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 Theme code Index    16L5L1 326L1
 Also known as    
 Composer/Core Source    Emma Lee Dickerson
 Region    United States
 Genre/Style    Old-Time
 Meter/Rhythm    Reel (single/double)
 Key/Tonic of    G
 Accidental    1 sharp
 Mode    Ionian (Major)
 Time signature    2/2
 History    USA(Upland South)
 Structure    AABB
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 Tune and/or Page number    
 Year of publication/Date of MS    
 Artist    Emma Lee Dickerson
 Title of recording    Along the Ohio's Shores vol. 1
 Record label/Catalogue nr.    Rounder 1161-054402
 Year recorded    2005
 Media    
 Score   (1)   



X:1 T:Texas John N:From the playing of fiddler Emma Lee Dickerson (1923-2001, born Emma Lee N:Johnson on Little Fork in Elliot County, Ky.) N:recorded in the field by Barbara Kunkle, Feb., 1974. N:"An unusual and uptempo version of 'Walk Along, John'" (Mark Wilson) N:Mrs. Dickerson sometimes played 3 phrases instead of two in the first strain. M:C| L:1/8 R:Reel Q:"Fast" D:https://dla.acaweb.org/digital/collection/berea/id/341/ D:https://www.slippery-hill.com/content/texas-john D:Rounder 1161-054402, Emma Lee Dickerson - "Along the Ohio's Shores vol. 1" (2005) Z:Andrew Kuntz K:G ((3D/E/F/|G2)EE DDGA|EE DDGA|BGAG EG2G-|GGEG D2dd|BGAG- G3[G_B]-| [G=B])GEE DGGA|BGAA EG2G-|G2EG D2dd|BGAG- G3|| e-|gagg edBB|eBdB AGG2|GGEE DEGG|(B-[ee]) [e2e2][e4e4][ee]-|[M:2/4][e4e4]-| [M:C|][e2e2]a-g e2d2|edBG AGED| GGEE D2 dd|BGAG- G3||