Groundhog

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 Theme code Index    117L7L 115L5L
 Also known as    Ground Hog, Whistle Pig
 Composer/Core Source    
 Region    United States
 Genre/Style    Old-Time
 Meter/Rhythm    Air/Lament/Listening Piece, Reel (single/double)
 Key/Tonic of    A
 Accidental    3 sharps
 Mode    Ionian (Major)
 Time signature    2/2
 History    
 Structure    One part
 Editor/Compiler    Biography:Frank Warner
 Book/Manuscript title    Book:Traditional American Folk Songs
 Tune and/or Page number    pp. 296-297
 Year of publication/Date of MS    1984
 Artist    Biography:Jack Reedy and His Walker Mountain String Band
 Title of recording    Groundhog
 Record label/Catalogue nr.    Brunswick 221 (78 RPM)
 Year recorded    1928
 Media    
 Score   (1)   




X:1 T:Groundhog N:From the playing of fiddler Fred Roe with Jack Reedy and His N:Walker Mountain String Band M:C| L:1/8 Q:"Quick" R:Reel and Song D:https://www.slippery-hill.com/recording/groundhog D:Brunswick 221 (78 RPM), Jack Reedy and His Walker Mountain String Band (1928) K:A ^G2-|A2A2G2G2|ABAG E3c|e2ec d2d2|efed B3d| cBAc B2G2|ABAG E4|E4 F2G2|A6:|]


X:1 T:Ground Hog N:From the playing of blacksmith and fiddler William Marion Reece (1874-1939, Zionville, Watauga County, N:western N.C.) , recorded in 1936 by John Lomax for the Library of Congress. M:C| L:1/8 R:Reel D:Library of Congress AFS 00837 A02, Marion Rees [sic] (1936). D:https://www.slippery-hill.com/content/ground-hog-0 Z:Transcribed by Andrew Kuntz K:G |:(DF|G2)[GB][GB] D2FF|G3G D3D|G2G2 FFFF|GGG2 D3D| d2dd c2ec|dddd A3A|B-AG2 EEFF|GGGG D3D|[M:3/2][DA]-[F3A3] [G,4G4]-[G,2G2]:|| [M:C|]e-f|g2g2a2f2|g-fgg d3d|g2gg a2ff|gfge d3d| edBB ((3BcB AB)| dddd A3A|B2GG .EzFF|G2[G2B2]D4|[M:3/2]{D}[F4A4] [G4B4]-[G2B2]||


X:1 T:Ground Hog N:From the playing of fiddler Tommy Jarrell N:(1901-1985, Mt. Airy, Surry County, western North Carolina) M:C| L:1/8 Q:"Quick" R:Reel N:AEae tuning (fiddle) N:Jarrell's 'G' notes are intoned in the space between G natural and G sharp. D:County 741, Jarrell, Cockerham & Jenkins - "Stay All Night" (1973) D:https://www.slippery-hill.com/recording/ground-hog Z:Transcribed by Andrew Kuntz K:A [A2A2]-|[AA]B-AA GEGE|AB-AG E2[A2e2]-|[Ae]f-ec dAdf|efed +slide+c2+slide+c=c-| ^ccAc BAGA|AB-AG E2E2-|EGEE F-EG2|A6:|