Annotation:Going Down to Georgie-O

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 GOING DOWN TO GEORGIE-O. AKA and see "Hornio," "Gunboat" "Who'll Take Care of the Baby-O." Old-Time, Breakdown. USA, Central West Virginia. D Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AAB (Krassen): AA'BB' (Silberberg).  Source for notated version: Melvin Wine (Braxton County, West Virginia) [Krassen, Silberberg].  Printed sources: Krassen (Masters of Old Time Fiddling), 1983; p. 52. Silberberg (Tunes I Learned at Tractor Tavern), 2002; p. 53.  Recorded sources: Augusta Heritage Records 003, Ernie Carpenter - "Elk River Blues: Traditional Tunes From Braxton County, W.Va." (appears as "Gunboat") {Carpenter learned his version from Wallace Pritchard}. Poplar LPI 40290, Melvin Wine - "Cold Frosty Morning" (1976).  See also listings at: Melvin Wine clip, youtube.com Jane Keefer's Folk Music Index: An Index to Recorded Sources

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