Annotation:Sweet Little Julie

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X:1 T:Sweet Little Julie N:From the playing of Norman Edmonds (southwest Virginia) M:C| L:1/8 R:Reel D:https://www.slippery-hill.com/recording/sweet-little-julie D:Spring Fed Records SFR- DU 33002, Norman Edmonds - Train on the Island (1973) Z:AK/Fiddler's Companion K:D a2-|ab a2 fedd|[Ae]-[A2f2][Ae]- [A2f2][Ae]|[Af]aaf e2BB|d3d A2a2-| ab a2 fedd|[Ae]-[A2f2][Ae]- [A2f2][Ae]|[Af]aaf e2BB|d2d2A2|| |:d2-|dd [d2f2]B-A dd| [Ae]-[A2f2]e A2ef-|fe d2 BABB|dd2dA2:||

SWEET LITTLE JULIE. American, Reel (cut time). A Major. ADae tuning (fiddle). AABB. "Sweet Little Julie" is is a banjo and fiddle tune from southwestern Virginia and western North Carolina. It was in the repertory of a few regional musicians from Surry County (N.C.) and the greater Galax area (Va.): Hillsville, Carrol County, fiddler biography:Norman Edmonds (1889-1976); the Meadows of Dan, Floyd County, trio of Dudley Spangler, Harry Pendleton and Maggie Wood (from a 1940's broadcast over WPAQ); and banjo player James Thompson (also from Meadows of Dan, recorded in the field by Pete Hoover in 1960). It is not considered a common or widespread tune. The two parts of this "square" tune are very similar to each other. Mr. Thompson sang one line during his thirty seconds' performance:

Sweet little Julie, Salt Creek,
Sweet little Julie, Salt Creek.

Additional notes

Recorded sources : - County CO-CD-2711, Kirk Sutphin - "Old Roots and New Branches" (1994). Field Recorders Collective FRC 301, "Norman Edmonds and the Old Timers vol. 1" (2015). Heritage Records HR23, Harold Hausenfluck and Abe Horton ‑ "Cornbread, Molassees, and Sassafras Tea." Spring Fed Records CD SFR-DU 33002, Norman Edmonds - "Train on the Island" (1973).

See also listing at :
Hear Norman Edmonds' recording at Slippery Hill [1]
Hear a different Norman Edmonds version, from Mac Benford