Ladies on the Steamboat

Find traditional instrumental music


Ladies on the Steamboat  Click on the tune title to see or modify Ladies on the Steamboat's annotations. If the link is red you can create them using the form provided.Browse Properties <br/>Special:Browse/:Ladies on the Steamboat
Query the Archive
Query the Archive
 Theme code Index    1H1H51H 3H3H3H1H
 Also known as    Lady on a Steamboat, Tugboat
 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    4/4
 History    USA(Upland South), USA(Central), USA(Ozarks/Western Tenn)
 Structure    AB
 Editor/Compiler    Biography:R.P. Christeson
 Book/Manuscript title    Book:Old Time Fiddler's Repertory vol. 2
 Tune and/or Page number    p. 77
 Year of publication/Date of MS    1984
 Artist    Biography:Leonard Rutherford & Dick Burnett
 Title of recording    Ladies on the Steamboat/Billy in the Low Ground
 Record label/Catalogue nr.    Columbia 15209-D (78 RPM)
 Year recorded    1927
 Media    
 Score   (1)   




X:1 T:Ladies on the Steamboat S:Leonard Rutherford (c. 1900-1954, Monticello, Ky.) M:C| L:1/8 Q: D:Columbia 15209-D (78 RPM), Burnett and Rutherford (1928) F:https://www.slippery-hill.com/recording/ladies-steamboat-0 Z:Transcribed by Andrew Kuntz K:G g2-|gage dega|b2 ba (b/a/g) ef|gage dged|BGAF G2ef| gage dega|b2 ba (b/a/g) ef|gage dged|BGAF G2|| [F_B]-[G=B]-|[GB]dBA GBAG|BGAG EFGA|BcBA GAcA|BGAF G2[F_B]-[G=B]-| [GB]dBA GBAG|BGAG EFGA|BcBA GAcA|BGAF G2||


X:1 T:Ladies on the Steamboat M:4/4 L:1/8 R:Reel S:Clyde Davenport, via Bruce Molsky N:ABC's from a transcription by John Lamancusa, by permission http://www.mne.psu.edu/lamancusa/tunes.htm Z:AK/Fiddler's Companion K:G {f}(g2-|ga)[Bg]e (de)[Bg]a | b2 {a}([B2b2]b)z [B2g2]|gage d2 ed | (BG)[DA]F [G,2G2] [B2g2]|(ga) [Bg]e (de)[Bg]a | b2 {a}([B2b2]b)z ([B2g2]| g)age d2 ed | (BG)[DA]F G2 {A}[G2B2]||Gc[DB]A G2 [Dc]A | (BG)[DA]G (EF)[G,G]A | (Bc)[DB]A G2 cA | (BG)[DA]F G2 {A}[GB]|Bc[DB]A G2 [Dc]A | (BG)[DA]G (EF)[G,G]A | (Bc)[DB]A G2 [Dc]A | (BG)[DA]F [G,2G2] z2 ||


X:2 T:Ladies on the Steamboat N:From Nokosee Fields K:G Z:Paul Gitlitz Q:200 M:C| ef|"G"ga(ge) de(ga) | (ba)(ba) (ba)ge | ga(ge) de(ge) | "D"(BdA)F "G"G3g- | "G"ga(ge) de(ga) | (ba)(ba) (ba)ge | ga(ge) de(ge) | "D"(BdA)F "G"G3G-| |:"G"G)c[DB]A G2 [Dc]A | (BG)[DA]G (EF)[G,G]A |(Bc)[DB]A G2 cA | "D"(BG)[DA]F "G"G2 {A}[G2(B2] | "G"B)c[DB]A G2 [Dc]A |(BG)[DA]G (EF)[G,G]A | (Bc)[DB]A G2 [Dc]A |1 "D"(BG)[DA]F "G"[G,4(G4] :|2 "D"(BG)[DA]F "G"[G,2G2] |]