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Betty Ann
X:1 T:Betty Ann N:Transcribed by Frank Maloy, based on John Ashby's version M:2/4 L:1/8 R:Reel N:AEac# tuning (fiddle) B:Stephen F. Davis - Devil's Box, vol. 18, No. 4, Winter 1984 (p. 49) Z:AK/Fiddler's Companion K:A {B}[ce]>[de] [ce][c/e/][B/e/]|[A/e/][B/e/][ce] [Ae]>[Be]|[ce][A/e/][c/e/] [B/e/][A/e/][E/A/][D/A/]|[E/A/][F/A/][=GA] [D2A2]| {B}[ce]>[de] [ce][c/e/][B/e/]|[A/e/][B/e/][ce] [ce]>[Be]|[Ae][A/e/][c/e/] [B/e/][A/e/][E/A/][D/A/]|"E7"[E/A/][D/A/][E/A/][F/A/] "A"[=GA]|| [=G/A/][E/A/]|[D/A/][E/A/][=G/A/][E/A/] [=GA][A/e/[B/e/]|[c/e/][B/e/][A/e/][D/A/] [EA][DA]|[B/D/][D/A/][E/A/][F/A/] [=G2A2]|[c/e/][B/e/][A/e/][D/A/] [EA][DA]| {E}[=G3A3][Ae]|[Be]<[Ae] {B}[c2e2]-|[c2e2]-[ce][c/e/][d/e/]|[c/e/][B/e/][Ae] "E7"[EA][=GA]|"A"[Be][A3c3]| "A"[A/e/][A=g][A/a/] [Ag][Ag]-|[A/=g/][A/e/][A/f/][A/a/] [Ag][Ag]-|[A=g][A/g/][A/a/] [A/g/][A/e/][c/e/][A/e/]|[B/e/][A/e/][E/A/][=G/A/] [D2A2]| "A"[A/e/][A=g][A/a/] [Ag][Ag]-|[A/=g/][A/e/][A/f/][A/a/] [Ag][Ag]-|[A=g][A/g/][A/a/] [A/g/][A/e/][c/e/][A/e/]|"E"[B/e/][A/e/][E/A/][F/A/] "A"[=G2A2]|| |:"A"[=G,3D3][A/e/][B/e/]|[ce]>[Be] [c/e/][B/e/][Ae]|[=G,3D3]"+"e|"+"[Ae][DA] "E"[E/A/][D/A/][E/A/][F/A/]|"A"[=G4A4]:|
X:1
T:Betty Ann
N:From the playing of John Ashby (1915-1979, Fauquier County, Va.)
M:C|
L:1/8
R:Reel
N:AEac# tuning (fiddle)
N:As usual with AEac# tunes, drones are frequent
D:County 774, John Ashby & the Free State Ramblers -
D:"Fiddling by the Hearth" (1979).
D:https://www.slippery-hill.com/recording/betty-ann
Z:Transcribed by Andrew Kuntz
K:A
+slide+c3d c2 cB|ABc2 A3B|c2Ac BAFE|FG A2 [A,4E4]|
+slide+c3d c2 cB|ABc2 c3c|A2cA BAFE|[M:3/2]FEFG A6||
AF|[M:C|]EFAF A2AB|cBAG F2E2|CB,EG A4|cBAG F2E2|
[M:3/2]FG A4 A2 BA- A2|[M:C|]c6 cd|cBA2 FGA2|B3A- A4||
ce2f e2e2-|ecef e2e2-|e2ef edBA|BAFA [A,4E4]|
ce2f e2e2-|ecef e2e2-|e2ef edBA|[M:3/2]BAFG A8||
|:[M:C|][A,8E8]-|[A,2E2]AB c3B|cB A2 [A,4E4]-|[A,2E2]"+"c2"+"[E2A2] [A,2E2]|[M:3/2]FEFG A8:|]