Calico
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Transcription: by Darryl D. Bush
"Calico", also known "Want to go to Meeting and Got No Shoes" is an American reel in cut time<br> and A Mixolydian ('A' part) & A Major ('B' part).<br> Calico is an all-cotton fabric woven in plain, or tabby, weave and printed with simple<br> designs in one or more colors. Calico originated in Calicut, India, by the 11th century,<br> if not earlier, and in the 17th and 18th centuries calicoes were an important commodity<br> traded between India and Europe.<br> The tune was recorded by Herbert Halpert for the Library of Congress from the playing of<br> Lauderville County, Mississippi, fiddler Stephen B. Tucker in 1939.<br> A rhyme sung to the tune goes:<br> Don't care where in the world I go,<br> Can't get around for the calico.<br> It was printed in Titon's Old-Time Kentucky Fiddle Tunes (2001).<br> It was recorded by Jim Bowles on Railroading Through the Rocky Mountains (1994)<br> and Erynn Marshal on Calico (2005).<br>
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