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X:1 T:Sallie Cooper S:John Salyer M:C| L:1/8 N:GDad tuning (fiddle) D:John Salyer's home recordings 1941-42 Z:Transcribed by Andrew Kuntz K:G Bc|dBG2 AGFA|G2G2 [G,2D2]Bc|dBGB AGFA|G2G2 [G,2D2]Ac| BAGB AGFD|G2G2 [G,2D2] Bc|dBGB AGFA|G2G2 [G,2D2]:| |:de|f2 df ed^ce|d2d2 AB=c2|BGBG AGFD| G2G2[D2A2]de| f2a2e2^c2|d2d2 AB=c2|BGBG AGFD|G2G2 [G,2D2]:|]
SALLIE COOPER. AKA – “Sallly Cooper.” Old-Time, Breakdown. USA, Kentucky. G Major. GDad tuning (fiddle). ABB.
Additional notes
Source for notated version: - John Morgan Salyer, farmer (1882-1952, Salyersville, Magoffin County, Ky.) [Titon].
Printed sources : - Titon (Old-Time Kentucky Fiddle Tunes), 2001; No. 142, p. 168.
Recorded sources: - Berea College Appalachian Center AC003, “John M. Salyer: Home Recordings 1941-42, vol. 1” (1993). Rounder 0361, Bruce Molsky – “Lost Boy” (1996. Learned from John Salyer’s recording). David Bragger and Susan Platz - "King's Lament: Old-Time Fiddle Duets" (2014).
See also listing at:
Jane Keefer's Folk Music Index: An Index to Recorded Sources [1]
Hear John Salyer's 1941 recording at the Digital Library of Appalachia [2] and Berea Sound Archives [3]
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