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Been to the East, Been to the West (Jaybird's Altar, The)
Old-Time, Breakdown. Traditional music and words.
ARTIST: From Randolph 574, "The Jaybird's Altar"; CATEGORY: Fiddle and Instrumental Tunes; DATE: 1911.
RECORDING INFO: Columbia 15318 (78 RPM), Leake County Revelers (1928). Varrick VR -038, Yankee Ingenuity - "Heatin' Up the Hall" (1989). Leake County Revelers. Traditional Fiddle Music of Mississippi, Vol. 2, County 529, LP (1975), cut# 12 .Winston, Dave. Southern Clawhammer, Kicking Mule KM 213, Cas (1978), cut#B.05. Yankee Ingenuity. Heatin' up the Hall, Varrick 038, LP (1989), cut# 4a . Bubba Hutch- Clawhammer Banjo.
OTHER NAMES: "Great Big Yam Potatoes" A similar tune is "Going to Chattanooga," in the 'A' part.
SOURCES: Randolph 574, "The Jaybird's Altar"; Liz Slade (Yorktown, New York) [Kuntz]; Mary Lea [Phillips]. Kuntz, Private Collection. Phillips (Traditional American Fiddle Tunes), Vol. 1, 1994; pg. 29. Songer (Portland Collection), 1997; pg. 26. Leake County Revelers Volume 1, 1927-1928 Document DOCD-8029; Kuntz, Fiddler's Companion, http://www.ceolas.org/tunes/fc.
NOTES: "G Major. Standard. AB (Phillips): AABB (Kuntz, Songer). Traditional Fiddle and clawhammer banjo tune." (Kuntz, Fiddler's Companion, http://www.ceolas.org/tunes/fc).
I've been to the east, I've been to the west,
I've been to the jaybird's altar,
But the prettiest girl I ever seen
Was Temmie Slinkard's daughter.
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