X:1
T:Yes My Buddy, I'm a-Getting There
S:C.W. Strong
M:C|
L:1/8
R:Reel
F:https://www.slippery-hill.com/recording/yes-my-buddy-im-getting-right-there
Z:Transcribed by Andrew Kuntz
K:G
(Bc|d2)d2 B3((3A/B/c/|d2)d2 G3((3A/B/c/|d2)d2 AABG|A2G4BA||
B2B2 ddBd|B2 BA G2 A|B2B2 ddBG|A2 G4||
P:Alternate 1st strain
(Bc|d2)d2 BABA|d2d2 G3((3A/B/c/|d2)d2ABGG|A2 G4BA||
YES MY BUDDY I'M A-GETTING RIGHT THERE. American, Reel (cut time). G Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AB. A two-part tune made up of short, almost truncated strains. It was perhaps originally a song air and was in the repertoire of Kentucky fiddler C.W. Strong.
Additional notes Source for notated version : - C.W. Strong (Warren County, Kentucky, though originally from Lee County).
See also listing at : Hear Bruce Greene's 1975 field recoding of C.W. Strong playing the tune at Slippery Hill [1], the Internet Archive [2], and at Berea Sound Archives [3]