Annotation:Throw the Old Cow over the Fence
X:1 T:Throw the Old Cow over the Fence S:Dr. Humphrey Bate (1875 –1936) and His Possum Hunters M:C| L:1/8 D:Vocalion 5238 (78 RPM), Dr. Humphrey Bate & His Possum Hunters (1928) F:https://www.slippery-hill.com/recording/throw-old-cow-over-fence Z:Transcribed by Andrew Kuntz K:G dc|B[G2B2][GB][G2B2][G2B2]|[Gc][Gc][Gc][Gc] [G2c2] ag|f[d2f2][df] [d2f2](ef|g)(fa)(f g)(fe)d| B[G2B2][GB][G2B2][G2B2]|[Gc][Gc][Gc][Gc] [G2c2] ag|f[d2f2][df] [d2f2](ef|g2)(a/g/f) g2:| |:([Bg]a)|:[B2b2])[B4b4][B2a2]- |[Bb]ag-a [B4b4] |ab-ag fdef|gfga b2([Bb]a)| [B2b2] [B4b4]([B2a2]|[Bb])a(ga) [B4b4] |ab-ag fdef|[B6g6][B2a2]-:|
THROW THE OLD COW OVER THE FENCE. American, Reel (cut time). G Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. The source for the tune is the Nashville, Tenn., based Dr. Humphrey Bate & His Possum Hunters, Vocalion recording artists in 1928 and Grand Ole Opry performers. On this recording Bate's fiddler was W.J. "Bill" Barrett, not the usual fiddler with the group, Oscar Stone.
Bate was actually a medical doctor, a graduate of Vanderbilt University, veteran of the Spanish-American war, and physician to Sumner County, northeast of Nashville. Although the harmonica-playing Bate died in the mid-1930's, the remainder of the band continued to play on the Opry for several decades.
