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Theme code Index	1H1H56 3556
Also known as	Prettiest Little Girl in the Country-o, Prettiest Little Girl in the County-o, Purtiest Gal in the Country, Old Aunt Jenny, Prosperity Breakdown
Composer/Core Source
Region	United States
Genre/Style	Old-Time
Meter/Rhythm	Reel (single/double)
Key/Tonic of	G
Accidental	1 sharp
Mode	Ionian (Major)
Time signature	2/2
History	USA(Upland South), USA(Piedmont), USA(Southeast), USA(Deep South), USA(Ozarks/Western Tenn), USA(Southwest), USA(Western/Pacific)
Structure	ABB, AABB
Editor/Compiler	Biography:Art Rosenbaum
Book/Manuscript title	Book:Folk Visions and Voices: Traditional Music and Song in North Georgia
Tune and/or Page number	p. 111
Year of publication/Date of MS	1989
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Prettiest Girl in the County: Annotations

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X:1 T:Prettiest Little Girl in the County N:From the playing of Tom Fuller (1890-1979, Ok.), recorded in the field by N:Brad Leftwich in 1973. N:Fuller, born and raised in Indian Territory, pre-statehood, was a farmer, N:cowboy and oilfield worker in southern Oklahoma and west Texas. His fiddling N:predates the popular "contest" style of fiddling, according to Brad Leftwich, N:and "represents an earlier time...when a fiddler's main role was to play for dancing N:and to entertain family and neighbors." M:C| L:1/8 R:Reel Q:"Moderate" N:Fuller played the eighth notes with considerable "swing" D:Field Recorder Collective FRC714, "Tom Fuller:Traditional Fiddling from Oklahoma and Texas" (2015) D:https://www.slippery-hill.com/recording/prettiest-little-girl-county-0 Z:Transcribed by Andrew Kuntz K:G [D2A2]-|[D2B2] Bc Bc-AG|E2G2- G2[GA]-[AA]-|[A2A2][A2A2]c2AG|[F2A2]-[D2A2]-[D2A2][D2A2]-| [D2B2]Bc Bc-AG|E2 G2-G2 [GA]-[AA]-|[A2A2]AAc2AA|E2G2-G2:| |:[_B2f2]-|[=Bg]e[Bg]e d2ed|B2d2-d2[de]-[ee]-|[ee]fee [B2g2] ed|B2d2-d2[_B2f2]-| [=Bg]e[Bg]e d2ed|B2d2-d2[de]-[ee]-|[ee]fee [B2g2] ed|B2[G2B2]-[G2B2]:|

X:1 T:Prettiest Little Girl in the County-o S:Jake Phelps (Ky.) M:C| L:1/8 R:Reel K:G ef|gage dged|B2d2d2 ef|g...

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