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Been to the East, Been to the West- Leake County Ramblers

Been to the East, Been to the West

Old-Time, Breakdown. Traditional music and words.

ARTIST: Leake County Revelers; CATEGORY: Fiddle and Instrumental Tunes; DATE: 1927-1928.

RECORDING INFO: Columbia 15318 (78 RPM), Leake County Revelers (1928). Varrick VR -038, Yankee Ingenuity - "Heatin' Up the Hall" (1989). Leake County Revelers. Traditional Fiddle Music of Mississippi, Vol. 2, County 529, LP (1975), cut# 12 .Winston, Dave. Southern Clawhammer, Kicking Mule KM 213, Cas (1978), cut#B.05. Yankee Ingenuity. Heatin' up the Hall, Varrick 038, LP (1989), cut# 4a . Bubba Hutch- Clawhammer Banjo.

OTHER NAMES: "Great Big Yam Potatoes" A similar tune is "Going to Chattanooga," in the 'A' part.

SOURCES: Liz Slade (Yorktown, New York) [Kuntz]; Mary Lea [Phillips]. Kuntz, Private Collection. Phillips (Traditional American Fiddle Tunes), Vol. 1, 1994; pg. 29. Songer (Portland Collection), 1997; pg. 26. Leake County Revelers Volume 1, 1927-1928 Document DOCD-8029; Kuntz, Fiddler's Companion, http://www.ceolas.org/tunes/fc. NOTES: "G Major. Standard. AB (Phillips): AABB (Kuntz, Songer). Traditional Fiddle and clawhammer banjo tune."(Kuntz, Fiddler's Companion, http://www.ceolas.org/tunes/fc).

Been to the east and been to the west
Been to Alabama

I'm gonna get me something for to eat
Gonna 'light on the Yellowhammer

Prettiest little girl I ever did see
Lives in Alabama

Wanna know her name, I'll tell you what it would be
Her name is Susianna

Been to the east and been to the west
Been to Alabama

Prettiest little girl I ever did see
Lives in Alabama

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