Poor Johnny's gone to War

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 Theme code Index    5511 5211
 Also known as    Poor Johnny's gone to the War, John Lover, John Lover's Gone, John's Lover is Gone, John the Lover, Tommy Love, Poor Little Johnny
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 Region    United States
 Genre/Style    Old-Time
 Meter/Rhythm    Air/Lament/Listening Piece, Reel (single/double)
 Key/Tonic of    D
 Accidental    2 sharps
 Mode    Ionian (Major)
 Time signature    2/2
 History    USA(Piedmont)
 Structure    AB, AABB, AABBCC
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 Score   (1)   



X:1 T:Poor Little Johnny S:Emmett Lundy (1864-1953, Galax, Va.) M:C| L:1/8 D:Library of Congress (1941) Z:Transcribed by Andrew Kuntz K:A e-||e e/f/e c/B/ A>A A>e-|e/f/e/c/ Bc A>A A>e-|e/f/e/f/ ef A>A A>e-|e/c/e/c/ Bc A>A A>B-|| B>B B/A/B/c/ Ac/A/|B/A/F (3E/F/G/ A>A A2|[M:3/4]Bc A>A A2|B>B BB c/d/c/e/| [M:C|]B/A/F/A/ E2-E/A/c/A/ Bc|A>A A-A/B/-|B>B B/A/B/c/ Ac/A/|B/A/F (3E/F/G/ A>A A2| [M:3/4]Bc A>A A>B-|B>B BB c/d/c/e/|[M:C|]B/A/F/A/ E2-E/A/c/A/ Bc|A>A A-A/{c}e/-||


X:1 T:Poor Johnny's gone to War T:John Lover's Gone N:From the playing of Mark Simos, taught at Fiddle Hell, Nov. 2019, N:based on Emmett Lundy's version. M:C| L:1/8 Z:Transcribed by Andrew Kuntz K:D [Af]-[Aa]-|[A2a][A2a2][A2a2]([Af]e)|d2 fd f2[Af]-[Aa]-|[Aa]fa2 f2e-f|d2 fd f2[Af]-[Aa]-| [Aa]faf a2b2|d2[df]d[d2f2][Af]-[Aa]-|[A2a][A2a2] [A2f2](e/f/e)|d2[d2f2][d2f2]|| [A2e2]-|[A2e2][A2e2] ([Ae]f)de|f2ed (B/c/B) A(3A/B/c/|d2[d2f2][A2e2]fe|d2[d2f2][d2f2][A2e2]-| [A2e2][Ae][Ae][A2e2]f-a|f-ded (B/c/B) A2-|A[Ae]- [Af]d[A2e2] ([Ae]f)|d6:|]