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Bear Creek- Version 1

Bear Creek (Version of “Sally Goodin”) Old-Time, Breakdown. USA; Missouri, Oklahoma.

ARTIST: W.S. Collins (Potawatomie County, Oklahoma) CATEGORY: Fiddle and Instrumental Tunes DATE: Mid 1900’s

RECORDING INFO: Powell, Dirk;, John Herrman, Tom Sauber. One Eyed Dog, Yodel-Ay-Hee 008, Cas (1993), cut# 8

OTHER NAMES: "Bear Creek's Up," "Sally Goodin,""Old Sally Goodin," SOURCES: Thede (The Fiddle Book), 1967; pg. 108. Collins, W. S.. Fiddle Book, Oak, Bk (1967), p108; Kuntz, Fiddler's Companion, http://www.ceolas.org/tunes/fc;

NOTES: "G Major. Standard. AAB. There are some interesting directions for yells and laughing in this obscure variation of the well-known "Sally Goodin,'" though musically it lacks the melodic content of other versions. Thede's source, W.S. Collins, came from a musical Oklahoma family, whose modern representative was the fiddler Earl Collins, who recorded several albums." (Kuntz, Fiddler's Companion, http://www.ceolas.org/tunes/fc).

Bear Creek is up, Bear Creek is muddy,
Can't get across to see my honey.

Bear Creek is up, Bear Creek is swimmin,'
Hell's filled up with Buffalo wimmin.

Ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, (on one pitch)
Ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha.

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