Bear Creek Sally Goodin'

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Composer/Core Source
Region	United States
Genre/Style	Old-Time
Meter/Rhythm	Reel (single/double)
Key/Tonic of	A
Accidental	3 sharps
Mode	Ionian (Major)
Time signature
History	USA/Ozarks/Western Tenn"USA/Ozarks/Western Tenn" is not in the list (IRELAND(Munster), IRELAND(Connaught), IRELAND(Leinster), IRELAND(Ulster), SCOTLAND(Argyll and Bute), SCOTLAND(Perth and Kinross), SCOTLAND(Dumfries and Galloway), SCOTLAND(South Ayrshire), SCOTLAND(North East), SCOTLAND(Highland), ...) of allowed values for the "Has historical geographical allegiances" property.
Structure	AA'BB'
Editor/Compiler	Biography:Drew Beisswenger & Gordon McCann
Book/Manuscript title	Book:Ozark Fiddle Music
Tune and/or Page number	p. 60
Year of publication/Date of MS	2008
Artist	Biography:Bob Holt
Title of recording	Traditional Fiddle Music of the Ozarks vol. 1
Record label/Catalogue nr.	Rounder CD -0435
Year recorded	1999
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BEAR CREEK SALLY GOODIN'. AKA - "Walls of Jericho [2]." Old-Time, Breakdown. USA, Ozark region. A Major. AEac# tuning (fiddle). AA'BB'. This melody may be an amalgam of several tunes, and even the title may represent a collision in tradition. As the title suggests there is a resemblance to "Sally Goodin'" or "Old Sally Goodin." A melody called "Bear Creek" or "Bear Creek's Up" is found in areas of the South and Southwest (Bear Creek place-names are relatively widespread). This traditional Ozark Mountain region fiddle tune was recorded by folklorist/musicologist Vance Randolph in the early 1940's for the Library of Congress. Ozark fiddler Bob Holt's father used to play this tune under the title "Walls of Jericho," although that name is usually attached to a different tune, although both melodies feature plucked strings (it may be that the titles were simply confused by the elder Holt). Hildred Smith, writing in a 1929 issue of Ozark Life mentioned that "Bear Creek Sally Goodin'" was a famous Ozark dance tune (Randolph, Ozark Folksongs, pg. 350). Beisswenger & McCann identify "Old Charlie Deckard," "White River" and "Broken-Legged Chicken" as similar tunes.

Source for notated version: Bob Holt (1930-2004, Ava, Missouri) [Beisswenger & McCann].

Printed source: Beisswenger & McCann (Ozark Fiddle Music), 2008; p. 60.

Recorded sources: Rounder CD -0435, Bob Holt - "Traditional Fiddle Music of the Ozarks, vol. 1 (1999. Various artists). See also listing at: Jane Keefer's Folk Music Index: An Index to Recorded Sources []

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