No Corn on Tygart
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Transcription: by Darryl D. Bush
"No Corn on Tygart", also known as "Jimmy Ossington" or "Snakewinder" is an American<br> reel in cut time and G Major. The parts are played AABB. <br> The tune was recorded in the field for the Library of Congress by John Lomax in 1937<br> from the playing of fiddler James W. Day (1861-1942, Ashland, Ky.), who issued some<br> 78 RPM recordings under the pseudonyms "Jilson Setters" and "Blind Bill" Day.<br> Day was Ed Haley's neighbor and contemporary. Haley also played a tune called "No Corn on Tygart"<br> but the tunes are completely different.<br> In Kentucky the reel also goes by the names "Jimmy Ossington" and "Snakewinder" (Buddy Thomas). <br> Day came to attention of folklorist Jean Thomas, who managed his career for a time, promoting<br> him as a hillbilly caricature of the 'mountain fiddler'. Even his 'blindness' (he was blind<br> for a time as a young man, but had his sight restored by an operation) was exploited. Day made<br> some recordings in the 1930's and continued to be active at regional folk festivals nearly<br> until he died in 1942.<br> There is a Tygart Creek in Kentucky and a Tygart River in West Virginia.<br> The banjo tablature is by John Letscher.<br> It was printed in Lamancusa's The Gettysburg Collection of Old-Time Fiddle Tunes (2021).<br> It was recorded by James W. Day on Jilson Setters/James W. Day Library of Congress 1019B1<br> (recorded by John Lomax in Ashland Ky., June, 1937) and Safe Stefanini on Hell and Scissors (1999).<br>
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