Annotation:Johnny Come Along

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 JOHNNY COME ALONG. Old-Time, Breakdown. USA, Kentucky. G Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). ABB (Titon): AABB (Phillips). "Johnny Come Along" is a tune whose only source is Clyde Davenport. The tune is mistakenly printed in the Phillips Collection of American Fiddle Tunes, vol. 1 (1994, p. 87) under the title "Five Miles Out of Town" but also appears again in the same volume as "Johnny Come Along." The second (high) strain is related to "Davy Dugger."  Source for notated version: Clyde Davenport (1921, Monticello, Wayne County, Ky.), who learned the tune from his father, Will Davenport [Phillips, Titon].  Printed sources: Phillips (Traditional American Fiddle Tunes), vol. 1, 1994; p. 126. Titon (Old-Time Kentucky Fiddle Tunes), 2001; No. 78, p. 106.  Recorded sources: Appal. Center Ser. AC 002, Clyde Davenport - "Puncheon Camps" (1992). Field Recorders Collective FRC103, Clyde Davenport.  See also listing at: Hear Clyde Daveport's 1981 version at Berea Digital Content

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