Annotation:Johnstown Gals
Tune properties and standard notation
JOHNSTOWN GALS. Old-Time, Breakdown. USA, Pennsylvania. G Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AB. See Bayard's note for "Buffalo Gals (1)." Bayard thinks this tune is derivative of "Buffalo Gals." Johnstown in a town in western Pennsylvania, the scene of a tragic flood [1] when the reservoir in the hills above the town gave way after a period of drenching rain.
Source for notated version: Mrs. Sarah Armstrong, (near) Derry, Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, November 18, 1943 [Bayard].
Printed sources: Bayard (Hill Country Tunes), 1944; No. 1B.
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