Wandering Boy

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 Theme code Index    3311 4L6L3L5L
 Also known as    
 Composer/Core Source    Biography:Frank Jenkins
 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    4/4
 History    USA(Upland South)
 Structure    AABB
 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. 703
 Year of publication/Date of MS    2011
 Artist    Biography:Frank Jenkins
 Title of recording    Wandering Boy/Home Sweet Home
 Record label/Catalogue nr.    Gennett 6165 (78 RPM)
 Year recorded    1927
 Media    
 Score   (1)   




X:1 T: Wandering Boy N:From the solo playing of fiddler and banjo player Frank Jenkins (1888-c. 1945, N:Dobson, Surry County, western N.C.) M:C L:1/8 R:Song Air N:AEae tuning (fiddle) Q:"Moderately quick" D:Gennett 6165 (78 RPM), Frank Jenkins (1927) D:Document DOCD 8023, "DaCosta Woltz's Southern Broadcasters & D:Frank Jenkins' Pilot Mountaineers , 1927-1929" (2005). D:https://www.slippery-hill.com/content/wandering-boy Z:Andrew Kuntz K:A EA||:J[cc]>(B c/d/)e/c/ |A2A<A|D2 (F/G/A) |C>D- E/A/A|Jc>A c/A/c |e2dc|[E2B2]e-f |e2- e(3f/e/B/| J[cc]>(B c/B/c/B/) |A2A<A|D2 (F/G/A)| C>D- E/A/A|c>c e/c/c/A/ |{c}B2B<-c|1A4-| A[EA]- [A/A/][A/A/][AA]:|2A4|-A|| ((3[E/A/][F/A/][G/A/] .[AA]).[GA]|:[FA]>[GA] [FA]<[EA]| [E/A/][F/A/][AA]- [AA][AA]|([A/A/]-[A/B/])-[A/B/][A/c/] [AB][Ac]| {B}[A2A2]-[A/A/]B/- A/G/| [FA]>[GA] [FA][GA] |[A2A2] [E2B2]|[M:3/4] ef e2- e/f/e/(B/|[M:2/4][Ec]>)(B c/B/c/B/) |A<A-A/A/A| J[AA]>[AA] AC|E2 (3E/F/G/A |c>c e/c/c/A/ |{c}B2B<-c|1A4-| A/(3E/F/G/ [A/A/][A/A/][AA]:|2A4||