Tombigbee Waltz
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Transcription: by Darryl D. Bush
"Tombigbee Waltz", also known as "Gum Tree Canoe" and "Tom Big Bee River" is an<br> American old-time waltz in G Major. The parts are played AB (Mathiesen): AA'BB' (Phillips,<br> Lamancusa).<br> The Tombigbee River flows from northeastern Mississippi into the Alabama River.<br> A song version, “Tom Big Bee River”, attributed to S.S. Steele, was printed in<br> Heart Songs – Melodies of Days Gone By which was published in 1909, although the tune is much<br> older. The lyrics printed there are definitely from the minstrel tradition.<br> The final three measures bring to mind the old German song "Du, du liegst mir im Herzen".<br> It was printed in Matthiesen's Waltz Book I (1992),<br> Phillips' Traditional American Fiddle Music, vol. 2 (1995) and<br> Lamancusa's The Gettysburg Collection of Old-Time Fiddle Tunes (2021).<br> It was recorded by Tom Sauber, Brad Leftwich and Alice Gerard on Been There Still (appears as<br> “Gum Tree Canoe”),<br> James Bryan on Lookout Blues (1983),<br> Indian Creek Delta Boys (1976) and<br> Dan Gellert.<br>
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