Bear Creek's Up (Bear Creek Version 2) |
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BEAR CREEK'S UP Old-Time, Breakdown. Mississippi. ARTIST: W.E. Claunch; CATEGORY: Fiddle and Instrumental Tunes DATE: Mid 1900’s RECORDING INFO: Mississippi Department of Archives and History AH-002, W.E. Claunch - "Great Big Yam Potatoes: Anglo-American Fiddle Music from Mississippi" (1985?). OTHER NAMES: "Bear Creek's Up," "Sally Goodin,""Old Sally Goodin," "Give me Chaw of Tobacco." SOURCES: Thede (The Fiddle Book), 1967; pg. 108. Collins, W. S.. Fiddle Book, Oak, Bk (1967), p108 NOTES: "G Major. Standard. AAB. The source for the tune, W.E. Claunch, also played "Sally Goodin,'" and for him it was a different tune, played in a different key." (Kuntz, Fiddler's Companion, http://www.ceolas.org/tunes/fc). Bear Creek is located in Mississippi, Attala Co. 331428N 0892120W. A Bear Creek does flow through Tishomingo County, Mississippi, into the Tennessee River, though it is likely, says Tom Rankin, that the title derives from the lyrics, not the location. Old-Time, Breakdown. USA, G Major. Standard. A regional variant of the well-known "Sally Goodin," with similar lyrics to Thede's "Bear Creek." (Kuntz, Fiddler's Companion, http://www.ceolas.org/tunes/fc). This version goes: Bear Creek's up and Bear Creek's muddy When a man gets drunk he can't stand steady. | |
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