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X: 1 T: Southern Melody (Polka) B: Winston "Scotty" Fitzgerald Collection S: Arr. T. Traub 5-2-2000 N: A few chord changes by John Chambers M: 4/4 L: 1/8 K: D fg \ | "D"a2^ga bafe | "D"dcde f2de | "D"efdf "G"edB2 | "D"A4 A2fg | "D"a2^ga bafe | "D"dcde fedf | "E"e^def ^g2e2 | "A"a4 a2fg | "D"a2^ga bafe | "D"dcde f2de | "D"f2df "G"edB2 | "D"A4 ABAF | "G"G2A2 B2c2 | "D"dcdb a2f2 | "D"ABde "A"fde2 | "D"d4 d4 || "D"AFBF ABFA | "D"d2de dAFG | "D"A^GAc B2F2 | "A7"G4 GAGF | "Em"E3F G2A2 | "A"c2cd c2EF | "Em"GFGA "A"B2A2 | "D"F3D FAdf | "D"a2^ga bafe | "D"dcde f2de | "D"f2df "G"edB2 | "D"A4 ABAF | "G"G2A2 B2c2 | "D"dcdb "B7"a2f2 | "E7"ABde "A7"fde2 | "D"d4 d2 |]

SOUTHERN MELODY. American, Two-Step or Polka (2/4 time). D Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AB (Cranford): AA’B (Perlman). The tune is always paired with “Polo March.” The tune, which sounds like a version of "I Don't Love Nobody (2)/I Don't Love Nobody (3)," was introduced to Cape Breton fiddling by Winston “Scotty” Fitzgerald.

Additional notes
Source for notated version : - Reuben Smith (c. 1923, Blooming Point, Queens County, Prince Edward Island) [Perlman]; Winston Fitzgerald (1914-1987) [Cranford].

Printed sources : - Cranford (Winston Fitzgerald), 1997; No. 211, p. 83. Perlman (The Fiddle Music of Prince Edward Island), 1996; p. 161.

Recorded sources : - Celtic LP CSX5 34 (78 RPM), Winston "Scotty" Fitzgerald (). Flying Fish FF 70572, Frank Ferrel – “Yankee Dreams: Wicked Good Fiddling from New England” (1991. Appears as “Southern Melodies”). Rodeo RO-119 (78 RPM), Winston "Scotty" Fitzgerald.

See also listing at :
Alan Snyder's Cape Breton Fiddle Recordings Index [1]

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