Annotation:Wish I Stayed in the Wagon Yard
X:1 T:Wish I had Stayed in the Wagon Yard N:From the playing of fiddler Lowe Stokes (). M:C| L:1/8 N:AEae tuning (fiddle) R:Reel D:Document DOCD 8045, "Lowe Stokes vol. 1" D:Columbia 15557-D (78 RPM), Lowe Stokes and His North Georgians (1929) D:https://www.slippery-hill.com/recording/wish-i-had-stayed-wagon-yard Z:Transcribed by Andrew Kuntz K:A ed|c2 cB cBcc|efed cBAc|B2cc B2FF|+slide+[A3c3][Ac]+slide+[A2c2]AB| cBcB cBcd|efed cdcc|[B3e3][Be]- [Be]BBc|d2 de e2ed| cc-cB cBcd|efed c2cc|[Be][ce]-[ce]c BAF2|[A6c6] [Ac][Ac]| [B2e2][Ae][Be]- [Be][Ae][Be]c|cBce efed|(c[Ac]-[Ac])d BGBA-|A2A2A2z2||
WISH I STAYED IN THE WAGON YARD. AKA - "Stay in the Wagon Yard." American; Air and Reel (cut time). A Major. AEae tuning (fiddle). One part. This song with instrumental breaks was recorded by Lowe Stokes and His North Georgians in Atlanta, Georgia, at the beginning of November, 1929. Stokes' group consisted of various Skillet Licker personnel and included Stokes and Clayton McMichen on fiddles, Arthur Tanner on banjo/mandolin and either Claude Davis or Hoke Rice on guitar. The song was not original with them, however, and was recorded for Victor Records (V-40008-A) by "Peg" Moreland in July, 1928 (released in January, 1929), who sang:
