Annotation:Flying Clouds (1)
X:1 T:Flying Clouds [1] S:Uncle Jimmy Thompson (1848-1931, Texas and Smith County, Tennessee) M:C| L:1/8 R:Reel D:Vocalion 5456 (78 RPM), Uncle Jimmy Thompson (1930. Appears as part of "Uncle D:Jimmy's Favorite Fiddlin' Pieces"). F:https://www.slippery-hill.com/recording/flying-clouds Z:Transcribed by Andrew Kuntz K:G [dg]a|:b2b4a2|bagc d2fg|a2a4a2|bagc d2ga|b2b4b2-| bagc dgga|1[M:2/4]bgaf |[M:C|]g2ag-g2 ga:|2[M:2/4]bgaf |[M:C|]g2[Bg][Bg][B2g2]|| [G,D]-[G,C]||B,G,DD G2Ac|Bdde d2d2|BGAG BdBG|Bdde d2[G,D]-[G,C]| [G,B,]G,[B,D][B,D] G2Ac|Bdde d2ef|gage dcBA|G2 (A/G/F) G2:|]
FLYING CLOUDS [1]. Old-Time, Breakdown. USA; Texas. G Major ('A' part) & D Major ('B' part). Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB'. "Flying Cloud Cotillion" is the way the name is sometimes given, when someone pointed out that tunes in two keys were sometimes called cotillions. Learned by Uncle Jimmy Thompson (widely credited as being the old-time fiddler who "started" the Grand Old Opry) when he was aged 17, probably in Texas, around 1865.