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Rocky Road Cindy /See also: I Get My Whiskey from Rockingham/Rockingham Cindy
Traditional Old-Time, Breakdown, Southeast- Mississippi;
ARTIST: From Brad Leftwich. Round Peak Style Clawhammer Banjo. Words from Tommy Jarrell.
CATEGORY: Fiddle and Instrumental Tunes DATE: Early 1900’s; First issued recording- Earl Johnson 1927.
RECORDING INFO: County 507, Earl Johnson & His Clodhoppers - "Old-Time Fiddle Classics." County 543, Earl Johnson and His Clodhoppers - "Red Hot Breakdown." (Tommy Jarrell). Marimac 9009, Chad Crumm - "Old Time Friends" (1987). Jay Ungar (New York) [Kuntz]. "Way Down in Rockingham," recorded for the Library of Congress in 1939 by Herbert Halpert from the playing of the Simpson County, Mississippi, Enos Canoy Band. Philo 1023, Jay Ungar and Lyn Hardy- "Songs, Ballads and Fiddle Tunes" (1975. Learned from Earl Johnson's late 1920's
I Get My Whiskey from Rockingham [Me IV-E 21]
Dickel Brothers. Dickel Brothers Volume Two, Empty Records MTR 383, LP (2000), trk# B.03
Johnson, Earl; and his Clodhoppers. Old Time Fiddle Classics, County 507, LP (196?), trk# A.02 [1927/10/07]
Johnson, Earl; and his Clodhoppers. Red Hot Breakdown, County 543, LP (1976), trk# B.01 [1927/10/07]
Johnson, Earl; and his Clodhoppers. Bluegrass Bonanza., Properbox 29, CD (2001), trk# 1.07 [1927/10/07]
West Maryland Highballers. West Maryland Highballers, Biograph RC 6001, LP (1963), trk# A.01 (Rockingham)
Whiskey Puppy. Love Storm, Whiskey WP 002, CD (2003), trk# 4
Rockingham Cindy [Me IV-E 21]
Alden, Ray. Old Time Friends, Marimac 9009, Cas (1987), trk# 17
Barnett, Armin. Washington Traditional Fiddlers Project. Vol. 2. "Generations", NW Folklife, Cas (1996), trk# B.01
Briar Patch Band. 1941 Old Fiddlers Convention, Galax, Virginia, Voyage Beyond, CD (200?), trk# 29 [1941]
Canote, Greg. Silberberg, Gene (ed.) / Complete Fiddle Tunes I Either Did or Did Not., Silberberg, Fol (2005), p163
Cockerham, Jarrell and Jenkins. Down to the Cider Mill, County 713, LP (1968), trk# 1
Jarrell, Tommy; and Kyle Creed. June Apple, Mountain 302, LP (1972), trk# 7
Jarrell, Tommy. Come and Go With Me, County 748, LP (1974), trk# 10
Jarrell, Tommy. Old Time Herald, Old Time Herald, Ser, 3/2, p43(1991)
Mainer, J. E. (Joseph Emmet). Legendary J. E. Mainer. Vol 5, Rural Rhythm RRJE 215, LP (197?), trk# A.10 (Down in Rockingham)
Molsky, Bruce; and Bob Carlin. Take Me as I Am, Marimac 9023, Cas (1989), trk# 6
Pine River Boys with Maybelle. Wild Hog in the Woods, Heritage (Galax) 021 (XXI), LP (1978), trk# A.01
Red Clay Ramblers. Twisted Laurel, Flying Fish FF 030, CD/ (1976), trk# 4
Rothfield, Jane; and Allan Carr. There and Back, Temple TP 011, LP (1983), trk# A.01a
Winston, Dave. Southern Clawhammer, Kicking Mule KM 213, Cas (1978), trk# B.01
RELATED TO: Cindy; Jinny Go Round and Round
OTHER NAMES: “Rockingham Cindy,” "Way Down in Rockingham;" “Where’d You Get Your Whiskey,” "Jinny Go 'Round and Around," "Rocky Road Cindy."
SOURCES: Kuntz (Ragged but Right), 1987; pg. 335-336. County 507, Earl Johnson and His Clodhoppers- "Old-Time Fiddle Classics." Philo 1023, Jay Ungar and Lyn Hardy- "Songs, Ballads and Fiddle Tunes" (1975. Learned from Earl Johnson's late 1920's recording).
NOTES: A Major. Standard. AAB. (Earl Johnson) (Jay Ungar)[Kuntz]. D Major. ADAE (Tommy Jarrell). One of a group of songs that are related to Cindy. Here are teh basic lyrics from Earl Johnson: Where'd you get your whiskey, where'd you get your dram? I got it from a little girl way down in Rockingham.
Refrain: Rocky Road Cindy, rocky road to town,
Rocky Road Cindy, way down in Rockingham.
Lyrics to Rockingham Cindy from Earl Johnson /Kuntz:
Where'd you get your whiskey, where'd you get your dram?
I got it from a little girl way down in Rockingham.
Refrain: Rocky Road Cindy, rocky road to town,
Rocky Road Cindy, way down in Rockingham.
I went down to Rockingham, I did not go to stay,
I fell in love with a pretty girl and I could not get away.
Lips as red as a red rose, her hair was huckleberry brown,
The sweetest girl I ever saw, way down in Rockingham.
First I kissed Cindy once and then I kissed her twice,
I'll tell you where I kissed her, gonna kiss her there tonight. (Kuntz)
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