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X:1 T:Say Old Man can I have Your Daughter? S:Canote Brothers M:C| L:1/8 N:DDad tuning D: F: https://www.slippery-hill.com/recording/say-old-man-can-i-have-your-daughter Z:Transcribed by Andrew Kuntz K:D P:Intro (drone low 'D' throughout) |:+slide+[D,3F3]]F F2F2|G3E E2E2|+slide+[D,3F3]D FA2-|ADFD EF D2| +slide+[D,3F3]]F F2F2|G3E E2E2|+slide+[D,3F3]D FA2-|ABAF (E/F/E) D2:| P:Tune |:+slide+d4 d2 ((3A/B/c/d-|d2) d2 DF AB |((3A/B/c/d) d3B AF |ABAF (E/F/E) D2| d3d d2+slide+d2-|d2 [Ae]g fe dA|DAdA FDFG |ABAF (E/F/E) D2:|| |:[Ae]-[A2f2][Af] [A2f2] [A2f2]|[Af]-[A2g2] e [A2e2][A2e2]|[Ae]-[A2f2](e fe)a2-|aefd efde| [Ae]-[A2f2][Af] [A2f2] [A2f2]|[Af]-[A2g2] e [Ae]f[A2e2]|[Ae]-[A2f2](e fe)a2-|aefd efd2:|]

SAY OLD MAN CAN I HAVE YOUR DAUGHTER?. American, Reel (cut time). D Major. DDad, GDgd or AEae tuning (fiddle). AABB.

Say old man can I have your daughter?
To make my bread and carry my water.
Yes sir, yes sir, you can take her,
But she won't come, and I can't make her.

Additional notes

Source for notated version: -

Printed sources : -

Recorded sources: - Hammer & String - "The Girl who Broke My Heart" (2010). The Canote Brothers - "Makes it's own Gravy: Fiddle Tunes in DDad"

See also listing at:
Hear the Canote Brothers play the tune at Slippery Hill [1]
Hear the tune played by Hammer & String on youtube.com [2]

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