8th of January

• Main Author: Ramsey, Dean; Martin, Raymond
• Other Authors: Collins, James S. A., Hall, Daniel I.; Herndon, Thommie D.
• Format: Other/Unknown Material
• Language: unknown
• Published: University of Arkansas Libraries, Fayetteville 1960
• Subjects: instrumental music; Civil War; Goldie; Greenland
• Online Access: http://digitalcollections.uark.edu/cdm/ref/collection/OzarkFolkSong/id/1986

fiddles; guitars 75 Collected by James S. A. Collins, Played by Mr. Raymond Martin Daniel I. Hall, and Thommie D. Herndon and Mr# Dean Ramsey For M. C. Parler Prairie Grove, Arkansas November 15, 1960 Reel 372 Item 3 "8th of January" (A fiddle Tune) 74 Ray: You're out of time there on mo Goldie, Goldie; You were the one out of time. Dan: Ray, didn't you say you had a little background on that one? Ray: Yeah, That was during the Civil War, in one of the battles. They wrote about it, I forget who wrote the song. It was fought on the 8th of January. Jim: Up at Pea Ridge? Ray: No, It was one of the Civil War battles, but I forget where it was, (NOTE: Actually, this battle on the 8th of January was the beginning of the War of 1812.) Thom: Have we got the "Tennessee Waltz"? Dam No, we haven't had the "Tennessee Waltz" yet. Do we have "Waggoner" on there? Goldie: Yes. Ray: "Bully of the Town." Goldie: Hey, you'll want to know what they used to dance to all the time at Hog-eye, That's all you could hear. Funding for digitization provided by the Arkansas Humanities Council and the Happy Hollow Foundation.