There's a Brown Skin Girl Down the Road Somewhere
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Transcription: by Darryl D. Bush
"There's a Brown Skin Girl down the Road Somewhere", also known as<br> "Brown Skin Gal", "That Brownskin Gal" or "Down the Road" is an American country rag in<br> cut time and G Major. The parts are played AABCC. The B part is only 12 measures long.<br> Some sources insist the tune is original with Texas fiddler Eck Robertson (1887-1975),<br> though Charles Wolfe (1997) states it is generally credited to Robertson’s contest nemesis<br> Lefty Franklin.<br> Robertson recorded "There's a Brown Skinned Girl Down the Road Somewhere" in Dallas, Texas,<br> in August, 1929, for Victor records and Victor credited the composition to him. He was<br> accompanied on the recording by members of his family: son Dueron on tenor banjo,<br> daughter Daphne on tenor guitar and wife Nettie on guitar.<br> The tune requires some talent to play at speed. It spans a wide range from the lowest note<br> of the fiddle (G) to a high D that requires playing in the 3rd position (not usually used<br> by traditional fiddlers).<br> It was printed in Brody's Fiddler’s Fakebook (1983) and<br> Phillips' Traditional American Fiddle Tunes, vol. 2 (1995).<br> It was recorded sources by Junior Daugherty on You Be the Judge,<br> Howdy Forrester on Fiddle Hoedown,<br> Jana Greif on I Love Fiddlin',<br> Herman Johnson on Champion Fiddling,<br> Eck Robertson & Family (1929),<br> Ship in the Clouds on Old Time Instrumental Music (1978),<br> Luke Smathers String Band on Mountain Swing,<br> Eck Robertson on Old-Time Texas Fiddler: Vintage Recordings 1922-1929 (1999),<br> Eck Robertson on Master Fiddler and<br> Adam Hurt and Megan Lynch Chowning on Inside Out.<br> <br>
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