Pennington's Farewell

X:1
T:Pennington's Farewell
T:Love Somebody
N:From the playing of Street Butler (1904-1977, Elkton, Todd County,
N:southwest Kentucky), recorded in the field by Bruce Greene, 1976.
N:Butler told the story that an outlaw named Pennington from Sharon
N:Grove, western Kentucky, was granted a last wish and "sat down on
N:his coffin with his fiddle and played that tune" before he was hung. Butler
N:claimed his banjo-playing acquaintance knew which farm Pennington was from.
N:Butler was well aware the tune is usually called "Love Somebody."
M:2/4
L:1/16
R:
Q:"Quick"
D: https://soundarchives.berea.edu/items/show/917
Z:Transcribed by Andrew Kuntz
K:D
a2f2g2e2|fe d2 d4|a2f2g2a2|b2e2 e4|
a2f2g2e2|(fe d2)A4|d2c2B2A2|dBA2D4:|
|:d2A2F2A2|(BAF2) D4|d2A2F2A2|[E2c2][E2c2] [A,4E4]|
d2A2F2A2|d2[d2e2][d4f4]|(gfe2) B2c2|(dBA2) D4:|]

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