Going Down to Georgia O

WV fiddler Melvin Wine. He plays in the neighborhood of D. He starts every phrase down-bow and ends every phrase up-bow. He uses longbow for melody but fast saw & shuffle for the endings.

Key of D. Two parts. The tune is also called "Gunboat."

This was recorded as Gunboat by WV fiddler Ernie Carpenter. The LPs and CDs are hard to find. There is a track on the Slippery Hill companion to the Milliner-Koken book.
Gunboat played fast then slow by Andy FitzGibbon [utoob].
Gunboat played by the Iron Leg Boys [track]
Gunboat on solo fretless banjo [utoob].
Street performance in Dallas [utoob].
"Going down to Georgia O" is not to be confused with "Take me back to Georgia" recorded by New Lost City Ramblers [Smithsonian]

For students...

The first part is longer but both parts end the same way. The first melody note, F#, comes with syncopated flicks of other notes; this is hard to get right so you can just play F# at first. You can think of this as having a two-note pickup before each phrase, with emphasis on each measure's first note.

Fiddle fingers. High part. Play it 2x.

E -0|1-31|0110|----|--12|3-12|3-1-|0---|--

A 3-|----|----|31--|----|----|----|--3-|--

G --|----|----|----|----|----|----|----|--

D --|----|----|----|----|----|----|----|--

Fiddle fingers. High part continued...

E -0|1-31|0110|----|----|----|----|----|--

A 3-|----|----|31--|--31|0---|----|----|--

G --|----|----|----|----|--2-|1-12|1-0-|0-

D --|----|----|----|----|----|----|----|--

Fiddle fingers for fiddle students. Low part. Play it 2x.

E --|----|----|----|----|----|----|----|--

A 31|0-2-|2-31|0-2-|--31|0---|----|----|--

G --|----|----|----|----|--2-|1-12|1-0-|0-

D --|----|----|----|----|----|----|----|--

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