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VERSE ON A GRAVE STONE

"ANNA AGNES PARIS
JUNE 12, 1928
JUNE 12, 1928
A LITTLE BIT OF LOVE
TO BLOOM WITH GOD ABOVE."

Submitter comment: COLLECTED WHILE I WAS IN SMITHVILLE FOR THE FOLK COUNTY FIDDLER'S
JAMBOREE AND CONTESTS HELD IN DECALB COUNTY, AND INCLUDING
FIDDLERS FROM UPPER CUMBERLAND REGION.

Where learned: TENNESSEE ; SMITHVILLE

Subject headings: Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- C882

Date learned: 07-01-1972

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VERSE ON GRAVE STONE

"JAMES TOY HAYES
SEPT. 6, 1828
FEB. 10, 1891
AN HONEST MAN THE NOBLEST
WORK OF GOD."

Where learned: TENNESSEE ; SMITHVILLE

Subject headings: Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- C882

Date learned: 07-01-1972

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VERSE ON A GRAVE STONE

"JOHN JEWELL
SON OF
J.C. & N.M. WEST
OCT. 11, 1903
OCT. 18, 1903
BUDDED ON EARTH TO
BLOOM IN HEAVEN

Submitter comment: THIS VERSE WAS FOUND ON SEVERAL CHILDREN'S STONES.

Where learned: TENNESSEE ; SMITHVILLE

Subject headings: Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- C882

Date learned: 07-01-1972

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VERSE ON A GRAVE STONE

"WILL ROGER
SON OF
W.H. & M.C. HAYES
JUNE 30, 1892
DEC. 14, 1893
DEAR PAPA AND MAMA WEEP NOT FOR ME...
FOR I AM WAITING IN HEAVEN FOR THEE."

Where learned: TENNESSEE ; SMITHVILLE

Subject headings: Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- C882

Date learned: 07-01-1972

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FESTIVAL-MUSIC

THE UPPER CUMBERLAND FIDDLERS' CONVENTION AND FOLK COUNTY
FIDDLERS' JAMBOREE AND CONTESTS WERE HELD AT THE DEKALB COUNTY
COURTHOUSE. THIS IS AN ANNUAL EVENT HELD IN DIFFERENT PLACES EACH
YEAR. THE COMPETITION BROUGHT MUSICIANS FROM AS FAR AS KANSAS,
GEORGIA, AND OHIO. THERE WERE 14 CATEGORIES OF COMPETITION
INCLUDING THE FIDDLERS' SOLO WHICH HAD 40 ENTRIES. THE COMPETITION
STARTED THAT MORNING AND ENDED AT 2 A.M. SUNDAY MORNING. IT WAS A
UNIQUE EXPERIENCE FOR ME AND EVEN MORE INTERESTING FOR A MUSICIAN
WHO COULD REALLY APPRECIATE THE SKILL OF THE PLAYERS, NONE OF
WHOM WERE PROFESSIONAL. PEOPLE IN THE CROWD KEPT COMMENTING THAT
"THIS IS ALMOST AS GOOD AS THE GRAND OLD OPRY!" THAT THEY HOLD IN
VERY HIGH REGARD. SINCE I'VE ATTENTED THE OPRY SEVERAL TIMES, I CA
SAY THAT I'D MUCH RATHER GO TO A FIDDLERS' CONVENTION ANY DAY.

Where learned: TENNESSEE ; SMITHVILLE

Subject headings: Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Festival

Date learned: 07-01-1972

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