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Played by: Allison De Groot & Tatiana Hargreaves Source: Soundcloud Image: Free Dirt Records & Service Co."Eighth of January". Played by Lelia Todd, Estill County, Kentucky, recorded by John Harrod.
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T:Eighth of January [1]
M:2/4
L:1/8
N:A very standard and straightforward version of the tune.
B:Stephen F. Davis - Devil's Box, vol. 22, No. 1, Spring 1988 (p. 21)
N:Transcribed by Frank Maloy, based on the version by Warren Smith, c. 1940's
Z:AK/Fiddler's Companion
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|:"D"A/A/|AA/B/ AA/A/|A/d/B/A/ F/E/D/F/|AA/B/ AA/d/|"A7"B/A/F/E/ "D"D[D/A/][F/A/]|
"D"AA/B/ AA/A/|A/d/B/A/ F/E/D/F/|AA/A/ A/d/f/e/|"A7"d/B/A/F/ "D"D:|
|:e/a/|"D"fa f[df]|"G"e/f/e/[d/e/] [Be][B/e/][d/e/]|"A7"[ee]e/f/ e/d/B/A/|"D"d/B/A/[F/A/] [DA]e/a/|
"D"fa f[df]|"G"e/f/e/d/ B/d/e/f/|"A7"aA Bc|"D"d/B/A/F/ D:|
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T: Eighth Of January [1]
S: Lee Owens and Viola Ruth "American Square Dances of the West and Southwest"
R: reel
Z: 2010 John Chambers <jc:trillian.mit.edu>
M: 2/4
L: 1/16
K: C
|: "C"[e2e2](ef) e2e2 | "F"dedc A2((3ABc) | "G7"d2(de) d2(AB) | "C"cAGE C4 :|
"C"G2(GA) G2(EF) | GAGE "G7"D2(EF) | "C"G2(GA) G2(EF) | "G7"GFED "C"C2(EF) |
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T:Eighth of January [1]
M:2/4
L:1/8
R:Reel
B:Ford - Traditional Music in America (1940, p. 63)
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D/E/|FA A/B/A/A/|FF ED/E/|FA AB/c/|d/B/A/F/ D:|
|:f/a/f/e/ dd|e/f/e/d/ B2|ee/f/ e/d/B/c/|d/B/A/F/ D2:|
|:f/g/|aa/f/ af/g/|a/b/a/f/ ef/g/|a/b/a/f/ e/d/B/c/|d/B/A/F/ D f/g/|
aa/f/ af/g/|a/b/a/f/ ee/f/|g/a/g/f/ ec|A/B/A/F/ D:||
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T:Eighth of January [1]
S:Sam McCracken (1888-1972, Elkmont, Limestone County, north-central Alabama)
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L:1/8
N:Play ABBAC
D:Alabama Traditions CD 103, Sam McCracken - "Possum up
D:a Gum Stump."
F:https://www.slippery-hill.com/content/eighth-january-9
Z:Transcribed by Andrew Kuntz
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Ofefg feBc|dBAF E2E2|c2 ef edBc|dBAF D2D2|
fefg feBc|dBAF E2E2|beag feBc|dBAF D4-|[M:2/4]D2||
|:fg|[M:C|]afbf aefg|afbf e2 fg|afbf aefg|afed d2!D.C.!O:|
AB|A2(FD) ABAF|[M:2/4] E2 [D2A2] |[M:C|]A2 AB AGFD| AF(ED) D4-|[M:2/4]D2AB|
A2(FD) ABAF|[M:2/4] E2 [D2A2] |[M:C|]A2 AB Aafe|dBAF [D4A4]||
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T:Eighth of January [1]
N:From the playing of fiddler W.E. "Ernest" Claunch (1894-1958, Guntown, northeast
N:Mississippi), recorded in the field by Herbert Halpert for the Library of Congress
N:in 1939, accompanied by his daughter, Mrs. Christeen Haygood, on guitar.
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R:Reel
D:Library of Congress AFS 02971 B1, W.E. Claunch (1939)
D:https://www.slippery-hill.com/content/eighth-january-0
Z:Transcribed by Andrew Kuntz
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[df2]-|[df]efg f2ed|dded- B2[d2e2]-|[ee][ef][ee]-[ef] [ee]dBc|dBAF D2[A2f2]-|
[A2f2]fg f2e2|dded B2[d2e2]-|[ee]fed B2c2|dB-AF D2||
f-a-|af-ba a2fe|dded- e2ff|af-ba a2fd |edf(d [d2f2])f-a-|
af-ba a2fd|ddfd e2ff|af-ba a2 fd|edf(d [d2f2])||
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T:Eighth of January [1]
N:From the playing of fiddler (David) Fate Morrison (1905-1988, Fox, Stone
N:County, Arkansas), and his brother, fiddler Willie Morrison (1907-1973), who
N:both married sisters (Savannah & Laura Cummings). Fate was descended
N:from early settlers in the Meadowcreek valley and Fox, and was a stone
N:mason and a minister. They played with singer Jimmy Driftwood in the 1950's
N:and 1960's. Morrison family tradition holds that an ancestor fiddled
N:for George Washington at Valley Forge.
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D:Queen City 80290, Willie & David Fate Morrison with Seth Mize - "Old
D:Americans Dream of Yesterday" (c. 1980)
D:https://www.slippery-hill.com/content/eighth-january-7
Z:Transcribed by Andrew Kuntz
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([FA]-[GA]-|[A2A2])[AA][AB] [A2A2][F2A2]|ABAG FDD[FA]-|[A2A2] AB A2 B2|dBAF D2D[FA]-|
[A2A2] AB A2F2|ABAG FDDF|A2 AB A2Bc|dBAF D2||
(e2|f)efa f2e2|d2 ed B2([ce]-[de]-|[ee])eef e2c2|dBAF D2(e2|
f)efa f2ee|dded B2 g2-|g2 f2 e2c2|dBAF D2:|
|:a2-|a2 ab a2f2|abaf e2f2|a2ba- a2a2-|afec d2(3efg|
a2)ab a2f2|abaf e2f2|a2ba- a2-af-|afec d2:|
e2-|fega g2f2|dded B2d2|e2ef e2c2|dBAF D2||
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T:Eighth of January [1]
N:From the playing of fiddler Pete McMahan (1918-2000, originally from Bluffton,
N:Montgomery County, central Missouri), a primary exponent of the "Missouri style"
N:who won more contests that any other fiddler in the latter 20th century.
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D:Graphic GR1005, Pete McMahan - "Missouri Fiddlin' No. 4" (1979)
D:Voyager CD VRD366, Pete McMahan - "50 Old Time Gems"
D:https://www.slippery-hill.com/content/eighth-january-3
Z:Transcribed by Andrew Kuntz
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e2-|fefa fede|e-fed BAcd|e2 ef edBc|dBAF D2e2-|
fefa f2 cd|e-fed BAcd|eeef edB-c|dBAF D2:|
|:[F2A2]-|[A2A2][AA]BA2([FA]-[GA]-|[AA])BAG FDFG|J[A2A2]AB A2fe|dBAF D2[F2A2]-|
[AA]AABA2FG|ABAG FDB,C|"*"A,2EC EAfe|dBAF D2:|
P:Substitution
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