Annotation:Boatin' Up Sandy (1)
X:1 T:Boatin' up Sandy [1] N:From the harmonica playing of Zeff Burgess, June, 1911, N:"at the head of Big Sandy when he was 'logging'." M:4/4 L:1/8 B:Thomas & Leeder - Singin' Gathering (1939, p. 66) Z:AK/Fiddler's Companion K:Amin A>BA>G E2 A>B|c2e2 d>B B2|A>BA>G E2 E^F|G2A2 B<A A2:| e/a/a/_b/ a/g/e/d/ e/g/{a}g/e/ d2|e/a/a/_b/ a/g/e/f/ g/e/d/B/ A2:|
BOATIN' UP (THE) SANDY [1]. American, Reel (whole time). USA, W.Va., Kentucky. G Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. The Big Sandy River defines the border dividing the states of West Virginia and Kentucky for its length before emptying into the Ohio River. It takes its name from the sandy deposits or sand bars frequently found in its bed. Bobby Fulcher (1986) says the tune "only occasionally" appears in Kentucky fiddler's repertories, as it does in Clyde Davenport's (Monticello, Ky.).
