Annotation:Tommy Don't Go
X:1 T:Tommy don't go N:From the playing of Oklahoma fiddler Mack Cummings, N:recorded in the field in 1976 by Jim Renner. M:3/4 L:1/8 R:Waltz D:https://www.slippery-hill.com/content/tommy-dont-go-0 Z:Transcribed by Andrew Kuntz K:G d2|:G2B2d2|G4B2 |G2B2d2 |+slide+[A4A4][A2A2] |f4fg| f2e2d2|A2c2B2|G4B2:||:[G2B2]|b3d b[db]|[d2b2]a2 g-f| e2a2a2|+slide+[e4e4][e2e2]|f4 fg|f2e2d2|A2c2B2|G4:| P:Substitution "*"{B}c4B2|G4||
TOMMY DON’T GO. American, Waltz. USA; Texas, Oklahoma. D Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). One part or AABB. From the playing of Texas panhandle fiddler and rancher Frankie McWhorter, who at one time was a member of Texas swing fiddler Bob Wills' band. There is some speculation that "Tommy Don't Go" may have derived from a Civil War-era melody called “The Fourth of July Waltz” (Missouri fiddler Art Galbraith's "Fourth of July Waltz" is a different melody). The simple tune was often one of the first pieces learned by southwest fiddlers. Mandolinist and singer Kenny Hall remembered it as one of his first tunes. Oklahoma fiddler Mack Cummings said that his mother played the tune on the fiddle, but his father would get angry with her for playing the instrument and would make her stop. Mack never learned the reason for this family prohibition, but got emotional when playing the tune brought it to memory.
