They Swung John Brown from a Sour Apple Tree

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 Theme code Index    3331 335L5L
 Also known as    
 Composer/Core Source    C.W. Strong
 Region    United States
 Genre/Style    Old-Time
 Meter/Rhythm    Reel (single/double)
 Key/Tonic of    A
 Accidental    3 sharps
 Mode    
 Time signature    2/2
 History    USA(Upland South)
 Structure    AAAAB
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 Book/Manuscript title    
 Tune and/or Page number    
 Year of publication/Date of MS    
 Artist    Biography:Bruce Geene
 Title of recording    Civil War Collection (The)
 Record label/Catalogue nr.    PearlMae Muisc 004-2
 Year recorded    1995
 Media    
 Score   (1)   



X:1 T:They Swung John Brown from a Sour Apple Tree N:From the playing of C.W. "Charlie" Strong (Warren County, Kentucky, though originally N:from Lee County where he was born in 1899) via Bruce Greene. Strong said he N:learned the tune from his father, Alexander Strong, who said it was “brought back N:from the Civil War.” M:C| L:1/8 N:AEac# tuning (fiddle) D:https://www.slippery-hill.com/content/swung-john-brown-sour-apple-tree D:PearlMae Music – 004-2, Jim Taylor - "The Civil War Collection vol. 1: Traditional Southern D:Fiddle Tunes From The War Between The States" (1995) Z:Transcribed by Andrew Kuntz K:A J[c3c3](B [cc]B)A-B|[c2c2][c2c2] [A,2E2] [A,E]A|[c2c2][cc]d [cc]BAF|[A,E]FAB A2A2| |:AB[cc]-[cd] ([cc]B)AB|[c2c2][c2c2] [A,2E2] [A,E]A|[c2c2][cc]d [cc]BAF|1,2[A,E]FAB A2A2:|3 [A,E]FAB A4|| A2 c2 ecce|f2 efe2 ce| fgfe cfec|BA- A2 A4| |:[c2c2][c2c2][ce]-[cc][cc][ce]|f2 [ce]-[cf][c2e2] ce| fgfe cfec|1BA- A2 A3-B:|2B2A2 A4||