Annotation:Sleepy Eyed Joe (2)

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X:1 T:Sleepy-Eyed Joe [2] N:From the playing of John Ashby (1915-1979, Fauquier County, Va.) L:1/8 R:Reel D:https://www.slippery-hill.com/recording/sleepy-eyed-joe D:County 773, John Ashby - "Fiddling by the Hearth" (1978) Z:Transcribed by Andrew Kuntz K:E Bc|e2ee gega|bbba- ba-ba|fafe gage|cBAD- E2Bc| e2ee gega|b2ba- ba-ba|fafe e3f|1e2[_E_B]-[=E3=B3]:|2[M:2/4]e2|| (_B2|[M:C|]=B3)[Be]e gfe2|cAce a3f|gfge f-efe|f-gfe (cBA)(_B| =B2) BB gfe2|cAee a2aa|baba fafe|e3f e2:| (_B2|=B4)g4|+slide+c4a4|g3e f-efe|f-gfe (cBA2)| +slide+B4g4| +slide+c4a3a|baba fgfe|e3f e2||

SLEEPY EYED JOE [2]. American, Reel (cut time). E Major (Phillips): D Major (Hall/Addis). Standard tuning (fiddle). AABC. The version of the tune played currently by the Foghorn String Band is somewhat distanced (and simplified), but cognate with John Ashby's version.

Additional notes

Source for notated version: - John Ashby (1915-1979, north Va.) [Phillips].

Printed sources : -Phillips (Traditional American Fiddle Tunes, vol. 1), 1994; p. 224.

Recorded sources: -Columbia (78 RPM), Ellis Hall and Bill Addis. County 773, John Ashby and the Free State Ramblers - “Fiddling by the Hearth” (1978). RCA Victor 47-4905 (45 RPM), Ellis and Bill, The Green Mountain Boys (1952).

See also listing at: Jane Keefer’s Folk Music Index: An Index to Recorded Sources [1]
Hear John Ashby's 1978 recording at Slippery Hill [2]

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