Annotation:Go In and Out the Window
X:1 T:Go In and Out the Window C:Traditional, arranged by Owen "Snake" Chapman M:4/4 L:1/8 K:D N:From his lp on Rounder Records "Up in Chapman's Hollow". N:Owen "Snake" Chapman took this traditional childrens' rhyme and composed an impressive N:and difficult to play B-part. It has been modified by Beverly Smith and it appears on the N:album recorded with Alice Gerrard "The Cherry Tree". Z: Transcribed roughly by Jan Howard 2020 z4 z2 AF |:"D" DFAd f3 a | "A" f2 e4 ec | "A" A2 c2 e3 f |"D" e2 d4 AF | "D" DFAd e f2 a |"A" f2 e4 fg | "A" a2 f2 gfec |1 "D" d6 AF :|2"D" d6 c2 |:"G" ddBG DB,G,B, | "G" DGGG BddA | "D" ADFE DFFG | "D" AFAc ddfd | "A" eecB Accd | "A" ece^g a2 f=g |1 "D" afga fcAd |"D7" ef2 a f2 (3ABc :|2 "A7" afga fdec | "D" d2 d4 z2 ||
GO IN AND OUT THE WINDOW. American, Air and March. D Major. From the playing of the late Owen "Snake" Chapman, who has been credited with composting the second part of the tune. Some melodic material in the piece is quite old, having origins in the 18th century English and French melody "Malbrook/Malbrouk" (AKA -"Bear Went Over the Mountain (The)"), but quite common in throughout the South under such titles as "We Won't Go Home Till Morning," "Pig in the Parlor," "We're Marching Round the Levee" and others. It was the vehicle for play-party songs and games.
