Hannah at the Springhouse
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Transcription: by Darryl D. Bush
"Hannah at the Springhouse" is an American reel in cut time and A Mixolydian ('A' part) &<br> A Dorian ('B' part). The parts are played AB. The tune is crooked with the last<br> measure of the A part being in 3/2.<br> It was in the repertoire of legendary fiddler Lewis Johnson "Uncle" Jack McElwain<br> (1856-1938) of<br> White Oak, a tributary of Laurel Creek, near the village of Erbacon, Webster County,<br> West Virginia.<br> Local lore, remarks West Virginia musician and folklorist Gerry Milnes (Play of a Fiddle,<br> 1999), gives that Erbacon was named by the habit of the cook at the local hotel, who<br> invariably asked, "Do you want ham 'r bacon?" Investigating further, Milnes found that<br> the town was actually named for E.R. Bacon, an official with the B & O railroad.<br> Copen, Braxton County, West Virginia, fiddler Melvin Wine (1909-2003) learned the tune<br> from his father, Bob, who had it from his father Nels and Grandfather "Smithy."<br> It was printed sources in Milliner & Koken's Milliner-Koken Collection of American<br> Fiddle Tunes (2011) and<br> Phillips' Traditional American Fiddle Tunes, vol. 2 (1995).<br> It was recorded by Melvin Wine on Hannah at the Springhouse (1989/1999).<br>
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