Key signature: Dmajor
Submitted on July 5th 2006 by Rune Stone.
This tune has been added to 19 tunebooks.
Recordings of a tune by this name:
X: 1
T: Mississippi Sawyer
M: 4/4
L: 1/8
R: reel
K: Dmaj
fg |: "D" a2 af a2 af | af a2 b2 a2 | "G" g2 ef g2 ef | gf g2 a2 g2 |
"D" f2 fg fe dc | de fg a2 ef | "A" gf ed cA Bc |1 "D" d2 f2 d2 fg :|2 d2 de d2 fe ||
|: "D" d2 fe d2 fe | de fg a4 | "A" e2 c2 A2 c2 | AB cd ef ec |
"D" d2 fe d2 fe | de fg a2 ef | "A" gf ed cA Bc |1 "D" d2 f2 d2 fe :|2 "D" d2 f2 d2 ||
PVB Session Playlist
Portneuf Valley Brewing Company ~ Pocatello, Idaho, U.S.A.
http://www.thesession.org/sessions/display/1197
N:Set - John Ryan's Polka, Mississippi Sawyer
O:old time trad.
(R, polka in 4/4 sim. to Jonh Ryan's)
S:The Fiddlers Fakebook
# Posted on July 5th 2006 by Rune Stone
A Part
Your A part sounds more like what hammered dulcimer players do when they simplify things. Here's an alternate beginning to the A part that I like. . .
| a2 fg agfg | agfg bAaA | g2 ef gfef | gfeg aBgB |
# Posted on July 5th 2006 by The Merry Highlander