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