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Annotation:I don't like Whiskey
X:1 T:I don't like Whiskey N:Transcribed by John Hartford rom the playing of Owen "Snake" N:Chapman (1919-2002, Canada, Pike County, southeastern Kentucky) M:2/4 L:1/8 N:Play ABCDBC R:Reel B:Stephen F. Davis - Devil's Box, vol. 28, No. 1, Spring 1994 (p. 19) Z:AK/Fiddler's Companion K:G B/d/|e/f/e/d/ B/A/B/d/|e/d/e/f/ gg|e/f/e/d/ B/d/e/d/|B/A/G/B/ A/G/E| e/f/e/d/ B/A/B/d/|e/d/e/f/ gg-|g/g/e/d/ B/d/e/d/|B/G/A/F/ G:| |:D/B,/|G,/B,/D/G/ E/F/G/A/|B/d/e/f/ gg-|g/g/e/d/ B/d/e/d/|B/A/G/B/ A/G/E| G,/B,/D/G/ E/F/G/A/|B/d/e/f/ gg-|g/g/e/d/ B/d/e/d/|B/G/A/F/ G:| P:Vocal line f|ee e/e/ (3d/e/d/|d/e/d/d/ ee/e/|d/d/d/d/ e/e/e/e/|BA G||
I DON'T LIKE WHISKEY. American, Reel (2/4 time). G Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. John Hartford gave this ditty sung to the tune:
I don't like whiskey, and I believe I'll take a dram,
I'd a soon to be a n...... as a poor white man.
