Going Down the Lee Highway

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 Theme code Index    1131 2131
 Also known as    Lee Highway Blues
 Composer/Core Source    Biography:G.B. Grayson
 Region    United States
 Genre/Style    Old-Time
 Meter/Rhythm    Blues
 Key/Tonic of    D
 Accidental    2 sharps
 Mode    Ionian (Major)
 Time signature    2/2
 History    USA(Upland South)
 Structure    AA'A"B
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 Artist    Biography:G.B. Grayson & Henry Whitter
 Title of recording    Going Down the Lee Highway/Never Be as Fast as I Been
 Record label/Catalogue nr.    Victor 23565 (78 RPM)
 Year recorded    1929
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 Score   (1)   




X:1 T:Going Down the Lee Highway C:G.B. Grayson N:From the playing of fiddler G.B. Grayson (1887-1930) M:C| L:1/8 R:Reel D:Victor 23565-B (78 RPM), Grayson & Whitter (1929) D:Document DOCD 8055, "Garyson & Whitter: Complete Recorded Works in D:Chronological Order vol. 2, 1928-1929" (1999). D:County CO CD 3517, "Recordings of Grayson & Whitter" D:https://www.slippery-hill.com/content/going-down-lee-highway D: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MvtxWWcBczY D:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SXZkVejcB5c Z:Transcribed by Andrew Kuntz K:D ((3A,/B,/C/|[D2D2])[D2D2] [DF][DE][DD][DF]|[DE]-[DD]D(D [DF]E)D[B,D]-|[D2D2] [DD][DF] [DE][DD][B,D][A,D]-|[A,D]-[DD][DD][DD] [D2D2](3A,/B,/C/| |:[D2D2])[DD][DF] [DE][DD][DF][DE]|[DD][DE][DF][DD] [DE][DD][B,D][A,D]-|1[A,D]-[DD][DD][DD] [D2D2] (3A,/B,/C/:|2[A,D]-[DD][DD][DD] [D2D2] || a2-|abaf edBA|FD-DB d2e2-|fafe dBAB|d3d d2a2-| abaf edBA|FD-DB d2e2-|fafe dBAB|[B3g3][Bg][B2g2][^d2^a2]-| [e3b3][Ba] ([Bg]e) [B2g2]-|[B2g2][B6g6]|[e3b3][Ba] ([Bg]e) [B2g2]-|[B2g2][B4g4]e2-| fafe d4| d6 b2-|Td'8-|d'8-|a8-|a4 f4-| f6 a2|f2-e2 d4-|d2AB d2 =f-^f| d2 =f-^f d2 =f-^f |d2 =f-^f d2S ||