Annotation:Cousin Sally Brown (2)

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COUSIN SALLY BROWN [2]. AKA and see "Miss Brown (1)." American, Reel (cut time). D Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. See related melody "Cotton Eyed Joe (2)." These words are sometimes sung to the second strain:

Where you goin' my cousin Sally Brown?
Where you goin' my cousin Sally Brown?

Joel Shimberg writes that Mike Seegar heard and sings:

Prettiest girl in this here town,
(She's that girl called) Cousin Sally Brown.

The reel is sourced to fiddler and banjo player Gaither Carlton (1901-1972) of Deep Gap, North Carolina, guitarist Doc Watson's father-in-law.

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