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 Theme code Index    5L353 2766
 Also known as    
 Composer/Core Source    
 Region    United States
 Genre/Style    Old-Time
 Meter/Rhythm    Reel (single/double)
 Key/Tonic of    G
 Accidental    1 sharp
 Mode    Ionian (Major)
 Time signature    2/4
 History    USA(Central)
 Structure    AABB
 Editor/Compiler    Biography:Ira Ford
 Book/Manuscript title    Book:Traditional Music in America
 Tune and/or Page number    p. 36
 Year of publication/Date of MS    1940
 Artist    
 Title of recording    
 Record label/Catalogue nr.    
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BETTY BAKER [2]. Old-Time, Air and Breakdown. G Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB.

I went down for to see Betty Baker,
She was asleep and the Devil couldn't wake her;
She wouldn't stir and her mother wouldn't shake her,
Long time ago. (Ford)

Printed source: Ford (Traditional Music in America), 1940; p. 36.

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