Annotation:Briar Patch
X:1 T:Briar Patch M:4/4 L:1/8 R:Reel S:Jim Evans (1920-2020, Sumner, Washington; originally from S:near Fort Worth, Texas) B:Stuart Williams/WOTFA - The Evergreen Fiddler, vol. 2 (2006, p. 18) B:https://wotfa.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/Evergreen-Fiddler-Vol-II.pdf K:G "G"g2 ga baba|gbag ed3|g3a baba|gbag "Em"e4| "G"g3a b2 ba|"C"gbag e d3|"D"g3g edBD|DEGG "G"A(G G2):| |:"G"(A B2B) AGEG|DEGG AGBG|GGBG AGEG|"D"DEGG A(G G2)| "G"GGBB AGEE|"C"DEGG AGBG|"D"GGBG AGEE|DEGG "G"A(G G2):| |:"G"[B,6D6] B,(G,|G,)A,B,G, A,B, G,2|(A,2 [B,4D4]) B,A,|"D"G,A,B,G, A,2 G,A,| "G"B,2 B,A, B,2 B,A,|"C"G,A,B,B, E2 B,B,|"D"g2g2 edBG|DEGG "G"A(G G2):|]
BRIAR PATCH. American, Reel (whole time). USA, Texas. G Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABBCC. One of the "Sally Ann (1)" variants, though at least one tune by this title is a variant of "Sally Johnson." Fiddler Cecil Brower, former fiddler for the group Lightcrust Doughboys, recorded this tune in 1962. No relation to Melvin Wine's "Black Cat in the Briar Patch."
