Annotation:Boll Weevil Drag

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X:1 T:Boll Weevil Drag M:2/4 L:1/8 S:Frank Maloy - Devil's Box (1987) B:Davis - Devil's Box, vol. 21, No. 4, Winter, 1987; p. 51. N:Based on the playing of Chick Stripling on the N:Georgia Jubilee radio shoe over WSB (Atlanta) N:in the late 1940's. K:C e/f/ | gg/g/ a/g/e/f/ | g/a/g/e/ c/d/e/f/ | g/e/g/e/ a/g/e/d/ | c/d/c/A/ G/A/c/e/ | gg/g/ a/g/e/f/ | g/a/g/e/ c/A/d/c/ | BG AB | [ce][c/e/][c/e/] [c2e2] :| |: g/f/ | e/[ce][c/e/] [ce]c/B/ | A/[FA][F/A/] [FA]d/c/ | B/G/B/c/ d/d/B/d/ | c/B/c/d/ e/f/g/f/ | e/[ce][c/e/] [ce]c/B/ | A/[FA][F/A/] [FA]d/c/ | B/G/B/c/ d/c/B/d/ | c/B/c/d/ c :: E/F/ | GG/G/ A/G/E/F/ | G/A/G/E/ C/D/E/F/ | G/E/G/E/ A/G/E/D/ | C/D/C/A,/ G,/A,/C/E/ | GG/G/ A/G/E/F/ | G/A/G/E/ C/G,/D/C/ | B,G, A,B, | CC/C/ [CE] :: (3G,/A,/B,/ | CC E/C/D/E/ | F/E/F/G/ A/G/F/D/ | G/^F/G/A/ B/G/A/B/ | c/B/c/d/ e/d/c/A/ | C/B,/C/D/ E/C/D/E/ | F/E/F/G/ A/G/F/D/ | G/^F/G/A/ B/G/A/B/ | c/B/c/d/ c :|



BOLL WEEVIL DRAG. American, Reel (2/4 time). C Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABBCCDD.


Additional notes
Source for notated version : - Frank Maloy (Englehard, N.C.), who based his transcription on the playing of south Georgian fiddler "Chick" Stripling on radio station WSB (Atlanta) in the early 1940's [Devil's Box].

Printed sources : - Devil's Box, vol. 21, No. 4, Winter 1987; p. 51.






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