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| Accuracy | Spot checked |
| Depth | Basic |
| Readability | Acceptable |
X:1
T:Miss Brown [1]
S:Carter Brothers and Son (Mississippi)
M:C|
L:1/8
R:Reel
N:GDad tuning
D:
F:https://www.slippery-hill.com/recording/miss-brown
Z:Transcribed by Andrew Kuntz
K:G
Bc|ddde d2Bc|dedB A2Bc|dedB cBA2| G2 GE D2:|
(3DEF|GGAc BBAF|[GB][GB][G2B2][G2c2] [D2A2]-|[G2B2][GB][GB] [Gc][GB][GB][GA] |G2 GE D2:|]
MISS BROWN [1]. American, Reel (cut time). USA, Mississippi. G Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. See related tunes "Cotton Eyed Joe (2)" and "Cousin Sally Brown (2)." The Carter brothers sang this ditty to the tune:
Never get it up, never get it down,
Never get it up for old Miss Brown.
Additional notes
Source for notated version: - Andrew Carter with the Carter Brothers and Son (Miss.) [Phillips].
Printed sources : - Phillips (Traditional American Fiddle Tunes, vol. 1), 1994; p. 152.
Recorded sources: -County 528, Carter Brothers and Son - "Mississippi Breakdown: Traditional Fiddle Music of Mississippi." Document Records, Carter Brothers & Son - "Mississippi String Bands 1928-1935: vol. 1" (various artists). Vocalion 5297 (78 RPM), Carter Brothers & Son (1928).
See also listing at:
Jane Keefer's Folk Music Index: An Index to Recorded Sources [1]
Hear the Carter Bros. & Son recording at Slippery Hill [2]
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