/8 R:Reel B:Ford - Traditional Music in America (1940) K:G D/E/|GB G/G/A/G/|EG GD/E/|GB G/G/A/G/|ED DD/E/| GB G/G/A/G/|EG GB/c/|dd f/d/e/d/|BGG:| |:e/f/|ga g/f/e/g/|fd de/f/|gf e/f/e/d/ |Bd de/f/| ga g/f/e/g/|fd df/g/|ag e/f/e/d/ |BGG:|]
OLD AUNT JENNY. AKA and see "Dandy Jim from Caroline (1)/Dandy Jim of Caroline (1)." American, Reel. G Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. "Old Aunt Jenny" is a title that is a truncated form of "Old Aunt Jenny with her Nightcap On," a tune title (for which there are several melody variants) that enjoyed some currency in the American South. The tune itself appears to be a variant of the 1844 American minstrel song "Dandy Jim from Caroline (1)," lyrics perhaps composed by Dan Emmett. The first (coarse) strain also is cognate with the coarse strain of "Prettiest Girl in the County."
Who's been here since I've been gone? .... (x3)
Old Aunt Jenny with her nightcap on. .... {Ford}
