Annotation:Johnson City Rag
X:1 T:Johnson City Rag Q:200 N:Bruce Molsky version more or less K:G M:C| ef|:"G"g2gg fga2 | gage d2ef | gfge a3g | "D"f2d2-d2!slide!b2- | "G"b2!slide!b2a3(f | "C"g)age d4 | cde2 "D"A3c|1"G"B2G2- G3!slide!g:|2 "G"B2G2- G2(3DEF |] |:"G"G2G2A2B2 | "C"c2cc dcBA | "G"G3GA2AB | "D"cBAF D2(3DEF | "G"G2G2A2B2 | "C"c3de4| cde2 "D"A3c|1"G"B2G2-G2(3DEF :|2"G"B2G2-G2g2 |]
JOHNSON CITY RAG. A variant of "Jawbone" and "Jordon is a Hard Road to Travel." American. USA, east Tenn. The melody is a reworking by east Tennessee fiddler Jimmie McCarroll and his band, The Roane County Ramblers, of songwriter and minstrel Dan_Emmett's "Jordan is a Hard Road to Travel." It was named by the Ramblers for Johnson City, Tennessee, where the band recorded. McCarroll learned the tune from his father.
