American march/reel in G.
Studio version by an early Crooked Still with Rushad Eggleston on cello and Aoife O'Donovan singing:
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Nice plectrum version:
Another plectrum-heavy studio version:
Interpreted as a Newfoundland single! Begins at 1:07:
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Collected by Alan Lomax and frequently misattributed to Stephen Foster (that's a different melody).
Lyle Lofgren writes for Inside Bluegrass: "This "Angeline" is a parody of Foster's "Angelina." Most parodies are spoofs that ride the popularity of the original. They therefore usually have a one-to-one correspondence with the source tune and words. "Angeline" is more like a recomposition (perhaps from memory) of Foster's song. Whoever composed it used only part of the original tune, and all the references to slavery days have been lost in the transmogrification of "Baker" from a surname to a profession.
The source for this song is Uncle Eck Dunford (1878-1953), an entertaining fiddler and singer from Galax, Virginia. He was evidently one of those self-educated people who never stopped learning. He could recite Shakespeare and Blake as well as comic monologs. The birth of national interest in mountain music is usually dated to the 1927 Bristol (Tennessee) Victor recording sessions by Ralph Peer, resulting in such phenomena as Jimmie Rodgers and The Carter Family. Less well known is that Ernest Stoneman of Galax was Peer's local talent scout. Stoneman's own recordings became very popular, but the other musicians he brought in are as interesting as the ones who became stars. Uncle Eck recorded at the second Bristol session, in October, 1928. His name wasn't a sobriquet like "Uncle Dave Macon." He was literally Uncle Eck, having married an aunt of Ernest's wife Hattie."
Lyle Lofgren writes for Inside Bluegrass: "This "Angeline" is a parody of Foster's "Angelina." Most parodies are spoofs that ride the popularity of the original. They therefore usually have a one-to-one correspondence with the source tune and words. "Angeline" is more like a recomposition (perhaps from memory) of Foster's song. Whoever composed it used only part of the original tune, and all the references to slavery days have been lost in the transmogrification of "Baker" from a surname to a profession.
The source for this song is Uncle Eck Dunford (1878-1953), an entertaining fiddler and singer from Galax, Virginia. He was evidently one of those self-educated people who never stopped learning. He could recite Shakespeare and Blake as well as comic monologs. The birth of national interest in mountain music is usually dated to the 1927 Bristol (Tennessee) Victor recording sessions by Ralph Peer, resulting in such phenomena as Jimmie Rodgers and The Carter Family. Less well known is that Ernest Stoneman of Galax was Peer's local talent scout. Stoneman's own recordings became very popular, but the other musicians he brought in are as interesting as the ones who became stars. Uncle Eck recorded at the second Bristol session, in October, 1928. His name wasn't a sobriquet like "Uncle Dave Macon." He was literally Uncle Eck, having married an aunt of Ernest's wife Hattie."