Hell Broke Loose in Georgia
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Transcription: by Darryl D. Bush
"Hell Broke Loose in Georgia" is an American reel from southwestern Pa. in<br> G Major. The parts are played AB.<br> Bayard (1981) identifies this tune as a composite with an 'A' part from British<br> Isles tradition, attached to a 'B' part newly composed. The 'A' part appears to be<br> the Scottish "My Ain Kind Dearie" which can be traced to the 1760's; the tune is<br> also known as "Christmas Eve" and the marches "Our President", "Here's a<br> Health to our Leader" and "The Fearless Boys". Bayard also links these tunes<br> to "Oh! Lassie Art Thou Sleeping Yet" and suggests they are all part of a<br> "moderate sized tune family of perhaps some respectable antiquity" i.e. they<br> are descended from some unknown original single air.<br> Source for the notated version: Abraham Gray from Westmoreland County, Pa. (1930's).<br> It was printed in Bayard's Dance to the Fiddle (1981).<br> This tune reminds me of "The Rose Tree" in the Irish section.<br>
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