X:1
T:Off She Goes [2]
M:C|
L:1/8
R:Reel
Q:"Moderate"
N:From fiddler Mack Blalock, via James Bryan.
D:Rounder 0175, James Bryan - "Lookout Blues" (1983)
D:https://www.slippery-hill.com/recording/she-goes
Z:Transcribed by Andrew Kuntz
K:C
"*"AB|c2[E2c2] AGEG|cAGc AGED|"**"C2[E2c2] AGEc|[EA]-[E2c2]d [E2c2](AB|
c2)[E2c2] AGEG|cAGc AGED|cAdA cAGc|(A[c2e2])d [c2e2]||
([d2e2]|e)g2a g2[d2e2]-|"#"[e2e2][e2e2] eded|Ac2d cAGc|"##"Ac2d c2(ea-|
a)bag egag|e2d2 cAGc|Ac2d [c2e2]eg|abag egag|
e2 dA cAGc|[M:3/2]AGED [C3E3]-[CD] [C2E2]||
P:Substitutions:
"*"
[D2A2]-|[E2c2][E2c2]AGEG||"**"C2 dA cAGc||"#"[e2e2][e2e2] eged||"##"ABcd c2 ea||
OFF SHE GOES [2]. American, Reel (cut time). C Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AAB. The tune is sourced to fiddler Mack Blalock (1914-1987) of Mentone, Alabama, a member of the fiddling Blalock family (see Uncle Joe Blalock's "Farewell Trion").
Additional notes
Source for notated version: - James Bryan (Alabama), learned from Mentone, Alabama, fiddler Mack Blalock (1914-1987) [Phillips].
Printed sources : - Phillips (Traditional American Fiddle Tunes, vol. 1), 1994; p. 166.
Recorded sources: -Rounder 0175, James Bryan - "Lookout Blues" (1983).
See also listing at:
Jane Keefer's Folk Music Index: An Index to Recorded Sources [1]
Hear James Bryan's recording at Slippery Hill.com [2]