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BIRMINGHAM. Old Time, Air. USA, Arkansas. A Major. AEae tuning. AA. The song is related to a number of other American folk songs, including "Froggie Went a-Courtin'," "Sugar Babe," "Sweet Child," "Going Around the World," and others.
I'm going down to Birmingham, darling, I'm going down to Birmingham, darling; I'm going down to Birmingham, Shoes and stockings in my hand, darling.
Source for notated version: fiddler John Chism with Pope's Arkansas Mountaineers, recorded 1928 [Beisswenger & McCann].
