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X:1
T:Sleepy Joe
M:C|
L:1/8
R:Reel
Q:"Fast"
N:From the playing of Bob Walters (1889-1960, Burt County, eastern Nebraska)
D:https://www.slippery-hill.com/recording/sleepy-joe
Z:Transcribed by Andrew Kuntz
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[A,2E2] AB cBAc|faea fecA|E2GB eagf|efed cde2|
[A,2E2] AB cBAc|faea fecA|E2 GB eagf|edcB A2A2:|
|:c'2c'b c'2c'a|efed ceac'|BBGB EBGB|Aceg fece|
c'2c'b c'd'c'a|efed ceac'|BBGB eagf|edcB A2A2:|
SLEEPY EYED JOE [1]. AKA - "Sleepy Joe." American, Reel (cut time). USA; Ga., Missouri, Nebraska. A Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. Several different tunes share this (or similar) title. “Sleepy Eyed Joe” is one of ‘100 essential Missouri tunes’ listed by Missouri fiddler Charlie Walden.
Additional notes
Source for notated version: - Bob Walters (Burt County, Nebraska) [Christeson]; Lyman Enloe (1906-1997, Mo.) [Beisswenger & McCann, Phillips].
Printed sources : - Beisswenger & McCann (Ozarks Fiddle Music), 2008; p. 30. R.P. Christeson (Old Time Fiddler’s Repertory, vol. 1), 1973; p. 19. Phillips (Traditional American Fiddle Tunes, vol. 1), 1994; p. 224.
Recorded sources: -County 773, John Ashby & The Free State Ramblers - "Fiddling by the Hearth" (1979). County CD-2707, Lyman Enloe – “Fiddle Tunes I Recall” (originally recorded 1973). Nettwerk America 30422, Foghorn Stringband - "Weiser Sunrise" (2005). Rounder 0063, Norman Blake - "Whiskey before Breakfast" (1987).
See also listing at:
Jane Keefer’s Folk Music Index: An Index to Recorded Sources [1]
Hear Bob Walter's home recording at Slippery Hill [2]
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