Annotation:Josie-O
Tune properties and standard notation
JOSIE-O. Old-Time, Breakdown. G Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABBCC. A tune from the repertoire of Art Stamper and Charlie Acuff (who learned it from his grandfather. The ditty sung to the tune (in the second half of the first strain, and the first half of the second strain) go:
Where’s that girl, where’s she gone,
Where’s the girl with the josie on?
Stole my heart, away she’s gone,
Where’s the girl with the josie on?
Source for notated version:
Printed sources:
Recorded sources: County CO-CD-2729, Art Stamper - "Goodbye Girls, I'm Going to Boston" (2000).