X:1
T:Ain't that Trouble in Mind
N:From the playing of fiddler Eck Dunford and Crockett Ward with
N:The Bogtotters, southwest Virginia
M:C|
L:1/8
R:Song tune and reel
D:County 534, Crockett Ward & His Boys - "Round the Heart of Old Galax" (1980)
D:Biograph RC 6003, "Original Bogtrotters" (1968)
D:https://www.slippery-hill.com/content/aint-trouble-mind
Z:Transribed by Andrew Kuntz
K:G
P:Break played after first verse and chorus
D2-|E2 (GA) G-AG2|[GA]-[GB]-[GB](A BA)D2-|E2F2G2 A-B|G3AG2((3ABc||
d2)d2d2(Bc|d2)d2-d2B2|d2=f2e2d2|c3dc2B-A|
G2(AB c2)d2|[e3e3]d[e2e2](Bc|d2)c2B2A2|G3G G2||
AIN'T THAT TROUBLE IN MIND. American, Song Tune and Reel (cut or 2/4 time). G Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AB. "Ain't that Trouble in Mind" is a song and instrumental breakdown (reel) that is a member of the "Molly and Tenbrooks" song/tune family, and is not related to the blues song "Trouble in Mind." The song and variants ("Ain't that Skippin' and Flyin'") were recorded a few times in the 78 RPM era, including by Frank Blevins & His Tarheels. The first two stanzas of the song, which consists of couplets anchored by a one-line chorus, begin:
Trouble, oh trouble, it’s trouble all the time, If trouble don’t kill me, I’ll live a long time. Ain’t that trouble in mind, Ain’t that trouble in mind.
My Mammy told me something, my Daddy told me more; I ever I married in my life, bring trouble in the door. Ain’t that trouble in mind, Ain’t that trouble in mind.
Additional notes Source for notated version : - Eck Dunford & Crockett Ward [Milliner & Koken].
Printed sources : - Clare Milliner & Walt Koken (Milliner-Koken Collection of American Fiddle Tunes), 2011; pp. 4-5.
Recorded sources : - Biograph RC 6003, "The Original Bogtrotters 1937-1942" (1968). County 534, Crockett Ward & His Boys - "Round the Heart of Old Galax" (1980).
See also listing at : Hear the Bogtrotter's recording at Slippery Hill [1]