Annotation:Old Virge

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X:1 T:Old Virge S:Kelly Gilbert (1895-1991, northeastern Ky.), M:C| L:1/8 Q:"Quick" F:https://www.slippery-hill.com/recording/old-virge Z:Transcribed by Andrew Kuntz K:C C2 C[CE] c2 G2|F2[F2A2]d2 c2|B2G2 BGAB|cAGF EFED| C2 C[CE]c2G2|F2[F2A2]d3c|B2G2 AGAB|(c4 [c2e2])|| [d2e2]-|[ee]ege g2 ed|cdcA G4|BABd Afed |c6[d2e2]-| [ee]ege g2 ed|cdcA G3G|A2c2B2d2|c6|| P:Alternate 'B' part [d2e2]-|[e2e2]ge aged|cdcA (G2[G2B2]-|[G2B2])BA Bc d2|c6d2e2]-| [e2e2]ge aged|cdcA [G,4G4]|BABd- dfed|c3c c2||

OLD VIRGE. American, Reel (cut time). C Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AB. Fiddler biography:Kelly Gilbert (1895-1991) of Franklin County, northeast Kentucky, is the source for this tune. It perhaps originated as a song tune.

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See also listing at:
Hear Kelly Gilbert's 1978 field recording by John Harrod at Slippery Hill [1] and the Digital Library of Appalachia [2]

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