X:1
T:Go See the Widow
N:A version of "Eighth of January"
N:From the playing of Street Butler (1904-1977, Elkton, Todd County,
N:southwest Kentucky), recorded in the field by Bruce Greene, 1976.
M:C|
L:1/8
R:Reel
Q:"Quick"
D:https://soundarchives.berea.edu/items/show/1349
Z:Transcribed by Andrew Kuntz
K:D
[de]-|[d3f3]e [d2f2]e2|d-B A2[A,4E4]|+slide+[e3e3]f [e2e2]d2|B-A F2 [A,4D4]|
([de]-[d2f2]e) [d2f2]e2|d-B A2[A,4E4]|a3f af e2|1d-BA2 [A,4D4]:|2d-BA2 [A,3D3]||
|:D-|F2 (AB A2F2)|(ABA>)E- D3E-|F2 (AB A2)A2|d-B A2 [A,3D3]:|
GO SEE THE WIDOW. AKA and see "Eighth of January (1)." American, Reel (cut time). D Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AA'BB. "Go See the Widow", a variant of the better-known "Eighth of January" was recorded in 1976 by collector Bruce Greene from the playing of fiddler Street Phelps (1904-1977), of Todd County, southwestern Kentucky. The title also appears in a list of traditional Ozarks Mountains fiddle tunes compiled by musicologist/folklorist Vance Randolph, published in 1954.
Additional notes
See also listing at : Hear Street Butler's 1976 field recording by Bruce Greene at Berea Sound Archives [1]
