Fly Around My Pretty Little Miss

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 Theme code Index    3H3H51H 1H533
 Also known as    Blue Eyed Girl, Blue Eyed Gal, Blue Eyes Run Me Crazy, Fare Thee Well My Pretty Little Miss, Pretty Little Pink, Susannah Gal (1), Suzanna Gal (1), Western Country
 Composer/Core Source    
 Region    United States
 Genre/Style    Old-Time
 Meter/Rhythm    Reel (single/double)
 Key/Tonic of    D
 Accidental    2 sharps
 Mode    Ionian (Major)
 Time signature    2/2
 History    USA(Upland South), USA(Piedmont)
 Structure    AABB
 Editor/Compiler    Biography:Gene Silberberg
 Book/Manuscript title    Book:Tunes I Learned at Tractor Tavern
 Tune and/or Page number    p. 45
 Year of publication/Date of MS    2002
 Artist    Biography:Samantha Bumgarner and Eva Davis
 Title of recording    Fly Around My Pretty Little Miss
 Record label/Catalogue nr.    Columbia 146-D (78 RPM)
 Year recorded    1924
 Media    
 Score   (1)   




X:1 T:Fly around My Pretty Little Miss T:Blue Eyed Gal T:Susanna Gal N:From the playing of fiddler, bagpiper, banjo, keyboard, hammered and lap N:duclimer player Frank George (1928-2017, Mercer County, W.Va., long resident N:of Speed, Roane County). From a recorded 1974 Brandywine Friends of Old N:Time Music Festival performance. Q:"Quick" M:C| L:1/8 D:https://soundarchives.berea.edu/items/show/2719 Z:Transcribed by Andrew Kuntz K:D [A=f]-|[A^f]afe d3A|BBA2[F2A4]FF|A2A2B2d2|{e}[A6f6]e2-| fafe d2d2|B2A2 [F2A2]FF|A2AA B2cA|[D6d6]z:| |:[Af]-|[A3a3][Aa] ([Aa]f)a2|b3a b2[Af]-|[A2a2]ab a2f2|+slide+[e3e3][ee] [e2e2][A2f2]-| [A2a2][Aa]b [Aa]f[A2a2]|b3a b2[Af]-|[A2a2]af ece2|[D6d6]z:|]


X:1 T:Fly Around My Pretty Little Miss L:1/8 M:C| S:Liz Slade Z:AK/Fiddler's Companion K:D (e|f>)(f e>)(A d2) d>d|d>(B A>)D F2 F>D|A>(B A>)(A B>)B d2|(e f2) e f3 (e| f>)(f e>)(A d2) d>d|d>(B A>)(D F>)D F>D|A>(B A>)(A B>)A c>A|(d f2) d f3:| |:(A|d2) f>f a2 a>a|(a b2) (a b3) a|baba baaf|f3 f e2 ((3ABc| d)>e f>f a2 a2|(a b2) (a b3) (a|a)bae f2 e2|f3 f e3A d3:||