Annotation:Carolina Rattlesnake
X:1 T:Carolina Rattlesnake M:C| L:1/8 Q:"Quick" R:Reel N:AEae tuning (fiddle) S:Lon Jordan (c. 1876-?, Farmington, Arkansas) N:From a 1941 field recording by Vance Randolph F:https://www.slippery-hill.com/recording/carolina-rattlesnake Z:Transcribed by Andrew Kuntz K:A +slide+[A2A2][Ac][Ac] [A2A2][Ac][AA]|[B2e2][de][Be] [B2e2][de][de]|[A2A2][Ac][AA] [E2A2]Bc|dcBA GE3| [A2A2][Ac][AA] [A2A2][Ac][AA]|[B2e2][de][Be] [B2e2][de][de]|[A2A2][Ac][AA] [E2A2]FG|AFEE CA,3|| +slide+[e3e3][ee]- [e2e2] [d2e2]-|[e2e2]ec B2A2|+slide+[e3e3][ee]- [e2e2] fg|afed cA3| +slide+[e3e3][ee]- [e2e2] ([d2e2]-|[ee][^de][ee])[ce] [B2e2][Be][Be]|ABc[de]- [e2e2]fg|afed cA3||
CAROLINA RATTLESNAKE. Old-Time, Fiddle Tune. USA, Arkansas. The tune was recorded for the Library of Congress by musicologist/folklorist Vance Randolph from Ozark Mountain fiddlers in the early 1940's. "Carolina Rattlesnake" was recorded by Ozarks (Arkansas) fiddler Lon Jordon for the Library of Congress. The rattlesnake was featured on a South Carolina flag of the American Revolution, the famous "Don't Treat on Me" or Gadsden flag. The name Carolina is actually a Latinized reworking (formed from an adjective with a completely acceptable feminization to agree with terra) of the name Charles, and was the name designated by Charles I of England for this colony (Matthews, 1972).