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| Theme code Index
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1L5L13 7L232
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| Also known as
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Down in Alabam, Old Gray Mare (The), Old Grey Mare Kicking Out of the Wilderness, Out of the Wilderness, Old Abe Lincoln Came Out of the Wilderness, Johnny Stole a Ham, Old Yeller Dog, Old Blind Dog, White Horse (2) (The)
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| Composer/Core Source
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| Region
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United States
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| Genre/Style
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Minstrel, Old-Time
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| Meter/Rhythm
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Air/Lament/Listening Piece, Reel (single/double)
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| Key/Tonic of
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G
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| Accidental
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1 sharp
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| Mode
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Ionian (Major)
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| Time signature
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2/4
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| History
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| Structure
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AABB
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| Editor/Compiler
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Biography:R.P. Christeson
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| Book/Manuscript title
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Book:Old Time Fiddler's Repertory vol. 1
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| Tune and/or Page number
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No. 143, p. 101
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| Year of publication/Date of MS
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1973
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| Artist
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Biography:Earl Johnson & His Clodhoppers
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| Title of recording
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All Night Long/Old Grey Mare Kicking Out of the Wilderness
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| Record label/Catalogue nr.
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Okeh 45183 (78 RPM)
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| Year recorded
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1927
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| Media
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| Score (1)
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X:1
T:Down in Alabam'
C:J. Warner
M:2/4
L:1/8
R:Minstrel song (1858)
Z:AK/Fiddler's Companion
K:G
D E G>A|B B/B/ B/A/ G|A A/A/ A/G/ F|B B/B/ B/A/ G|
D/D/ E/E/ G>A|B B/B/ B/A/ G|A>A G F|G2 z2||
"Chorus"DE G>A|B<B B/B/ A<G|A<A AA G<F|B<B B/B/ A<G|
D E G>A|B<B B/B/ A<G|A>A G F|G2 z2|
X:1
T:Old Gray Horse
M:4/4
Q:1/4=120
B:Thomas Talley - Negro Folk Rhymes (1922)
K:G
DD2E2G2G|-GB2B3/2B/2B3/2A/2G|-GA2A3/2A/2A3/2G/2E|
-EG2G3/2G/2G3/2E/2D|-D/2B,/2D2E2G2G|-GB2B3/2B/2B3/2A/2G|
-GA2G2E2D|-DG7|-Gg4d2e|-eB7|-BB4G2A|-AG2E2D3|
-Dg4d2e|-eB7|GB3GE2D|-DG13/2||
X:1
T:Old Gray Mare
M:2/4
L:1/8
N:Transcribed by Annabel Morris Buchanan on Aug. 12, 1931, from the
N:playing of fiddler Frank Blevins (1911-2001, Asche County, N.C.)
B:Stephen F. Davis - Devil's Box, vol. 32, No. 2, Summer 1998 (p. 19)
Z:AK/Fiddler's Companion
K:G
d>c|:B{A}B {A}B{A}B|A/Bc/ B/A/ G>G|A/>G/A/>B/ A/G/E|{F}G/A/G/F/ E<D|
B{A}B {A}B{A}B|A/Bc/ B/A/ G>G|A/>G/A/>B/- B<A|G3 e/f/||
g/f/g gg/a/|b/>a/b/>a/ b/>a/b/>f/|a/>f/a/>g/ a/b/g|g/>f/g/>f/ ge/f/|
g/f/g gg/a/|b/>a/b/>a/ b/>a/b/>f/|a/>f/a/>g/ a/b/g|g<g gd/c/||
X:1
T:Old Gray Mare, The
M:2/4
L:1/8
R:Reel
B:Christeson - Old Time Fiddler's Repertory, vol. 1 (1973, No. 143, p. 101)
Z:AK/Fiddler's Companion
K:G
B,/A,/|G,B, DG|G/A/B/c/ B/A/G|F/G/A/G/ A/F/G/A/|B/A/G/B/ A/G/E/G/|
DB, D/E/G/A/|BB/c/ B/A/G/D/|F/G/A/B/ A/F/G/A/|BG G:|
|:g/e/|de/f/ gg/a/|bb/a/ b/a/g/e/|f/g/a/b/ a/f/g/a/|bb/a/ b/a/g/e/|
de g>a|b/a/b/a/ b/a/g/e/|a/b/a/g/ e/d/e/f/|g/a/b/a/ g:|]
