X:1
T:What you gonna do with the Baby-Oh [2]
N:Transcribed by John Hartford in Feb., 1991, from the playing
N:of Owen "Snake" Chapman (1919-2002, Canada, Pike County,
N:eastern Kentucky)
M:2/4
L:1/8
R:Reel
B:Stephen F. Davis - Devil's Box, vol. 30, No. 1, Spring 1996 (p. 30)
Z:AK/Fiddler's Companion
K:A
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WHATCAH GONNE SO WITH THE BABY [2]. AKA - "What you gonna do with the Baby-Oh?," "What shall I do with the Baby O." American, Reel (2/4 time). A Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AB. John Hartford collected this couplet from Owen Chapman: Owen "Snake" Chapman
What you gonna do with the baby oh, I'll send him home to his mammy oh.
Additional notes Source for notated version : - Owen "Snake" Chapman (1919-2002, Canada, Pike County, eastern Kentucky) [Hartford/Devil's Box].
Printed sources : - Stephen F. Davis (The Devil's Box), vol. 30, No. 1, Spring 1996; p. 30.
See also listing at : Hear Estill Bingham's (Bell County, eastern Ky.) 1986 field recording at Berea Sound Archives [1]
