Annotation:Going Down to Charleston
X:1 T:Goin' down to Charleston N:Transcribed by John Hartford from the playing of fiddler Owen N:"Snake" Chapman (1919-2002, Canada, Pike County, southeastern Kentucky) M:2/4 L:1/8 R:Reel B:Stephen F. Davis - Devil's Box, vol. 28, No. 1, Spring 1994 (p. 18) Z:AK/Fiddler's Companion K:G (3D/E/F/|GE/G/ D/B,/D/F/|G/F/G/A/ B/c/d|G(3E/F/G/ D/B,/D/F/|G/B/A/F/ G:| (3D/E/F/|G/A/B/c/ dd|e/d/B/c/ d/e/d/B/|G/A/B/c/ dg|e/d/B/c/ d2| g/a/g/d/ e/d/B/B/|g/e/d/c/ BB/A/|G/D/E/G/ D/F/G/A/|B/d/A/F/ G|]
GOING DOWN TO CHARLESTON. American, Reel (2/4 or cut time). G Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AAB. John Hartford collected these words to the tune from source "Snake" Chapman:
Goin' down to Charleston early in the morning,
Going down to Charleston later in the day;
Seen so many pretty girls I couldn't get away,
I'm goin' down to Charleston, later in the day.
