Goin' Down to Georgie-o
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Transcription: by Darryl D. Bush
"Goin' Down to Georgie-o", also known as "Hornio", "Gunboat" or "Who'll Take<br> Care of the Baby-O" is an American reel in D Major. The parts are played<br> AAB (Krassen) or AA'BB' (Silberberg).<br> The tune is from Central West Virginia.<br> Melvin Wine's own "The Horney Ewe" is a closely related tune.<br> The banjo tablature is by John Letscher from the playing of Erynn Marshall.<br> It was printed in Fiddler Magazine (2006),<br> Krassen's Masters of Old Time Fiddling (1983) and<br> Silberberg's Tunes I Either Did or Did Not Learn at Tractor Tavern (2005).<br> It was recorded by Ernie Carpenter on Elk River Blues: Traditional Tunes From<br> Braxton County, W.Va. (appears as "Gunboat"),<br> Jody Stecher and Kate Brislin on Jody and Kate (2010),<br> Dent Wimmer on The Old Traditions, Vol. 2 (1983),<br> Jim Taylor and Friends on Civil War Collection, Vol. 2 (2001) (appears as "Gunboat")<br> and Melvin Wine on Cold Frosty Morning (1976).<br>
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