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Darlin Cora

from Mentor by William Ritter

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(Fiddle DDAD)
Many of the tracks on this album are pieces that I learned from Bobby McMillon (1951-2021). Bobby was a treasure in every sense of the word. His sharp and creative mind was crammed full of old folks songs, ballads, stories, and sayings. In the vast sea of songs he knew, this was one of my very favorites, and I remember him singing it in Charlottesville one night after a house concert there. "Darlin Cora" is a widely known banjo song, but Bobby's version, learned from his Great Aunt Mae Phillips in Cocke County Tennessee, is more like a lonesome dirge. I was instantly smitten with it, and found that it fell very naturally into the old DDAD tuning used for "Midnight on the Water," "Reuben," and "Bonnaparte's Retreat." Bobby thought it was odd that Mae sang "Cora" as it is written, and not "Corie," as she would have typically pronounced words ending in "a." I suspect that may be some sort of clue as to where she learned the song, but I doubt we will ever uncover more about the mystery of where she heard this beautiful version.

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from Mentor, released September 23, 2022

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William Ritter Bakersville, North Carolina

William Ritter is a native of Bakersville, NC William plays banjo, fiddle, guitar, and other "string-ed things." He is particularly interested in old apple trees, family heirloom seeds, and mountain humor. In 2019, he received the *In These Mountains* Folklife Apprenticeship Grant from the NC Arts Council to study with ballad singer extraordinaire, Bobby McMillon. ... more

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