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X:1 T:Sally will You Marry Me? [1] S:Melvin Wine (W.Va.) M:C| L:1/8 D:Melvin Wine - Hannah at the Springhouse (1989) Z:Transcribed by Andrew Kuntz K:G ef|gdbd aged|Bd2B d2ef|gdbd aged|Be2e [e2e2]ef| gdbd aged|Bd2B d2ef|g2fa gded|Be2B efed|| BGAE [G,2G2][D2A2]|[G,G]BAG EFGE|DB,DE G2 [D2A2]|+slide+[e2e2]-[ee]d efed| BGAE [G,2G2][D2A2]|[G,G]BAG EFGE|DB,DG- GBAF|GBA2 G2[DA]([GB]| B)GAE [G,2G2][D2A2]|[G,G]BAG EFGE|DB,DG [D2B2] [D2A2]|+slide+[e2e2]-[ee]d efed| BGAE [G,2G2][D2A2]|[G,G]BAG EFGE|DB,D[G,G]- [G,2G2]AG|BGA2 G2]|]

SALLY, WILL YOU MARRY ME. AKA – “Sal, Won't You Marry Me.” Old-Time, Breakdown. USA, West Virginia. G Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. Most versions of the tune are sourced to Braxton County, West Virginia, fiddler Melvin Wine [1] (1909-2003).

Additional notes

Source for notated version: - Pete Sutherland (Vt.) [Phillips].

Printed sources : - Phillips (Traditional American Fiddle Tunes), 1994; p. 213. Silberberg (93 Fiddle Tunes I Didn’t Learn at the Tractor Tavern), 2004; p. 38.

Recorded sources: - Heritage XXXIII, Judy Hyman - "Visits" (1981). Marimac AHS 2, Melvin Wine – “Hannah at the Springhouse” (1989). Rounder 1133/1134, Ed Haley – “Grey Eagle, vol. 2” (1997. Reissue).