SAIL AWAY LADIES [2]. Old-Time, Bluegrass; Breakdown. USA. G Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AAB (Phillips): AABB (Brody). See the closely related tune versions "Sally Ann (1)" and "Sally Ann (3)," and "Great Big Taters in Sandy Land."
Source for notated version: - Kenny Baker [1] (1926–2011, born Burdine, Kentucky) [Brody, Phillips].
Printed sources : -
Brody (Fiddler’s Fakebook), 1983; p. 242.
Brody (Kenny Baker: Fiddle), 1979; p. 65.
Phillips (Traditional American Fiddle Tunes, vol. 1), 1994; p. 207.
Recorded sources: - County 730, Kenny Baker - "Baker's Dozen." County 705, Otis Burris - "Virginia Breakdown" (Brody's version '1C'). Grey Eagle Records 101-C-1, Gene Goforth - "Now that's a Good Tune: Masters of Missouri Fiddling" (1989. Various artists).
See also listing at:
Jane Keefer's Folk Music Index: An Index to Recorded Sources [2]
Hear Kenny Baker's 1971 recording on youtube.com [3] amd at Slippery Hill [4]
Hear Gene Goforth's recording at Slippery Hill [5]