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 JOHNNY COURT THE WIDDOW. AKA - "Johnny Court the Widder." Old-Time, Breakdown. A Major. AEae tuning (fiddle). This ditty is sung to the tune: For seven long years, Johnny court the Widder, For seven long years, and then he didn't get her. From fiddler Roy Bennett, Battle Town, Meade County, Kentucky; via Bruce Greene.

 Source for notated version:  Printed sources:  Recorded sources: Sugar Hill SH/PS 1134, Metamore (Sutherland, Dalglish & Larson) - "Great Road" (1987).  See also listing at: Hear Bruce Greene's 1976 field recording of Roy Bennett at Berea Digital Content 

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