Annotation:Gate to Go Through

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 GATE TO GO THROUGH. AKA and see "Granny Will Your Dog Bite? (1)" Old-Time, Song and Breakdown. USA, Kentucky. G Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AAB. The song is a variant of the song known in northern Kentucky as "Granny Will Your Dog Bite?", originally recorded in 1932 by the Jimmie Johnson String Band of Carroll County, north-central Kentucky. Open the gate and walk on through, He's a fine old dog and he won't bite you. The recording sold a sum total of 99 copies, having been recorded during the depression years when money for a phonograph record was extremely dear. See also the related "Pretty Little Girl with the Blue Dress On," and "Who's Been Here Since I've Been Gone."  Source for notated version: fiddler Andy Palmer with Jimmie Johnson's String Band [Phillips].  Printed sources: Phillips (Traditional American Fiddle Tunes), vol. 1, 1994; p. 94.  Recorded sources: Morning Star 45003, Jimmie Johnson String Band - "Wink the Other Eye: Old-Time Fiddle Band Music from Kentucky, vol. 1" (1980).

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