Annotation:Boil the Cabbage Down (1)

Find traditional instrumental music



X: 1 T:Boil 'Em Cabbage Down [1] S:via PR M:2/4 L:1/4 F:http://jc.tzo.net/~jc/music/abc/mirror/kirby98.fsnet.co.uk/bo/Boil_Em_Cabbage_Down_1.abc K:D "D"A/2A/4A/4 A/2A/2|"G"B/2B/4B/4 B/2B/2|"D"A/2A/4A/4 A/2F/2|"A7"E2| "D"A/2A/4A/4 A/2A/2|"G"B/2B/4B/4 B/2B/2|"A7"A/2c/4c/4 e/2c/2| [1"D"d2:| [2"D"d3/2|| |:A/2|"D"d/2d/4d/4 f/2A/2|d3/2A/2|"D"d/2d/4d/4 c/2B/2|"A7"A3/2A/2| "D"d/2d/4d/4 d/2d/2|"G"B/2B/4B/4 B/2B/2|"A7"A/2c/4c/4 e/2c/2|"D"d3/2:|



BOIL THE(M) CABBAGE DOWN [1]. AKA - "Bile Them Cabbage Down." Old-Time, Breakdown. A Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AB (Phillips): AABB (Devil's Box). Known now as a beginner's tune especially useful for practicing the basic "Georgia Shuffle" rhythm, "Boil/Bile the Cabbage Down" has been widely known and played. Renowned early-mid 20th century North Georgia fiddler Clayton McMichen created a virtuoso version and featured it in competitions at major contests; Fiddlin' Arthur Smith also played it on his radio broadcasts (Frank Maloy). North Georgia fiddler Lowe Stokes played a version he called "Somebody's Rockin' My Sugar Lump/Rocking My Sugar Lump."


Additional notes



Printed sources : - The Devil's Box, vol. 23, #1, Spring 1989. Phillips (Traditional American Fiddle Tunes, vol. 1), 1994; p. 33.

Recorded sources : - Fretless 101, "The Campbell Family: Champion Fiddlers." Rounder Records, Benton Flippen.




Back to Boil the Cabbage Down (1)

0.00
(0 votes)