Annotation:West Virginia Highway
X:0 T:West Virginia Highway M:C| L:1/8 Q:200 R:Reel Z:Paul Gitlitz K:C "C"eg2eg2g2- | gage- edc2 | "C7"cd2c _edcA | "F"F6GA | "G7"B3c BAGA | BABc B4 | eg2e a2g2 | "C"e8 | "C"eg2eg2g2-| gage- edc2 | "C7"cd2c _edcA | "F"F6GA | "G7"B3c BAGA | BABc B4 | eg2e aged |"C"c3dc2(3G,A,B,|] "C"C2C2 E2G2 | cBcd cAG2 | "C7"cBcd cAGE | "G"D6 GA | "G7"B2Bc BAGA | BABc BAG2 | eg2e a2g2 | "C"e6 (3G,A,B,| "C"C2C2 E2G2 | cBcd cAG2 | "C7"cBcd cAGE | "G"D6 GA | "G7"B2Bc BAGA | BABc BAG2 | eg2e aged |"C"c3dc4 |]
WEST VIRGINIA HIGHWAY. AKA and see "Ebenezer." American, Reel (cut or whole time). G Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. "West Virginia Highway" was the name for the tune recorded by Blue Ridge fiddler Kahle Brewer on Victor 20237-A (78 RPM, 1926. Ernest V. Stoneman's name appears on the label, though it was fiddled by Brewer). The tune was in the repertory of Glen Lyn, southwest Virginia, fiddler Henry Reed, who recorded it for folklorist Alan Jabbour twice in the 1960's—although he did not have a name for it the first time, on the second occasion he called it "Alabama Gals Give the Fiddler a Dram" (AFS 13037a22). West Virginia fiddler Franklin George called it "Ebenezer."
