Annotation:Ladies in the Ballroom (1)
X:1 T:Ladies in the Ballroom [1] M:C| L:1/8 S:Clyde Davenport (Ky.) K:G (D|D)EGA Bcdd|efgf efge|dBAG EGGA G2 ED| DEGA Bcde|efgf efge|dBAG EGGA|G2 ED|EGGA G3:| |:a|b2b2 abae|gage dBAG|E G2 A G2 ED|EGAB A2a2| b2b2 abae|gage dBAG|EG2 A G2 ED|EGGA G3:||
LADIES IN THE BALLROOM [1]. American, Reel. USA, Ky. G Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB (Titon): AA'BB' (Phillips). See "Waynesboro (Reel)," of which "Ladies in the Ballroom" appears to be a regional variant. Both tunes can be traced to the Irish "Over the Moor to Maggie (2)." Jeff Titon (2001) finds that source Davenport is the only source musician known to have recorded playing this tune, however, he notes its history can be traced somewhat. Bob Fulcher gives that Shell Coffey, who was born in 1895, learned the tune from an older African-American fiddler, Bled Coffey, who came to the Wayne County, Ky., area from Virginia prior to the Civil War.
