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Theme code Index
1L5L13 7L232
Also known as
Down in Alabam , Old Gray Mare (The) , Old Grey Mare Kicking Out of the Wilderness , Out of the Wilderness , Old Abe Lincoln Came Out of the Wilderness , Johnny Stole a Ham , Old Yeller Dog , Old Blind Dog , White Horse (2) (The)
Composer/Core Source
Region
United States
Genre/Style
Minstrel, Old-Time
Meter/Rhythm
Air/Lament/Listening Piece, Reel (single/double)
Key/Tonic of
G
Accidental
1 sharp
Mode
Ionian (Major)
Time signature
2/4
History
Structure
AABB
Editor/Compiler
Biography:R.P. Christeson
Book/Manuscript title
Book:Old Time Fiddler's Repertory vol. 1
Tune and/or Page number
No. 143, p. 101
Year of publication/Date of MS
1973
Artist
Biography:Earl Johnson & His Clodhoppers
Title of recording
All Night Long/Old Grey Mare Kicking Out of the Wilderness
Record label/Catalogue nr.
Okeh 45183 (78 RPM)
Year recorded
1927
Media
Score ( )
Old Grey Mare Came Tearing Out of the Wilderness (The): Annotations
X:1
T:Down in Alabam'
C:J. Warner
M:2/4
L:1/8
R:Minstrel song (1858)
Z:AK/Fiddler's Companion
K:G
D E G>A|B B/B/ B/A/ G|A A/A/ A/G/ F|B B/B/ B/A/ G|
D/D/ E/E/ G>A|B B/B/ B/A/ G|A>A G F|G2 z2||
"Chorus"DE G>A|B<B B/B/ A<G|A<A AA G<F|B<B B/B/ A<G|
D E G>A|B<B B/B/ A<G|A>A G F|G2 z2|
X:1
T:Old Gray Horse
M:4/4
Q:1/4=120
B:Thomas Talley - Negro Folk Rhymes (1922)
K:G
DD2E2G2G|-GB2B3/2B/2B3/2A/2G|-GA2A3/2A/2A3/2G/2E|
-EG2G3/2G/2G3/2E/2D|-D/2B,/2D2E2G2G|-GB2B3/2B/2B3/2A/2G|
-GA2G2E2D|-DG7|-Gg4d2e|-eB7|-BB4G2A|-AG2E2D3|
-Dg4d2e|-eB7|GB3GE2D|-DG13/2||
X:1
T:Old Gray Mare, The
M:2/4
L:1/8
R:Reel
B:Christeson - Old Time Fiddler's Repertory, vol. 1 (1973, No. 143, p. 101)
Z:AK/Fiddler's Companion
K:G
B,/A,/|G,B, DG|G/A/B/c/ B/A/G|F/G/A/G/ A/F/G/A/|B/A/G/B/ A/G/E/G/|
DB, D/E/G/A/|BB/c/ B/A/G/D/|F/G/A/B/ A/F/G/A/|BG G:|
|:g/e/|de/f/ gg/a/|bb/a/ b/a/g/e/|f/g/a/b/ a/f/g/a/|bb/a/ b/a/g/e/|
de g>a|(b/a/b/a/ b/a/g/e/|a/b/a/g/ e/d/e/f/|g/a/b/a/ g:|]
Old Grey Mare Came Tearing Out of the Wilderness (The): Annotations