Sand Hill

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 Theme code Index    3551H 2H653
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 Composer/Core Source    Vivian T. Williams
 Region    United States
 Genre/Style    Bluegrass, Old-Time
 Meter/Rhythm    Reel (single/double)
 Key/Tonic of    G
 Accidental    1 sharp
 Mode    Dorian
 Time signature    2/2
 History    USA(Western/Pacific)
 Structure    AABB
 Editor/Compiler    Vivian T. Williams
 Book/Manuscript title    Book:169 Brand New Old Time Fiddle Tunes
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X:1 T:Sand Hill C: Vivian T Williams B: 169 Brand New Old Time Fiddle Tunes published by Vivian T Williams Z: abc's Mimi Boothby June 2023 N:Vivian Wrote this tune to commemorate OC Helton N:It is the name of his property written about here in the 1975 NYTimes: N:O. C. Helton, 39 years old, of nearby Darrington, N: has won a court battle that may enable him to finish N: the log cabin that he is building with the technique N: taught to him by his grandfather. N:A District Court Jury of five men and one woman N: found him not guilty Tuesday of a charge that N: he was constructing a two‐story log cabin without a building permit. N:The jury also found him not guilty of charges that he built N: a barn and put a mobile home on his 10 acres of land without building permits. N:Mr. Helton moved his wife and five children to Washington State two years ago N: from North Carolina. They are now living in his barn, awaiting completion of N:the 2,700‐square foot cabin. M:C| L:1/8 K:G GA|"G" B d2 e d2 gb|ageg d2 Bc|dedc BGAG|B2d4 GA| Bd2 e d2 gb|ageg d2 Bc| "D7"dedc BGAG|"G"E2 G4:| dB |"Am"A2 ED CEB,E| A,CEA cABA|"G"G2 DC B,DA,D|G,B,DG BGcB| "Am" A2 ED CEB,E |A,CEA cABc |"D7"dedc BGAG| "G"E2G4:|