Annotation:Old Blind Dog

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X:1 T:Old Blind Dog N:From the playing of fiddler and brakeman Andy Palmer N:(1881-1939, Anderson County, Ky.) with Jimmy Johnson's String Band M:C| L:1/8 R:Reel D:https://www.slippery-hill.com/recording/old-blind-dog D:Yazoo 2200, Jimmy Johnson String Band - "Kentucky Mountain Music vol. 4" (2003) D:Champion S-16541 (78 RPM), Jimmy Johnson's String Band (1932) Z:Transcribed by Andrew Kuntz K:G SD2-|D2(EF) G2G2|+slide+B3d BAG2|[D2A2]A-B AG E2| [G,3G3]A [G,2G2](E| [G,3D3]) (EF) [G,3G3][DA]- |[D2B2]B-d BA G2|[D2A2] B-A[G,2G2]E2|[G,6G6]:| B2|g2g2 d2e2|+slide+[D6B6]G2|A2 BA G2E2|[G,6G6]G2| g2g2 d2e2|+slide+[D6B6]G2|A2 BA G2E2|[G,6G6][G,G]-|[M:2/4][G,2G2]S||

OLD BLIND DOG. AKA and see "Old Gray Mare (The)," "Old Yeller Dog." Old-Time, Breakdown. USA, Kentucky. A variation on "Old Gray Mare (The)" or "Old Gray Horse Came Tearing Out of the Wilderness." The tune was recorded by Kentucky-based Jimmy Johnson's String Band in Richmond, Indiana, in August, 1932; biography:Andy Palmer was the fiddler.

Old grey dog, stole all the sausages,
Stole stole all the sausages, stole stole all the sausages;
Old grey dog, stole all the sausages,
Down in Alabama.

Old grey horse, climbed outta the wilderness,
Climbed out the wilderness, climbed out the wilderness;
Old grey horse, climbed outta the wilderness,
Down in Alabama.

Old grey mule, climbed outta the wilderness,
Climbed out the wilderness, climbed out the wilderness;
Old grey mule, climbed outta the wilderness,
Down in Alabama.

Additional notes

Source for notated version: -

Printed sources : -

Recorded sources: -Champion CH 16541, Jimmy Johnson's String Band (1932. "Gate to Go Through" was the flip side). Fretless FR 160, The Double Decker Stringband - "Sentimental Songs and Old Time Melodies" (1981. Learned from the Jimmy Johnson String Band). Morning Star 45003, Jimmy Johnson's String Band (north-central Ky.) - "Wink the Other Eye: Old Time Fiddle Band Music from Kentucky, vol. 1" (1980). YAZOO-2200-CD, Jimmy Johnson's String Band - "Kentucky Mountain Music, disc 4."

See also listing at:
Hear the Jimmy Johnson String Band's recording on youtube.com [1] and Slippery Hill [2]
See notes for the family of songs at the Ballad Index [3]

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