Annotation:Soldier's Joy (3)
X:1 T:Soldier's Joy [3] S:Jim ‘Skeeter’ Walden (1879-1956, Busch, northern Arkansas) M:C| L:1/8 N:GCgd tuning (fiddle) F:https://www.slippery-hill.com/content/soldiers-joy-9 K:C d-|e2e2 GBdd|c2c2E2G2|FFAF- E2EE|D2 D-E D2C2| e2e2 GBdB|c2c2E2G2|FFAA E2EC|1G,2D2 C3:|2 G,2D2C4|| |:edef g2g2|ddee f2f2 |edef g2aa|gfed c2df| edef g2g2|ddee f2f2| edef g2a2|1gfed c2df:|2gfed c3||
SOLDIER’S JOY [3]. American, Reel (cut time). USA, Arkansas. C Major. GCgd tuning (fiddle). "Soldier's Joy [3]" is an unusual version (in an unusual fiddle tuning) of the familiar “Soldier’s Joy”. It is distantly related to "Soldier’s Joy (1)” in the second strain only, and is unique to Arkansas fiddler 'Skeeter' Walden (who was recorded playing it in the field in 1951). ]