Annotation:Cabin Creek (1)
X:1 T:Cabin Creek [1] S:Ed Haley (northeast Ky./W.Va) M:C| L:1/8 R:Reel F:https://www.slippery-hill.com/recording/cabin-creek-0 Z:Transcribed by Andrew Kuntz K:G P:A e2 ef edBd|efed GABd|e2 ef edBG|AG2A GABd| e2 ef edBd|efed G2A2|Bded BdBG|AG2A G2A2|| P:B Aded BdBG|ABde G2[G2B2]|ABed BdBG|AG2A G2G2| Acdc BdBG|A2d2G2[G2B2]|B2 dc BdBG|AG2A G2G2|| P:C |:AcBd cABG|AcBd cBcd|efed GABG|1AG2A G4:|2 AG2A G2|| P:D ef|gfga gefd|eaab a2f2|gfga gefd|ed2e d2ef| gfga gefd|eaab a/b/a f2| gage GABG|AG2A G2[G,2G2]| [B2g2]ga gefd|eaab a/b/a f2|g2 ga gefd|ed2e d2ef| gfga gefd|eaab a/b/a f2|gage GABG|AG2A BABd||
CABIN CREEK [1]. American, Reel (cut time). G Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). ABCCD. "Cabin Creek" is a version of the tune well-known as "Barlow Knife (1)", with "Cabin Creek" the title by which it is known in the upland country of West Virginia, southwestern Virginia and East Kentucky. It was in the repertory of Ashland, northeast Kentucky, fiddler Ed Haley [1] (1885-1951), in four parts, albeit somewhat distanced from most versions of that tune. "Cabin Creek" was also played (in three parts) by Glen Lyn, Giles County, Virginia, fiddler Henry Reed, who was recorded by folklorist Alan Jabbour for the Library of Congress in 1966 (AFS 13035A44). According to Jabbour's notes, Reed said he learned it from Mr. Underwood, who had moved from Franklin County, Va., to Monroe County, and described it as an old Franklin County piece. Cabin Creek flows untie the Kanawha River above Charleston, West Virginia, and was the site of a famous coal mining strike, but Jabbour thinks the title probably was meant to evoke the creek itself rather than to commemorate a labor struggle [1]