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"Gunboat", also known as "Hornio", "The Horny Ewe" or
"Going Down to Georgie-o"
is an American old-time breakdown from Braxton County, W.Va. in A Major.
The parts are played ABB'. It is usually played in AEae fiddle tuning.
This is thought to be a Civil War-era tune, although there is no proof of this. The banjo tablature is by John Letscher. It was printed in Lamancusa's The Gettysburg Collection of Old-Time Fiddle Tunes (2021), Krassen's Masters of Old Time Fiddling (1983) and Silberberg's Tunes I Learned at Tractor Tavern (2002). It was recorded by Ernie Carpenter on Elk River Blues: Traditional Tunes From Braxton County, W.Va. and Jim Taylor (et al) on The Civil War Collection, vol. II. |