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'''QUAIL IS A PRETTY BIRD, THE.''' Old-Time, Breakdown. USA, Missouri. A Mixolydian. Standard tuning (fiddle). AA’BB’. A version of the tune Edden Hammon’s called “[[Sandy Boys]]” (and much associated with him), from Missouri fiddler Gene Goforth (1921-2002), who had the tune from his father Richard “Dink” Goforth. | '''QUAIL IS A PRETTY BIRD, THE.''' Old-Time, Breakdown. USA, Missouri. A Mixolydian. Standard tuning (fiddle). AA’BB’. A version of the tune Edden Hammon’s called “[[Sandy Boys]]” (and much associated with him), from Missouri fiddler Gene Goforth (1921-2002), who had the tune from his father Richard “Dink” Goforth. | ||
The “Sandy Boys” title is common around Kentucky and West Virginia and has some antiquity. The "Sandy Boy" tune that is the cognate to "Quail is a Pretty Bird" was published in Phil Rice's '''Correct Method for Banjo''' (1858, p. 50). | The “Sandy Boys” title is common around Kentucky and West Virginia and has some antiquity. The "Sandy Boy" tune that is the cognate to "Quail is a Pretty Bird" was published in Phil Rice's '''Correct Method for Banjo''' (1858, p. 50). | ||
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[[File:goforth1.gif|200px|thumb|right|fiddler Richard 'Dink' Goforth and children Cecil, Betty & Wanda]] | [[File:goforth1.gif|200px|thumb|right|fiddler Richard 'Dink' Goforth and children Cecil, Betty & Wanda]] | ||
[[File:goforth.jpg|250px|thumb|left|Gene Goforth, c. 1987 (Howard Marshall, photo)]] | [[File:goforth.jpg|250px|thumb|left|Gene Goforth, c. 1987 (Howard Marshall, photo)]] | ||
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''Source for notated version'': Gene Goforth (Shannon County, Mo.) [Beisswenger & McCann]. | ''Source for notated version'': Gene Goforth (Shannon County, Mo.) [Beisswenger & McCann]. | ||
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''Printed sources'': Beisswenger & McCann ('''Ozarks Fiddle Music'''), 2008; p. 47. | ''Printed sources'': Beisswenger & McCann ('''Ozarks Fiddle Music'''), 2008; p. 47. | ||
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QUAIL IS A PRETTY BIRD, THE. Old-Time, Breakdown. USA, Missouri. A Mixolydian. Standard tuning (fiddle). AA’BB’. A version of the tune Edden Hammon’s called “Sandy Boys” (and much associated with him), from Missouri fiddler Gene Goforth (1921-2002), who had the tune from his father Richard “Dink” Goforth.
The “Sandy Boys” title is common around Kentucky and West Virginia and has some antiquity. The "Sandy Boy" tune that is the cognate to "Quail is a Pretty Bird" was published in Phil Rice's Correct Method for Banjo (1858, p. 50).
Source for notated version: Gene Goforth (Shannon County, Mo.) [Beisswenger & McCann].
Printed sources: Beisswenger & McCann (Ozarks Fiddle Music), 2008; p. 47.
Recorded sources: Rounder Records RO-0388, Gene Goforth – “Eminence Breakdown” (1997). Rounder 0042, John Hartford – “Hamilton Ironworks” (2001).