Annotation:Rockingham Cindy
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 different, the words are clearly related. Fiddler Jarrell (1901-1985), of Mt. Airy, North Carolina, whose version is much imitated, sang:
Never loved old Cindy, don't expect I ever shall.
Never loved old Cindy, but I love old Cindy’s gal.
Chorus:
It's come along home, Cindy, Cindy.
Knock along home Cindy, Cindy.
Where'd you get your whisky, where'd you get your dram?
Where'd you get your whisky at? Way down in Rockingham.
Where'd you get your whisky, where'd you get your dram?
Where'd you get your whisky at? (spoken) well it don't make a damn...