Bunker Hill

banjos; guitarsCollected for M.C.Parler Collected and transcribed by Sara Jo Fendley Mt. View, Ark., Jan. 4,1964 Reel 419, Item 10 X CRIPPLE CREEK (Played by Mr. Virgil Johnson on the banjo. He learned it from Callie Dodson of Timbo, Arkansas, about 1920. Accompanied by Doc Hollister on the guitar, Sara Jo Fendley with the spoons, and Bill Wade jig dancing) (Words are sung spontaneously by Mr. Howard Wade) Goin' up Cripple Creek, goin' in a run goin' up Cripple Creek to have a little fun Girls up Cripple Creek, waitin' in the shade waitin' for the money that the pore boy made Roll my britches legs, to my knees Wade ole Cripple Creek, where I please Goin' up Cripple Creek, goin' in a run goin' up Cripple Creek to have a little fun (Played by Virgil Johnson on the banjo. He learned it from his father, Jesse Johnson. Doc Hollister accompanied on the guitar) (Played by Virgil Johnson on the banjo. In this one he does the old time rapping or knocking, when the thumb string is hit each time to keep the rhythm, Sara Jo Fendley playing the spoons in the background and Mr. Howard Wade jigging. He learned this one also from his father) XI: BUNKER HILL Item 11 XII SUGAR HILL Item 12Funding for digitization provided by the Arkansas Humanities Council and the Happy Hollow Foundation