Annotation:Sleepy Lou
X:1 T:Sleepy Lou S:Mazy Todd & Kirk McGee M:C| L:1/8 Q:"Quick" D:Brunswick 5156 (78 RPM), Uncle Dave Macon & His D:Fruit Jar Drinkers (1927) F:https://www.slippery-hill.com/content/sleepy-lou-0 Z:Transcribed by Andrew Kuntz K:C e^f|g^fge aged|cdcA GGAB|cdcd BcdB|c2 c4e^f| g^fge aged|cdcA G2G2|Bd3 d3d|e2d4e^f| g^fge aged|cdcA G2G2|c2 cc BcdB|c2 c4DE| F2F2 FGAF|G2G2 GBdf|gafd ecdB|c2 c4|| gac'2 aged|cedA GFAB|cdcd BcdB|c2 [E4c4]DE| ef|gac'>a g2 ed|cdcA GFEG|Bd3 d3d|e2d4e^f| gac'2 aged|cedA GFAB|cdcd BcdB|c2 {d}c2{d}c2DE| FE[F2A2] FGAF|GAG^F GFef|gafg ecdB|(c2[E4c4])|| G,A,|C2C2C2C2|[C2E2][C4E4]EF|G2 GA G2AB|cdcA GFED| [C2E2][C2E2][C2E2]CD| EDEF EDEF|G2 Ac BAGG|[E2c2][E4c4] FE| [CE][C4E4][CE]D|[CE]FEF [C2E2] EF|G2GA G2 AB|cdcA GFED| [C2E2][C2E2]C2D2|EDEF EDCE|G2 Ac BAGG|c2[E4c4]||
SLEEPY LOU. American, Country Rag (cut time). USA, Virginia. C Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). One part (Milliner-Koken, Phillips); AA'BB' (Devil's Box). The tune was recorded in 1927 by Uncle Dave Macon's Fruit Jar Drinkers, featuring fiddlers Mazy Todd, a neighbor of Macon's, and Kirk McGee. Like the Fruit Jar Drinkers, Virginia fiddler John Ashby and his group The Free State Ramblers played this tune fast, almost at reel tempo, but it is at heart a country rag tune. Ashby's version is recognizably the same tune, albeit distanced from Todd's original.
