Annotation:Old Hen Cackled (2)

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X:1 T:Old Hen She Cackled T:Old Hen Cackled [2] M:2/2 L:1/8 S:W.H. "Bill" Stepp (1875-1957, Magoffin County, southeast Ky.) N:AEae tuning (fiddle) D:Library of Congress AFS 01572 B03, W.H. Stepp (Oct., 1937) F:https://www.slippery-hill.com/recording/old-hen-she-cackled Z:Transcribed by Andrew Kuntz K:A [A,2E2]-|[A,2E2]aa a2[B2f2]-|[B2f2]bb b2[Bb][Bf]|[A2e2]a2 abaf|ecBA c2[A,2E2]-| [A,2E2]aa a2[B2f2]-|[B2f2]bb b2[Bb][Bf]|[A2e2]a2 abaf|ecBA c2 || +slide+[e2e2]-|[ee]fec BAcf|ec[Be][Ae] [c2e2]+slide+[e2e2]-|[ee]fec BAcf|ec[Be][Ae] [A2e2]+slide+[e2e2]-| [e2e2]ec BAcf|ec[Be][Ae] [c2e2]+slide+[e2e2]-|[ee]fec BAcf|ec[Be][Ae] [A2e2]|| ((3EFG)|A2Ac BAcf|ec[Be][Ae] {B}[c2e2]((3EFG)|A2Ac BAcf|ec[Be][Ae] [A2e2] ((3EFG)| A2Ac BAcf|ec[Be][Ae] {B}[c2e2][A,2E2]|A2Ac BAcf|ec[Be][Ae] [A2e2]((3EFG)| A2Ac BAcf|ec[Be][Ae] {B}[c2e2][A,2E2]|A2Ac BAcf|ec[Be][Ae] [A2e2]||

OLD HEN (SHE) CACKLED [2]. American, Reel (cut time). A Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). ABC. This version of the "Hen Cackled" tune family was played by fiddler W.H. "Bill" Stepp, recorded by Alan and Elizabeth Lomax in October, 1937, in Salyersville, Kentucky. Stepp was accompanied for this tune on guitar by Mae Puckett Porter, whose blind sister Nell performed ballads and sacred material for the Lomaxes.

Additional notes

Source for notated version: - William Hamilton "Bill" Stepp (1875-1957, Salyersville, Magoffin County, southeastern Kentucky) [Milliner & Koken].

Printed sources : -

Recorded sources: -Library of Congress AFS 01572 B03, W.H Stepp (Oct., 1937). W.H. Stepp - "The Music Of Kentucky Vol. 1: Early American Rural Classics 1927-37" (1995. Various artists).

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