Bear Creek

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Theme code Index	1H3H 1H6 63 63
Also known as	Bear Creek's Up, Sally Goodin'.
Composer/Core Source
Region	United States
Genre/Style	Old-Time
Meter/Rhythm	Reel (single/double)
Key/Tonic of	G
Accidental	1 sharp
Mode	Ionian (Major)
Time signature	2/4
History	USA(Ozarks/Western Tenn), USA(Southwest)
Structure	AAB
Editor/Compiler	Biography:Marion Thede
Book/Manuscript title	Book:Fiddle Book (The)
Tune and/or Page number	p. 108
Year of publication/Date of MS	1967
Artist	Biography:One Eyed Dog
Title of recording	Traditional Mountain Tunes
Record label/Catalogue nr.	Yodel-Ay-Hee 008
Year recorded	1993
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BEAR CREEK. AKA and see "Bear Creek Sally Goodin'", "Bear Creek's Up," "Sally Goodin'." Old-Time, Breakdown. USA; Missouri, Oklahoma. G Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AAB. There are some interesting directions for yells and laughing in this obscure variation of the well-known "Sally Goodin,'" though musically it lacks the melodic content of other versions. Thede's source, W.S. Collins, came from a musical Oklahoma family, whose mid-20th century representative was the fiddler Earl Collins, who recorded several albums.

Bear Creek is up, Bear Creek is muddy,
Can't get across to see my honey.

Bear Creek is up, Bear Creek is swimmin,
Hell's filled up with Buffalo wimmin.

Ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, (on one pitch)
Ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha.

Source for notated version: W.S. Collins (Potawatomie County, Oklahoma) [Thede].

Printed source: Thede (The Fiddle Book), 1967; p. 108.

Recorded source: Yodel-Ay-Hee 008, One Eyed Dog - "Traditional Mountain Tunes" (1993).

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