Annotation:Where's that Nigger with the White Man's Wife?

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X:1 T:Where's that N____ with he White Man's Wife? T:Miscegenation M:2/4 L:1/8 Z:Transcribed by Andrew Kuntz K:G D/(E/G/)A/ (B/A/)B/(B/|A/)(D/G) (G/[GB])(A|B)/A/B/(B/ d/A/)B/(B/| A/)[GB][G/B/] [G/B/][G/A/][G/B/]G/|D/(E/G/)A/ (B/A/)B/(B/|A/)(D/G) (G/[GB])(A| B/)A/B/B/ d/A/B/B/|A/[GB][G/B/] [GB]d||(e/e)(e/ e)(e|e/)(e/g) d>(A| B/)A/B/B/ d/A/B/B/|A/[GB][G/B/] [GB]d|( e/e)(e/ e)(e| e/)(e/g) d>(A|B/)A/B/B/ e/A/B/B/|A/[GB][G/B/] [G/B/]A/[G/B/]G/||



NIGGER[1] RAN OFF WITH THE WHITE MAN'S WIFE. AKA - "Miscegenation." American, Reel (2/4 time). USA. G Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. The source for the tune (which begins on the subdominant chord, 'C' major) and title was "Red" Abbott, of Mattoon, born in 1895 in Old Lebanon, Missouri, and brother to Jess Abbott.


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Recorded sources : - Prairie Schooner Records PSI-103, Indian Creek Delta Boys - "Late for the Dance" (1978).




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