X:1
T:Boys My Money's all Gone [1]
S:Charlie Bowman (1889-1962, east Tennessee)
M:C|
L:1/8
N:AEae tuning (fiddle)
D:Columbia 15387-D (78 RPM), Charlie Bowman and His Brothers (1929)
F:https://www.slippery-hill.com/recording/boys-my-moneys-all-gone
Z:Transcribed by Andrew Kuntz
K:Amix
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abaf efgf|edc(d [e3d3])(B|c)BAc B2^G2| [AA]^G[AA]B [A2A2]:|!
|:ECEF A2A2|EFA(B cB)A2|EGGA G3F|"**"E2GG- GFED| !
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P:Substitutions:
"*"efgf gagf||"**"EFG(A GF)ED|EFA2 A4||
BOYS, MY MONEY'S ALL GONE [1]. American, Reel (cut time). A Dorian or Mixolydian/Dorian. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. Charlie Bowman Old-Time versions of "Money in Both Pockets" are sourced to a February, 1929, recording by East Tennessee fiddler Charlie Bowman [1] (1889-1962) and His Brothers, called "Moonshiner and His Money", which was Columbia Records first entree into recording early country music. "Moonshiner and His Money" was a skit with music, along the lines of the Skillet Licker's successful similar recordings. There were two tunes played in between banter, "Money in Both Pockets (3)" and "Boys My Money's All Gone (1)."
Additional notes Source for notated version : - East Tennessee fiddler Charlie Bowman [Phillips].
Printed sources : - Kaufman (Beginning Old Time Fiddle), 1977; p. 97. Phillips (Traditional American Fiddle Tunes), vol. 1, 1994; p. 35. Reiner (Anthology of Fiddle Styles), 1979; p. 97.
Recorded sources : - Columbia 15387-D (78 RPM), Charlie Bowman and His Brothers (1929). County Records 507, Charlie Bowman - "Old Time Fiddle Classics." County CD 3511, Charlie Bowman = "Rural String Bands of Tennessee" (1997).
See also listing at : Hear Charlie Bowman's recording at Slippery Hill [2]
