Annotation:Cherry River Rag
X:1 T: Cherry River Rag N:From the playing of fiddler Ed Haley (1885-1951), born on the Trace Fork of Hart's Creek, Logan N:County, W.Va. Haley was a professional fiddler who traveled widely throughout W.Va., Ohio, N:eastern Ky. and southwestern Va.. M:C| L:1/8 Q:"Fast" R:Country Rag D:Rounder CD 1131/1132, Ed Haley - "Forked Deer" (1997). D:https://www.slippery-hill.com/content/cherry-river-rag Z:Transcribed by Andrew Kuntz K:C ((3ega|c')eae c'eae|eeag e2cd|eAdA dAcA|ed-dc Aedc| GAGA c2 cd|edeg aged-|ed-cA cdcd|edcA c2c2| c'eae c'eae|c'eag edcd|eAdA eAdA|ed-dc AdcA| GcAA Gc-cd|eg-ge aged-|ed-cA cd3|c6|| E2|:CDCD EGAB|cdeg aged|c2 c(A BA)GA|cAGd- dcAE| C2 CD EGAB|cdeg aged-|edcA cdec|dcA[Ec]- [Ec]d [E2c2]:|
CHERRY RIVER RAG. American, Country Rag (cut time). USA, northeastern Ky/W.Va. C Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AA'BB'. Apparently Ashland, Ky., fiddler wikipedia:Ed_Haley was the only one to record this tune (at least prior to John Hartford), named for the Cherry River, part of the Kanawha-New River drainage basin of West Virginia. There are two forks of the Cherry, North and South, parts of which are today prime recreation areas.
A shift to the second or third position on the violin will facilitate this tune.
