Old Bell Ewe and a Little Speckled Wether

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 Theme code Index    3555 6355
 Also known as    Old Bell Ewe and Little Speckled Wether, Old Belle Yew and a Speck of Weather
 Composer/Core Source    C.W. Strong
 Region    United States
 Genre/Style    Old-Time
 Meter/Rhythm    Air/Lament/Listening Piece
 Key/Tonic of    G
 Accidental    1 sharp
 Mode    Ionian (Major)
 Time signature    2/2
 History    USA(Upland South)
 Structure    AB
 Editor/Compiler    Biography:Clare Milliner & Walt Koken
 Book/Manuscript title    Book:The Milliner-Koken Collection of American Fiddle Tunes
 Tune and/or Page number    p. 455
 Year of publication/Date of MS    2011
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X:1 T:Old Bell Ewe and Little Speckled Wether N:From the playing of Theophilus G. Hoskins, Hyden, Ky., recorded Oct. N:1937 by Aland and Elizabeth Lomax for the Library of Congress N:A variant of "Sally Goodin" M:C| L:1/8 R:Reel N:AEac# tuning (fiddle) Q:"Fast" D:https://archive.org/details/afc1937001_1463B2 Z:Transcribed by Andrew Kuntz K:A A-|c2[e2e2]-[e2e2]ee|fecc e2 +slide+[e2e2]-|[e2e2]fe c2c2|cABA [FA]-[A3A3]| [A2c2]-|[Ac]dcB .[A2c2].[A2c2] |ccBA FA3 |[Ac]d[Ac]B [A2A2][A2A2]|[F2A2][FA][EA] (F[A3A3])||


X:1 T:Old Bell Ewe and Little Speckled Wether N:From fiddler C.S. Strong (Warren County, south-central Kentucky, though N:originally from Lee County), recorded in the field by Bruce Greene, Jan., 1975. M:C| L:1/8 R:Air Q:"Moderate" N:GDgd tuning (fiddle) D:https://www.slippery-hill.com/recording/old-belle-yew-and-little-speck-weather D:https://soundarchives.berea.edu/items/show/1140 Z:Transcribed by Andrew Kuntz K:G B-d3 d2dd|eA-B2 d2de|=fA-B4G2|AGE-G GGGA| B2d4[D2d2]|eA-B2 d2de|d2{A}[D4B4]G2|AGEG GG G2|| [D2A2]{F}G2G2GG|AGE-G GGGE|D-GG2G2 E-D|D-GEG [GB]G G2| [D2A2]{F}G2- GG GE|D-GE-G [GB]GG2|[D2A2]G2 [G2B2]E-D|D-GE-(G [GB])GGG| [D2A2]G2- GGGE|D-GE-G [GB]GGE|D-G[D2B2]d2 BGAG|E-G[GB]G GA| B2d2-d2 d2 |eA-B2d2de|e2A-B- B2G2|AGE-G [GB]GG-A| [D2B2][D4d4][D2d2]|eA-B2 d2de|d2{A}[D4B4]G2|AGEG GG G2||