Laughing Boy
X:1 T:Laughing Boy S:Benny Thomasson (1909-1984, Texas) M:C| L:1/8 N:AEAc# tuning (fiddle) N:"+" = pizzicato F:https://www.slippery-hill.com/recording/laughing-boy D:Voyager VRCD 345, Benny Thomasson - Say Old Man can You Play the Fiddle (1999) Z:Transcribed by Andrew Kuntz K:A [E2A2]-|[E2A2][ce][cf] [c2e2][c2c]|efec +slide+[Ac][AB][AA][AB]|cdcB AFEB,|[A,2E2][A,4F4][E2A2e2]-| [E2A2e2][ce][cf] [c2e2][c2c]|efec +slide+[Ac][AB][AA][AB]|cdcB AFEC|[B,2E2][A,4E4]:| |:[A,2E2]-|[A,2E2]"+"c2"+"A2"+"c2|"+"A2"+"c2 [EB]-[E3c3]|cdcB AFEB,|[A,2E2][A,4F4][A,2E2]-| [A,2E2]"+"c2"+"A2"+"c2|"+"A2"+"c2 [EB]-[E3c3]|cdcB AFEC|[B,2E2][A,4E4]:|]
X:1
T:Laughing Boy
N:Transcribed by John Hartford from the playing of Jim "Texas Shorty"
N:Chancellor, who learned it from Texas fiddler Benny Thomasson.
M:2/4
L:1/8
R:Reel
N:Written in standard notation, but Texas Shorty played it in AEac# tuning.
B:Devil's Box, vol. 30, No. 3, Fall 1996 (p. 8)
Z:AK/Fiddler's Companion
K:A
c/ef/ e>c|e/f/e// B/c/A/B/|c/e/c/B/ A/F/E/B,/|CF- F2|
c/df/ e>B|c/e/c/B/ A/G/A/B/|c/e/c/B/ A/F/E/C/|B,A,- A,2||
A,"+"c A,"+"c |A,"+"c c2|c/e/c/B/ A/F/E/B,|CF-F2|
A,"+"c A,"+"c |A,"+"c c2|c/e/c/B/ A/G/E/C/|B,A,-A,2||