Been to the East Been to the West

 X:1 T:Been to the East, Been to the West L:1/8 M:2/4 S:Liz Slade Z:AK/Fiddler's Companion N:Sung to 'A' part &quot;I been to the east and I been to the west, N:and I been to Alabama, N:Prettiest girl I ever did see, and her name was Susianna.&quot; K:G B/c/|dd/A/ B/A/B/c/|dd B/A/B/c/|d/B/d/A/ B/A/B/B/|A/ G G/ GB/c/| d/B/d/A/ B/A/B/B/|d/B/d/A/ B(g|g/)B/d B/A/B/B/|A/ G G/ G:| g/f/g/f/ f/e/e/f/|g/f/e/A/ B/A/B|A/ G G/ G:||
 * B|g>e gg/(b/|b)(a a)(a|a)a/a/ a/b/a/g/|f/ d d/ dd|(e/ e) (e/ e)e/f/|



BEEN TO THE EAST, BEEN TO THE WEST. AKA and see &quot;Great Big Yam Potatoes.&quot; Old-Time, Breakdown. G Major. Standard tuning. AB (Phillips): AABB (Kuntz, Songer). A similar tune is &quot;Goin' to Chattanooga,&quot; in the 'A' part. The original is from the Leake County Revellers, recorded on a 78 RPM in 1928. Well, I've been to the east and I've been to the west, And I've been to Alabama; Prettiest girl I ever did see, And her name was Susianna. Hawk said, &quot;I'll find me something for to eat, Gonna 'light on the yellowhammer.&quot; Printed sources: Kuntz, Private Collection. Phillips (Traditional American Fiddle Tunes), vol. 1, 1994; p. 29. Songer (Portland Collection), 1997; p. 26. Sources for notated versions in print: Liz Slade (Yorktown, New York) [Kuntz]; Mary Lea [Phillips]. Recorded sources: Columbia 15318 (78 RPM), Leake County Revelers (1928). Varrick VR -038, Yankee Ingenuity - &quot;Heatin' Up the Hall&quot; (1989).

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