Cripple Creek

X:1
T:Cripple Creek
N:Transcribed by David Bennett from the playing of western N.C.
N:fiddler Bill Hensley in 1939.
M:2/4
L:1/8
R:Reel
N:AEae tuning (fiddle). Hensley called this the "Shelton Laurel Key."
B:David Parker Bennett – "A Study in Fiddle Tunes from
B:Western North Carolina", dissertation UNC, Chapel Hill, p. 64.
Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion
K:A
{E}A2 A(A/B/|[Ac])A/c/ (B/A/)F/(A/|[A/c/])B/A/F/ EA/(B/|[A/c/])Ac/ (B/A/)F/A/|EF/E/ AA/B/|
[A/c/]B/A/c/ (B/A/)F/(A/|[A/c/])B/A/F/ EA/(B/|[A/c/])Ac/ (B/A/)F/A/|EF/A/ A((3e/f/g/|
a)a e/c/(e/[c/e/])|[df][d/f/]f/ e(A/B/|c) (A/c/) B/A/F/A/|EF/F/ A((3e/f/g/|
a/)b/a/f/ e/c/(e/e/)|[df][d/f/]f/ e((3e/f/g/|a/)b/a/f/ e{c}e|c/A/B/c/ A((3e/f/g/|
a)a e/c/(e/e/)|[df][d/f/]f/ e(A/B/|c)A/c/ (B/A/)F/A/|EE/F/ A(A/B/|
c)(A/c/ B)A/(B/|c)(A/F/ E)A/(B/|[Ac])(A/c/) B/A/F/A/|EF/F/ A(A/B/|
[A/c/])Ac/ (B/A/)F/A/|([A/c/]B/)A/F/ E/F/A/B/|([A/c/]A)c/ (B/A/)F/A/|EF/E/ A((3e/f/g/|
a)a A/c/(e/e/)|[df][d/f/]f/ e(A/B/|c)(A/c/) B/A/F/A/|[M:3/4]EF/F/ A2 a(a/b/)|
c'2 (a/c'/) b/a/f/a/|c'a/f/ ea/b/|(c'/a)c' (b/a/)f/-f/|e/f/a/b/ a(a/b/)|
c'-ac' b/a/f/a/|c'a/f/ e(a/b/)|c'/-ac'/ b/a/(f/f/)|(e/f/)a/a/ aa-|
a)a e/c/e/c/|[df][d/f/]f/ e((3e/f/g/|a)a c/c/c/c/|Bc A((3e/f/g/|
a)a A/c/e/[c/e/]|d[d/f/][d/f/] e(A/B/)|c(A/c/) B/A/F/A/|EF/F/ A(A/B/)|
[A/c/](Ac/ B)(A/B/|[A/c/])(A/F/) [A,E](A/B/|[A/c/])(A/c/) B/A/F/A/|[A,E]F/E/ A(A/B/|
[Ac])(A/c/) B/A/F/A/|(c/B/)A/F/ EA/-(B/|[A/c/])Ac/ (B/A/)F/A/|EF/F/ A((3e/f/g/|
a)a e/c/(e/e/)|[df][d/f/]f/ e((3e/f/g/|a)a c/c/c/c/|Bc A((3e/f/g/|
a)a e/c/(e/e/)|[df][d/f/]f/ eA/B/|c(A/c/) B/A/F/A/|[M:3/4]E[E/A/]A/ Aa- a(a/b/|
[ac'])(a/c'/) (b/a/)f/a/|c'a/e/ e(a/b/)|(c/a)c'/ (b/a/)f/a/|e/f/a/a/ aa/b/|
(c/a)c'/ (b/a/)f/a/|c'a/e/ ea/b/|c'(a/c'/) b/a/f/a/|ef/a/ a(a/b/)|
c'a/c'/ b/a/f/a/|c'a/e/ ea/b/|c'(a/c'/) b/a/f/a/|ef/a/ a(a|
a)a e/c/(e/e/)|[df][d/f/]f/ e((3e/f/g/|a)a c/A/c/c/|Bc A((3e/f/g/|
a)a e/c/(e/e/)|d"end of record"||

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