X:1
T:Sweet Marie [2]
N:from the playing of fiddler Walter Lile (Taylor County, central Ky.),
N:recorded in 1970 by folklorist Bruce Greene.
M:4/4
L:1/8
R:Reel
Q:"Quick"
N:AEae tuning (fiddle)
D:Benton Flippen (N.C.) - "Fiddler's Dream"
D:https://dla.acaweb.org/digital/collection/berea/id/3368/
D:https://soundarchives.berea.edu/items/show/1268
D:https://www.slippery-hill.com/recording/sweet-marie
D:https://youtu.be/SpsNW2OjFHU
Z:Transcribed by Andrew Kuntz
K:A
SAB| c2 cB A2A,2|[E2A,2] B2 {B}c3A|B2c2d2d2|f>ga>f e4|
[c2e2][d2e2][e2e2][e2e2]|f>ga>e [c3e3][Be]-|[ce][Be][A2e2] [B4e4]|[A,3E3](A [B2e2])A-B|cBcB A2A,2|[E2A,2][E2B2] [E3c3]A|
B2c2d2d2|f>ga>f e3A|[c2e2][d2e2][e2e2][e2e2]|f>ga>e [c4e4]|[M:3/2]([Ec][E3B3]) [E4A4]-[E2A2]||
(fg|[M:C|]a)fag f2f2|+slide+d4 f3a-| aaaf +slide+e4|[c3e3](B [c2e2])A2-|ABcc [A2e2][A2e2]|
|f>g.a>e [c3e3][Be]-|[ce][Be][A2e2] [B4e4]|[A,6E6](AB)|cBcB A2A,2|[E2A2][B2e2] [c3e3]A|
B2c2d2d2|f>ga>f [A4e4]|[c2e2][d2e2][e2e2][e2e2]|f>ga>f ([c/e/][B/e/][c2e2])[EB]|[M:3/2]([Ec][E3B3]) [E4A4]-[E2A2]S||
SWEET MARIE [2]. American, Reel (cut time). A Major. AEae tuning (fiddle). AB. "Sweet Marie [2]" is a version of the song "Sweet Marie (1)", distanced but recognizable. In source Walter Lile's playing the tune's tempo has increased quite a bit, almost (but not quite) to breakdown speed.
Additional notes Source for notated version : - Walter Lile, fiddler, Taylor County, central Kentucky, recorded in the field by Bruce Greene in 1970.
Printed sources : - Clare Milliner & Walt Koken (Milliner-Koken Collection of American Fiddle Tunes), 2011; pp. 642-643.
See also listing at : Hear Walter Lile's 1970 field recording at the Digital Library of Appalachia [1],
Berea Sound Archives [2], and Slippery Hill [3]
