Annotation:Little Bobby

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X:1 T:Little Bobby N:John Salyer (1882-1952, Salyersville, Magoffin County, east Ky.), N:from a 1941/42 home recording by his sons, Glen & Grover. M:C| L:1/8 R:Reel D:Berea College Appalachian Center AC 003, John Salyer - D:"Home Recordings 1941-42" (1993). D:https://www.slippery-hill.com/recording/little-bobby D:https://soundarchives.berea.edu/items/show/4234 Z:Transcribed by Andrew Kuntz K:G |:+slide+d2|BGBG AdAd|BGBG D2d2|BGBG AcAF|E2F2D2:| d2|BGBG D2d2|BGBG D2d2|BGBG AcAF|E2F2D2d2| BGBG AcAc|BGBG D2d2|BGBG AcAF|E2F2D4|| |:f2a2f2af| e2d2B3c|BcdB AF3|1E2F2 D4:|2E2F2D2||

LITTLE BOBBY. American, Reel (cut time). USA, Kentucky. G Major: D Major (Titon). ADae or Standard tuning (fiddle). AA'BB. The reel is a member of the "Boatsman (2)" family of tunes, particularly evident in the second strain.

Additional notes

Source for notated version: - biography:John Salyer [1] (1882-1952), Salyersville, Magoffin County, Ky., 1941) [Titon].

Printed sources : - Titon (Old-Time Kentucky Fiddle Tunes), 2001; No. 91, p. 120.

Recorded sources: -Berea College Appalachian Center ACC03, John M. Salyer - "Home Recordings, 1941-42, vol. 2" (1993).

See also listing at:
Hear John Salyer's 1940-41 home recording of "Little Bobby" at Slippery Hill [2], Berea Sound Archives [3] and the Digital Library of Appalachia [4]

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