Walking in My Sleep
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Transcription: by Darryl D. Bush
"Walking in My Sleep" is an old-time breakdown in G Major. The parts are played AB (Silberberg) or AABB (Phillips).<br> It is known in western North Carolina, southwest Virginia and eastern Kentucky.<br> The tune has been called a Blue Ridge area standard, although Tom Carter and Barry<br> Poss (1977) believe it was a relatively late addition to the traditional fiddler's repertoire of Patrick County,<br> Virginia but it was one that most of the older fiddlers picked up. It is known as a Surry County, North Carolina,<br> regional tune, and was in the repertoire of fiddlers Otis Burris and Esker Hutchins. It was also played by<br> Tommy Jarrell.<br> Fiddler Glenn Smith (1888-1973) played the tune at the 1935 Galax fiddler's convention. <br> The composition of "Walking in My Sleep" has been credited to Tennessee’s Fiddlin’<br> Arthur Smith, who recorded it in 1930's, but it was recorded as a song by several<br> performers in the 78 RPM era. Mark Wilson is of the opinion "Walking in My Sleep"<br> may have been derived from a Missouri tune called "Brown Leaf Rag".<br> The banjo tablature is from John Letscher who says it's an amalgum of various versions.<br> It was printed in Phillips's Traditional American Fiddle Tunes, vol. 2 (1995),<br> Silberberg's Tunes I Learned at Tractor Tavern (2002) and<br> Lamancusa's The Gettysburg Collection of Old-Time Fiddle Tunes (2021).<br> It was recorded Arthur Smith Trio (78 RPM) (1937),<br> Brad Leftwich, Bruce Molsky et al on Mount Airy USA (2001),<br> The Old Virginia Fiddlers on Rare Recordings 1948-49 (1977),<br> Tommy Jarrell on Pickin' on Tommy's Porch (1984),<br> Kirk Sutphin on Old Roots and New Branches (1994),<br> J.P. Fraley on Brandywine '83: Music of French America (1984),<br> Kyle Creed on Blue Ridge Style Square Dance Time (1972) and<br> Curly Ray Cline on Chicken Reel (1971).<br>
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