Annotation:My Darling Child
X:1 T:My Darling Child N:Transcribed by Roger Howell from the playing of fiddler Woodrow Boone (1923-1999, N:Turkey Branch, Madison County, N.C.), learned from his father J. Crate Boone who had it N:from a neighbor, Old Man Vestus Robinson. Mr. Robonson's grandfather brought the tune from Ireland. M:2/4 L:1/8 R:Reel B:Stephen F. Davis - Devil's Box, vol. 28, No. 1, Spring 1994 (p. 12) Z:abcs -AK/Fiddler's Companion K:D DF|:A2 DF| A2 fe|dd B/A/F/G/|AA A/c/B/A/|(E3D|E2) DF| A2 DF| A2 fe|dd B/A/F/G/ |A/c/B/A/ F/E/D/E/|1E/D/ (3A,/B,/C/ D2-|D2 DF:|2E/D/ (3A,/B,/C/ D2-|D2 f/g/|| |:[M:2/4]aa/a/ ab/a/| gg/g/ ge|fg aa/a/ |g/b/a/g/ e/d/c/B/|1 A4| d2 fg:|2 A4-|A2 DF!D.C!O|| OA2 DF |A2 fe|dd B/A/F/G/|AA A/c/B/A/|E3D|E2 DF| A2 DF A2 fe|dd B/A/F/G/ |A/c/B/A/ F/E/D/E/|1E/D/ (3A,/B,/C/ D2-|D2 DF:|2E/D/ (3A,/B,/C/ D2-|D2 f/g/||
MY DARLING CHILD. American, Reel (2/4 time). D Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AA'BB'. The tune is unrelated to the similarly-titled "Darling Child," AKA "I'm My Momma's Darling Child," "Sweet Sixteen," "Chinky Pin," and "Too Young to Marry." It was in the repertory of Madison County, N.C., fiddler Woodrow Boone, whose family had learned it from a neighbor, "Old Man" Vestus Robinson.
