audio Coo sound 2003-07-11 09:24:28 Clarence Ashley Recorded on October 23, 1929 in Johnson City, Tennessee. Greil Marcus describes this tunes as a "folk-lyric" tune "made up of verbal fragments that had no direct or logical relationship to each other." Ashley's banjo is tuned to G-modal, also referred to as Sawmill tuning. Some folklorists note that the cuckoo is an ancient symbol for the coming of summer. 1929-10-23 00:00:00 78rpm johncarrie@buckeye-express.com 2003-07-11 09:24:28 Tribe 0 2:58 2003-08-09 20:08:55 Tribe 78rpm>CD>MP3 1 Music;Acoustic;Country;Old-Time Appalachian;Banjo Tune;78rpm 460