Annotation:Sleepy-Eyed John

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SLEEPY-EYED JOHN. American, Song and Reel. "Sleepy-Eyed John" was written by left-handed fiddler Tex Atchison, who, according to researcher Charles Wolfe^[1], may have based it on a old-time and bluegrass number called "[Get Up John]]" or "Sleepy John." Atchison recorded it for Capitol Records in 1950, in western swing style, when he was playing fiddler for Ole Rasmussen and his band, the Nebraska Cornhuskers. Singer Johnny Horton had a minor hit with his cover of the song in 1961, when it rose to number nine on the Billboard Country and Western chars, where it remained for two months.^[2]

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↑ Charles Wolfe, Kentucky Country, p. 59.
↑ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sleepy-Eyed_John

[1] Charles Wolfe, Kentucky Country, p. 59.

[2] ttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sleepy-Eyed_John

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