Granny went to meeting with her old shoes on,
She came back with a new pair on.
She came back with a new pair on.
My apologies--I'm posting this a few hours early due to harsh weather coming my way and a busy schedule tomorrow.
This week's TOTW, "Granny Went To Meeting With Her Old Shoes On," is a fairly obscure D fiddle tune featured in Jeff Todd Titon's Old-Time Kentucky Fiddle Tunes.
The notation in Titon's book is transcribed from Travis Wells' mid-70s field recording of Estill County fiddler Lella Todd. Titon writes, "[a]pparently this was a local tune, known to Todd and her neighboring musicians." Titon notes that the words italicized above came from Mr. and Mrs. Vernon Judd.
Recordings:
- Billy Don Stamper, Rounder 0394
- Mr & Mrs. Vernon Judd, New World 226
- Earl Thomas, Kentucky Old-Time Mountain Banjo (in this version the A and B parts are switched from the Todd version). Here's a field recording of Thomas hosted by the Digital Library of Appalachia: http://dla.acaweb.org/cdm/singleitem/collection/berea/id/1457/rec/1
I found no recordings on the Hangout.
This YouTube video is fun, and from what I can tell is kind of similar to the Todd version (sorry, YouTube user mcmule2007, I still really enjoy your video): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GnXVGxYUSWQ
The mandolin version by mcmule2007 above was my first exposure to the tune, followed by the Thomas version (Kentucky Old-Time Mountain Banjo is a great album), and finally I did my darnedest to suss out the notation of Todd's rendition in Titon's book. My humble contribution below is an amalgamation of all three, with an A chord thrown in on to lengthen the B part.
I await your terrific renditions of this fun fiddle tune.
