Annotation:Across the Sea

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ACROSS THE SEA. AKA ‑ "Going Across the Sea." Old‑Time; Breakdown. USA; Oklahoma, Cumberland Plateau (Ky./Tenn border region). D Major. ADae tuning (fiddle). One part. Marion Thede transcribed the tune from the playing of Billy Evans (Kiowa County, Oklahoma), who played it in scodatura tuning (ADae). "Across the Sea" was also recorded by Lusk, Gribble and York.

Source for notated version: Billy Evans (Kiowa County, Okla.) [Thede].

Printed sources: Thede (The Fiddle Book), 1967; p. 106.

Recorded sources: County 787, Clarence Ferrill Band ‑ "Five Miles Out of Town: Traditional Music From the Cumberland Plateau."

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