Johnny Court the Widder

Johnny Court The Widder

Johnny Court The Widder

Old-Time, Breakdown.

ARTIST: From fiddler Roy Bennett, Battle Town, Kentucky

CATEGORY: Fiddle and Instrumental Tunes DATE: 1900’s

RECORDING INFO: Sugar Hill SH/PS 1134, Metamore (Sutherland, Dalglish & Larson) - "Great Road" (1987). OTHER NAMES:

SOURCES: Ceolas: From fiddler Roy Bennett, Battle Town, Kentucky; via Bruce Greene.

NOTES: D Minor. GDAD tuning. This ditty is sung to the tune:

For seven long years, Johnny court the Widder,
For seven long years, and then he didn't get her.