The Girl I Left Behind Me
Title
The Girl I Left Behind Me
Digital Object
Performer
Mullins, J.M.
Date Recorded
1937-10-28
AFS Number
1595B2
AFC Collection
AFC 1937/001
AFC Catalog Record
Editor Note
Could be argued to be part of the preceding performance, and thus not included in AFS catalog, but as it has its own band it is entered discretely here. Mullins calls this an "old-time fiddlin' piece" and addresses an unidentified man: "you can play it on the fiddle, can't ye?"
Genre
dance tune
banjo tune
lyric song
Instrumentation
vocal
banjo
State
Kentucky
County
Magoffin
Town
Salyersville
Collection
Citation
“The Girl I Left Behind Me,” Alan Lomax Kentucky Recordings, accessed April 25, 2024, https://lomaxky.omeka.net/items/show/1204.