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Theme code Index
3H3H4H5H 3H3H2H2H
Also known as
Boil Them Cabbage Down , Bake Them Hoecakes Brown , Carve dat Possum (1) , Possum Pie , Rocking My Sugar Lump , Somebody's Rockin' My Sugar Lump
Composer/Core Source
Region
United States
Genre/Style
Old-Time
Meter/Rhythm
Reel (single/double)
Key/Tonic of
D
Accidental
2 sharps
Mode
Ionian (Major)
Time signature
2/4
History
USA(Upland South), USA(Piedmont), USA(Southeast), USA(Central), USA(Mid Atlantic), USA(Ozarks/Western Tenn), USA(Southwest)
Structure
AABB
Editor/Compiler
Biography:Viola "Mom" Ruth
Book/Manuscript title
Book:Pioneer Western Folk Tunes
Tune and/or Page number
No. 118, p. 41
Year of publication/Date of MS
1948
Artist
Biography:Uncle Dave Macon
Title of recording
Record label/Catalogue nr.
Vocalion 14849 (78 RPM)
Year recorded
1924
Media
Score (1 )
Sheet Music for "Bile Them Cabbage Down" Bile Them Cabbage Down
X: 1
T:Bile Them Cabbage Down
L:1/16
M:2/4
K:D
de | f2f2 fedf | [d3g3][dg]-[d2g2]ag | f2f2 fedf | [c3e3][ce] [c2e2]de |
f2f2 fedf | gagf g2fg |
a2a2 fde2 | dfed [d2f2] :|
Sheet Music for "Boil Them Caggage Down" Boil Them Caggage Down Reel A E7 A D A E7 A A D A E7 A D A E7 A A E7 A D A E7 A A A E7 A A E7 A Book: Stephen F. Davis - The Devil's Box, vol. 23, No. 1, Spring 1989, p. 43 Notes: Transcribed by Frank Maloy Transcription: AK/Fiddler's Companion
X:1
T:Boil Them Caggage Down
M:2/4
L:1/8
R:Reel
N:Transcribed by Frank Maloy
B:Stephen F. Davis - The Devil's Box, vol. 23, No. 1, Spring 1989, p. 43
Z:AK/Fiddler's Companion
K:A
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