Checking with John Burke an old time fiddler in Seattle he said Rubber Dolly is
in the key of whoever sings it. Back up and Push is in C but the “B” part
starts on the 4 chord (F). The same tune though...
> On Oct 30, 2019, at 8:30 PM, jim saxe via Musicians
> <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> Thanks to Jim McKinney, David Firestine, and John Beland for identifying
> "Dusty Roads" as "My Love Is [/She's] but a Lassie-O [/Lassie Yet]," also
> known by many other names (see
>
> https://tunearch.org/wiki/My_Love_is_but_a_Lassie_Yet_(1)
>
> ) including "Too Young to Marry," and not to be confused, by the way, with
> "Take Me Back to Tulsa," also also known as "Too Young to Marry."
>
> Regarding "Rubber Dolly"/"Back Up And Push," the annotations at
>
> https://tunearch.org/wiki/Annotation:Rubber_Dolly_(1)
>
> mention the song lyrics
>
> My mama told me, If I'd be goody
> That she would buy me, a rubber dolly
> ...
>
> one version of which can be heard, for example, here:
>
> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FPquvsacG5M
>
> Looking at the musical score on
>
> https://tunearch.org/wiki/Annotation:Rubber_Dolly_(1)
>
> I believe the words "told" and "me" in the song correspond the first two
> notes of the first full measure: a quarter-note for "told" and a quarter note
> tied to an eighth note for "me", both on C-sharp, or scale degree 3 (mi) in
> the key of A major. In the music for "Back Up and Push" at
>
> https://tunearch.org/wiki/Back_Up_and_Push_(1)
>
> (notated as 2/2 instead of 4/4 and in the key of G instead of A), I believe
> the corresponding notes are a half note on D (sol in G major) and a half note
> tied to a quarter note on A (re). So those notes are rhythmically the same
> in (the cited transcription of) "Rubber Dolly" as in (the cited transcription
> of) "Back Up and Push, but melodically different: "mi mi" in RD vs. "sol re"
> in BUAP).
>
> Listening to the rendition of "Rubber Dolly" at
>
> https://www.ceder.net/recorddb/viewsingle.php?RecordId=9791&SqlId=249698
>
> that I cited in my earlier message, I think that in the place where I've just
> described transcriptions on tunearch as having two long notes, the banjo
> player (Jack Hawes) on the record plays seven notes:
>
> told (ti-ka) me (ti-ka) ee
>
> And yet I can still detect (albeit with a little stretching) a resemblance
> between that recording and some recordings I've found of "Back Up and Push."
> But it does set me wondering just how much two musical performances can
> differ from each other rhythmically and/or melodically and still be regarded
> as renditions of the "same" tune.
>
> As I write this, I'm reminded of an occasion about 15 years ago when I was
> sitting in a dining area with one of my aunts and she asked if I knew what
> tune was playing on the P.A. system. I said I thought it was "Tea for Two"
> but she said it sounded nothing like "Tea for Two". Years later
> (unfortunately when my aunt was no longer living), I happened to hear this on
> the radio
>
> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sLDHCDz7S2g
>
> and the mystery was solved when the DJ announced the title.
>
> --Jim
>
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