775. Hell Broke Loose in Georgia
[A fiddle tune by the same title, was in the repertoire of Georgia fiddlers, including Fiddlin' John Carson and Lowe Stokes. Stokes used the tune to win the Georgia Old-time Fiddler Convention in Atlanta in a showdown against Carson. The title is a floating title so I'm not sure yet if Stokes version is the same as Lunsfords. The lyrics may be adapted however.]
'Hell Broke Loose In Georgia.' Sung by Bascom Lamar Lunsford, Turkey Creek, Buncombe county, to this editor. Lunsford said that his great-uncle, S. O. Deaver, Madison county, sang it more than sixty years ago, and called this tune also 'Mush Ice,' so that he could talk about it in "polite society." For a related text cf. CRS Kit 47, 16.
F-674
Ain't no hell in Georg - ie-
Ain't no hell in Georg - ie;
Ain't no hell in Georg -ie-
Ain't no hell in Georg - ie.
Lit - tie In - dian goes Georg - ie,
Lit - tie In - dian goes Georg - ie,
Lit - tie In - dian goes Georg - ie.
Lit - tie In - dian goes Georg - ie.
Scale: Hexatonic (6), plagal. Tonal Center: f. Structure: aba1bcdcd1 (2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2) = aa1bb1 (4,4,4,4).