X:1
C:Trad
F:http://www.spooty.net/abc/johnson_boys.abc
H:This was originally a song of the Civil War celebrating the bravery of the Johnson Boys. \
Since then numerous parody versions have been written, some more popular than the original. \
I like the melody enough to perform it as an instrumental, however.
L:1/8
M:2/2
N:The first A and B parts are a simple version of the melody with some double stops shown:
N:for the most part, these are open strings adjacent to the melody note; occasionally
N:(as in the end of the first full bar of part A, or the first bar of part B) they are
N:a fourth finger drone on one string with the melody on the string above.
N:
N:The second version is more complex melodically, so double stops have been omitted,
N:though you may wish to play them anyway!
O:US, Southern states.
Q:1/4=130
R:American reel
S:Condensed out of the air
T:Johnson Boys
Z:Ben Paley <ben@spooty.net>
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K:A
P:A
AB | [ce]2 [ee]2 [ee]3 [ef] | [ee]2 [ce]2 [Be]2 [Ae][Be] | [ce]2 [ee]2 [ee]3 [ef] | [ee]2 [ce]2 [Be]3 [Be] |
[ce]2 [ee]2 [ee]3 [ef] | [ee]2 [ce]2 [Be]2 [Ae]2 | [Be][ce]-[ce][Be] [Ae][ce][Be][Ae] | [FA]2 [FA]2 [EA]3 [FA] ||
P:B
|: [AA]2 [AA]2 [AA][Ac] [AB]2 | [AA]2 [AA]2 [AB][Ac]-[Ac][AB] | [AA]2 [AA]2 [AA][Ac][AB][AA] | [1 [FA]2 [FA]2 [EA]3 [FA] :| [2 [FA]2 [FA]2 [EA]2 [Ae][Be] |
P:A
ceef ecAc | eAcA (B2{cB}) AB | ceef ecAc | eAcA B2 AB |
ce-ef ecAc | eAcA (B2{cB}) A2 | Bc-cB AcBA | ({E}F2) ({E}F2) E3 F ||
P:B
A2 AF AcBA | FAAA Bc-cB | A2 AF AcBA | ({E}F2) ({E}F2) E3 F |
A2 AB cABA | FAAA Bc-cB | AFEF AcBA | ({E}F2) ({E}F2) E2 |]