Annotation:Hard up Big Kanawha
X:1 T:Hard up Big Caney T:Hard up Big Kanawha S:Ed Haley (northeast Ky.) M:6/8 L:1/8 B:Devil's Box, vol. 32, No. 1, Spring 1998; p. 39 N:Transcribed by John Hartford Z:AK/Fiddler's Companion K:A A,3 Ace|f3 fec|f3 fec|ecA BAF| A,3 Ace|f3f fec|f2e dcB|A3-A2|| e3-e2a|c'3 c'2a|e2c e2c|B3-B3| e3-e2a|c'3 c'2a|e2c BcB|A3-A2||
HARD UP BIG KANAWHA. AKA - "Hard up Big Canoy," "Hard up Big Caney." American, March (6/8 time). USA, northeastern Kentucky. A Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AB. "Hard up Big Kanawha" was a 6/8 tune in the repertoire of blind northeast Kentucky fiddler Ed Haley, as remembered by people around Portsmouth, Ohio, where Northern and Southern fiddle traditions tended to mix. It was also played by northeast Ky. fiddler Morris Allen (South Shore, Ky.), from whom Roger Cooper learned the tune. Allen himself credited the tune to an older Ky. fiddler named Bob Mays.
