Annotation:Old Bell Ewe and a Little Speckled Wether
X:1 T:Old Bell Ewe and Little Speckled Wether N:From fiddler C.S. Strong (Warren County, south-central Kentucky, though N:originally from Lee County), recorded in the field by Bruce Greene, Jan., 1975. M:C| L:1/8 R:Air Q:"Moderate" N:GDgd tuning (fiddle) D:https://www.slippery-hill.com/recording/old-belle-yew-and-little-speck-weather D:https://soundarchives.berea.edu/items/show/1140 Z:Transcribed by Andrew Kuntz K:G B-d3 d2dd|eA-B2 d2de|=fA-B4G2|AGE-G GGGA| B2d4[D2d2]|eA-B2 d2de|d2{A}[D4B4]G2|AGEG GG G2|| [D2A2]{F}G2G2GG|AGE-G GGGE|D-GG2G2 E-D|D-GEG [GB]G G2| [D2A2]{F}G2- GG GE|D-GE-G [GB]GG2|[D2A2]G2 [G2B2]E-D|D-GE-(G [GB])GGG| [D2A2]G2- GGGE|D-GE-G [GB]GGE|D-G[D2B2]d2 BGAG|E-G[GB]G GA| B2d2-d2 d2 |eA-B2d2de|e2A-B- B2G2|AGE-G [GB]GG-A| [D2B2][D4d4][D2d2]|eA-B2 d2de|d2{A}[D4B4]G2|AGEG GG G2||
OLD BELLE YEW AND A SPECK OF WEATHER. AKA - "Old Bell Ewe and Little Speckled Weather." D Major. DGdg tuning (fiddle). The source for the tune, Warren County, Kentucky, fiddler C.S. Strong, remarked to folklorist and musician Bruce Greene of the resemblance of "Old Belle Yew and a Speck of Weather" to the better-known "Sally Goodin."
