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I'm not sure why I did this, but it felt good to be playing this old pot again. I understand that this is usually not in G tuning--but this is where I've always played it.

I listened to a version of "Who'll rock the cradle" by John McCutcheon which reminded me of this song, so I worked it out on my tackhead. I'm in the equivalent of Open G, but tuned down a ways. Shawnee Town is one of the early euro-american settlements in Illinois, located in the south-east area along the Ohio River. It was partially located there at a ferry crossing, but also was a source of salt from saline wells....Read more »