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JOHNNY COURT THE WIDDOW. AKA - "Johnny Court the Widder." Old-Time, Breakdown. A Major. AEae or GDad tunings (fiddle). This ditty is sung to the tune:
For seven long years, Johnny court the Widder,
For seven long years, and then he didn't get her.
From fiddler Roy Bennett, Battle Town, Meade County, Kentucky; via Bruce Greene.
Source for notated version: Bruce Greene [Milliner & Koken].
Printed sources: Milliner & Koken (Milliner-Koken Collection of American Fiddle Tunes), 2011; p. 346.
Recorded sources: Sugar Hill SH/PS 1134, Metamore (Sutherland, Dalglish & Larson) - "Great Road" (1987).
See also listing at:
Hear Bruce Greene's 1976 field recording of Roy Bennett at Berea Digital Content [1]
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