Old Time Grey Eagle

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T:Old Time Grey Eagle
N:Transcribed by John Hartford from the version by Dr. Mac Snodderly (Clyce, N.C.).
N:Snodderly learned it from his Uncle Silas Snodderly, who in turn learned it from
N:Lee Irwin.  Manco Snead and J. Deadrick Harris may also have learned it from Irwin,
N:although perhaps Irwin himself had it from J.D. Harris.  According to Bob Carlin, Bill
N:Hensley played the tune and said that it was in the repertoire of Governor Bob Taylor.
N:Hartford writes: "We believe the 'Old Time Grey Eagle' in C was originally played with 'Wagner'
N:and both were played in AEac# or 'Black Mountain Rag' tuning. This is a gut feeling based on the
N:fact that C tunes go good in this tuning, and in the early days this tuning was used a lot
N:because it was louder and had more open strings to harmonize with."
M:2/4
L:1/8
R:Reel
N:"*" = a unison double stop when it appears.
N:AEac# tuning - the transcription below is to be fingered as if the fiddle were in standard tuning.
B:Stephen F. Davis - Devil's Box, vol. 25, No. 1, Spring 1991 (p. 17)
Z:AK/Fiddler's Companion
K:C
A/B/||c/B/c/B/ A/B/A/E/|D/E/D/B,/ A,/G,/B,/A,/|G,/B,/D/G/ E/F/A/B/|1 c/A/c/a/ g/e/A/B/:|2 c/A/B/c/ A||
A/B/|"*"[ce]g/e/ a/e/g/f/|e/g/g/b/ g/e/A/B/|[ce]g/e/ a/e/g/a/ g/e/B/A/ A|
[ce]g/e/ a/e/g/f/|e/g/g/b/ g/e/A/B/|[ce]g/e/ a/g/c'/a/ |g/e/B/A/ A||
|:G,/A,/|B,D/B,/ D/B,/D/C/|B,/D/D/E/ D/B,/,G,/A,/|B,D/B,/ E/D/A/E/|D/B,/A,/G,/ G,:|

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