Polly Ann

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 Theme code Index    3331 3133
 Also known as    Betty Ann, Pretty Polly Ann?
 Composer/Core Source    
 Region    United States
 Genre/Style    Old-Time
 Meter/Rhythm    Reel (single/double)
 Key/Tonic of    A
 Accidental    3 sharps
 Mode    Ionian (Major)
 Time signature    2/2
 History    
 Structure    AABB
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 Year of publication/Date of MS    
 Artist    Biography:McGee Brothers and Arthur Smith
 Title of recording    Look! Who's Here: Old Timers of the Grand Ole Opry
 Record label/Catalogue nr.    Folkways FW02379_210
 Year recorded    1964
 Media    
 Score   (1)   



X:1 T:Polly Ann M:C| L:1/8 Q:"Fast" N:AEac# tuning (fiddle) S:Arthur Smith (1898-1971, Humphreys County, east Tennessee) D:Smithsonian Folkways CD FW02379, "Look! Who's Here: D:Old Timers of the Grand Ole Opry" (1964. Recorded in 1957.) F:https://www.slippery-hill.com/recording/polly-ann Z:Transcribed by Andrew Kuntz K:A {B}[c2c2][c2c2][cc]BA2|[cc]BA2 [c3c3]B |cBAc BAFE|FA2B A2[B2c2]-| [c2c2][cc]d cBAB|[cc]BAB [c4c4]|[c2c2]Ac Bc[E2A2]|FA2B A2[B2c2]-| [c2c2][c2c2]- [cc]BAB|[cc]BAB [c3c3](B|cBcB c2)E2|FA2B A3(A/B/| A[c3c3]) [cc]BAB| [cc]BAB [c4c4]|[c2c2]Ac Bc[E2A2]|FA2B A4|| |:A,CEF A2 Ac|BAFA FFAF|EDEG A2A2|BAFD E3C| A,CEF AGAc|BABA {B}[c3c3]d|ecAc Bc E2|FA2B A4:|]