My Pretty Little Girl's Gone

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 Theme code Index    5536 5512
 Also known as    My Prettiest Girl Is Gone
 Composer/Core Source    Absie Morrison
 Region    United States
 Genre/Style    Old-Time
 Meter/Rhythm    Reel (single/double)
 Key/Tonic of    G
 Accidental    1 sharp
 Mode    Ionian (Major)
 Time signature    2/2
 History    USA(Ozarks/Western Tenn)
 Structure    AB
 Editor/Compiler    Biography:Drew Beisswenger & Gordon McCann
 Book/Manuscript title    Book:Ozarks Fiddle Music
 Tune and/or Page number    p. 105
 Year of publication/Date of MS    2008
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X:1 T:My Pretty Little Girl's Gone N:From the playing of fiddler Absie Morrison (1876-1964, Landis, N:Searcy County, Arkansas), recorded in the field in 1959 by John N:Quncy Wolf (Lyon College). N:"I'm gonna play 'My Pretty Little Girl's Gone', and she left me one N:time, too. That's a true story." M:C| L:1/8 Q:"Brisk" R:Air D:http://web.lyon.edu/wolfcollection/songs/morrisonmy1270.mp3 D:https://www.slippery-hill.com/recording/my-pretty-little-girls-gone Z:Transcribed by Andrew Kuntz K:G g2 fd e2 d2|e2d2 e2g2|(f/g/f) e2 d2d2-|d2B2 c2-B2|[D6A6] [DB]c| [M:3/2]d3c B6 e-f|[M:C|]g2 (f/g/f) e2d2|e2dd e2g2|(f/g/f) e2 d2d2-|d2BB c2-B2| [D6A6] Ac|(B/c/B A2)G4||Bd-dd BB e2|d3B G2 Ac |B2 G2 Ac3| B3c d2 gg|[M:3/2](f/g/f) e2 d2- BB G2B2 |[M:C|][D3A3]c B2 cc |d2d2 GB e2| d3B G2 Ac |B2G2 AB c2|B3c d2gg|[M:3/2](f/g/f) e2 d2cc (B/c/B) A2|[M:C|]G8||