Re: Boil That Cabbage Down
If you look up on "Boil The (That, Them, Dem, 'em) Cabbage Down" on YouTube, you'll find that it's a popular tune. I tend to think of it as a fiddle tune, but I'm not sure that's fair -- it's just my fiddliocentric world view. It's clearly an American tune, but is reasonably well known here too.
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Found this on Wikipedia:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boil_Them_Cabbage_Down
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I thought they ALL had it. (Instruction books—except Grismans—he starts with a tune in B)
It is a beautiful number for a multitude of reasons. And, man, do I love biled cabbage. With corn bread and Crystal hot sauce. It is almost a drug. Makes me want to get out my Tommy Smothers Yo Yo man video and brush up on Rock The Baby.
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I think I got the idea from a Mark O'Connor fiddle book, but it is the tune I always use the first time I show someone how to pick up a mandolin. It's great because all the notes are on the a string, you use the first three fingers and an open string, and you can start with downstrokes, and add more complicated strums. Doublestops are right there too, but I've never been able to show anyone those. Maybe I'll open drone strings next time.
Also, I learned last year there is a B part!
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Also known as "Bile Them Cabbage Down".
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And I came across "Boiling Cabbage" on YouTube. You know a tune's been spreading aurally when it has half a dozen name variations.