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T:Hen Cacklin'
T:Cacklin' Hen [1]
N:From the playing of fiddler Fonza Smith (Chilton
N:County, Ala.), recorded in the field by Bill Parker in 1965.
N:The number of variations (a few more were not transcribed)
N:clearly indicate this was a showpiece tune for Mr. Smith.
M:C|
L:1/8
R:Reel
D:https://soundarchives.berea.edu/items/show/829
Z:Transcribed by Andrew Kuntz
K:G
(D|[G4B4])e3d-|BGAG EGAG|.G2.[G2B2] .Be-eA|BGAG- G2((3DEF|
G2)G2 .Be-ed-|BGAG EGAG|.G2 .G2 .Be-ed|BGAG- G2||
|:((3DEF|G2)G2 efge|dBAG EG D-((3D/E/F/|G2)G2 efge|dBAG G2:|
|:a2-|baba gage|dBAG E2a2-|baba gage|dBAG G2:|
|:[B2g2]|Jd'3b gage|dBAG- E2[B2g2]|Jd'3b gage|dBAG G2:|
_B2-|=BAGB e3d|BGAG EGA_B-|=BAGB e3d|BGAG G2_B2-|
=BAGB e3d|BGAG EG[_Bf]-[=Bg]-|[Bg]aga e3d|BGAG- G2||
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T:Old Hen Cackled
T:Cackling Hen [1]
N:Transcribed by Frank Maloy, a composite he says was typical of
N:south Georgia fiddlers' versions in the 1940's
M:2/4
L:1/8
R:Reel
B:Stephen F. Davis - Devil's Box, vol. 24, No. 2, Summer 1990 (p. 34)
Z:AK/Fiddler's Companion
K:G
[A/e/][B/g/]- [B/g/][B/a/][B/g/][A/e/]|"G"[B2g2][B2g2]-|[Bg][Bb]- [B/b/][B/a/][B/f/][A/e/]|[B2g2] [B2g2]-|[Bg]([Bg] g/)f/e/d/|
"D7"[DA]<[DB] [D2d2]-|[Dd][Bg]- [B/g/]f/e/d/|A/B/A [G,2G2]-|"G"[G,G][A/e/][B/g/]- [B/g/][B/a/][B/g/][A/e/]|[Bg]a/g/ e/[D/d/][D/B/][D/A/]|
[Dd][A/e/][B/g/]-|[B/g/][B/a/][B/g/][A/e/]|[Bg]a/g/ e/[D/d/][D/B/][D/A/]|[Dd][A/e/][B/g/]- [B/g/][A/a/][A/g/][A/e/]|"D7"[D/d/][D/^c/][D/d/][D/c/] [Dd]>[D^c/]|
[D/d/][D/^c/][D/d/][D/c/] [D/d/][D/^c/][DB]|"G"[G2B2] [GB]>[GA]||"G"B/G/A/G/ B/ed/|B/A/G/B/ A/G/E/D/|
B/G/A/G/ B/ed/|"D7"B/G/A/F/ "G"G>A|"G"B/G/A/G/ B/ed/|B/A//B/ A/G/E/D/|
B/G/A/G/ B/ed/|"D7"B/G/A/F/ "G"[GB][GB]-|[GB][GB] [GB][GB]|[GB][GB] [GB][GB]|g<e- ed/B/|
"D7"A/G/E/D/ "G"G[GB]-|[GB][GB] [GB][GB]|[GB][GB] [GB][GB]|[cg]<([Bf] f)d/B/|"D7"A/G/E/D/ "G"[G,2G2]-|[G,G]||