Going Down to Charleston
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Transcription: by Darryl D. Bush
"Going Down to Charleston" is an American reel in 2/4 or cut time and G Major.<br> The parts are played AAB. It was in the repertoire of Owen<br> "Snake" Chapman (1919-2002) from Canada, Pike County, Kentucky.<br> John Hartford collected these words to the tune from source "Snake" Chapman:<br> Goin' down to Charleston early in the morning,<br> Going down to Charleston later in the day;<br> Seen so many pretty girls I couldn't get away,<br> I'm goin' down to Charleston, later in the day.<br> The banjo tablature is by John Letscher from the recording of Bruce Green, Don Pedi and<br> Erynn Marshall.<br> It was printed in Stephen F. Davis in Devil's Box, vol. 28, No. 1, Spring 1994.<br> It was recorded by Owen "Snake" Chapman on Up in Chapman's Hollow (1996)<br> and Erynn Marshall on Tune Tramp (2012).<br>
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