Annotation:Rockingham Cindy

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X:1 T:Rockingham Cindy N:From the playing of fiddler Tommy Jarrell (1901-1985), Mt. Airy, N.C. M:C| L:1/8 Z:Transcribed by Andy Kuntz K:D de|:f2a2 abag|f3g fede|fd2d d2d2|([de][d2f2])g fd[df][de]| faa2 abag|f[d2f2]g fedf|ed2e fgfe|1(Dd2)(Dd2)- de:|2(Dd2)(D d2) d2|[M:2/4]ed3|| [M:C|]|:B3{B}c BABc|BABd-d2d2 |A3B AGFG|AGFG AFd2| B3{B}c BABc|[M:2/4]BABc |[M:C|]Ad2e f2e2 |1 (Dd2)dd2dd|[M:2/4]ed3:|2[M:C|](Dd2)d d d2e2||

ROCKINGHAM CINDY. AKA and see "I Get My Whiskey from Rockingham." Old-Time, Breakdown & Song. D Major (Jarrell): G Major (Silberberg). ADae (Tommy Jarrell) tuning (fiddle). AABC. The tune is often compared to north Georgia fiddler Earl Johnson's "I Get My Whiskey from Rockingham" (recorded in 1927), and although Tommy Jarrell's version is musically unrelated, the words are clearly cognate.

Additional notes

Source for notated version: - Greg Canote (Seattle) [Silberberg].

Printed sources : - Silberberg (Tunes I Learned at Tractor Tavern), 2002; p. 132.

Recorded sources: - Cartunes 105, Bruce Molsky and Bob Carlin – “Take Me as I Am” (2004. Sourced to Tommy Jarrell). County Records, Tommy Jarrell – “Banjo Album.” Marimac 9009, Chad Crumm - "Old Time Friends" (1987).