Annotation:Roundtown Girls

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X:1 T:Round Town Girls S:Alonzo Elvis "Tony" Alderman (1900-1983, western Virginia, with the Hill Billies) M:C| L:1/8 Q:Quick D:Vocalion 5023 (78 RPM), The Hill Billies (1926) F:https://www.slippery-hill.com/recording/round-town-girls-0 Z:Transcribed by Andrew Kuntz K:G g2-|g2bg agge|dBdB G4|dcdc AABc|ed3- d2g2-| ggbg agge|dBdB G2B2- |dBdB AAF2|G6:|| |:(DE/F/|G2) A2B2c2|dBdB G2(B2|d)cdc ABcd|ed3-d2(DE/F/| G2)A2B2c2|dBdB G2B2- |dBdB AAF2|G6:||

ROUNDTOWN GIRLS. AKA and see "Buffalo Gals (1)," "Alabama Gals won't You come out Tonight?," "Lubly Fan," "Midnight Serenade (2)." Old-Time, Breakdown. G Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB.

Roundtown girls, won't you come out tonight,
Won't you come out tonight,
Wont' you come out tonight?
Roundtown girls, won't you come out tonight,
And dance by the light oof the moon?

The tune was recorded in the field by Herbert Halpert for the Library of Congress from the playing of the Houston Bald Knob String Band (Franklin County, Va.) in 1939 {as "Round Town Girl Won't You Come Out Tonight"}. See note for "Annotation:Buffalo Gals (1)" for more.

Additional notes

Source for notated version: -

Printed sources : - Kaufman (Beginning Old Time Fiddle), 1977; p. 54. Krassen (Appalachian Fiddle), 1973; p. 65.

Recorded sources: - County 405, "The Hill Billies." Document 8039, “The Hill Billies/Al Hopkins and His Buckle Busters: Compoete Recorded Works in Chronological Order, Vol. 1” (reissue). Gennett 6065 (78 RPM), Ernest Stoneman, c. 1928.

See also listing at:
Jane Keefer's Folk Music Index: An Index to Recorded Sources [1]