Maysville
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Transcription: by Darryl D. Bush
"Maysville" also known as "Over the Road to Maysville" is an old-time breakdown from<br> Kentucky in C Major. The source, J.P. Fraley, shifted into the 3rd position to play<br> some of the unison 'e' notes and stayed in that position for some succeeding notes.<br> The second strain is 'crooked', or irregular, with extra beats added to the unison 'e'<br> notes, which Fraley said the 'old-timers' called "dwelling notes". His version is also<br> crooked in that there are 10 bars in each part instead of the 'square' eight. I have<br> simplified the transcription by eliminating the double stops to highlight the melody.<br> Maysville is a small town on the Ohio River, the county seat of Mason County where<br> J.P. Fraley's father, Richard, brought his tobacco crop to be sold. Fiddler John Hartford<br> played the tune a bit up-tempo a few times, then down-tempo for later repeats; he says:<br> "First you play the tune peppy (haulin' the tobacco) then you get paid off and get drunk<br> and come home and you play the tune draggy". Hartford called the tune "Over the Road to<br> Maysville". Hartford also notes that J.P. Fraley said that east Kentucky/West Virginia<br> fiddler Ed Haley also played the tune. <br> J.P. Fraley (1924-2011), Denton, Kentucky, learned this from his father, Richard Fraley.<br> It was printed in Titon's Old-Time Kentucky Fiddle Tunes (2001). <br> It was recorded by J.P. & Annadeene Fraley on Maysville (1995), John Hartford on Wild Hog<br> in the Red Brush (and a Bunch of Others You Might Not Have Heard) (1996) and by Adam Hurt<br> on Artifacts.<br> I learned it from Adam Hurt's recording.<br>
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