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'''MY LOVE IS BUT A LASSIE [2].''' | |f_annotation='''MY LOVE IS BUT A LASSIE [2].''' American, Reel. USA, Missouri. D Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. The second strain is barely recognizable as a variant of Scottish fiddler-composer Niel Gow's "[[Farewell to Whiskey (1)]]" (see also Irish versions (e.g. Mike Rafferty) under this title (see "[[Annotation:Farewell to Whiskey (1)]]"). Bob Christeson notes that the reel was called "[[Love Somebody (3)]]" in some parts of Missouri, and that it was played by harmonica players as well as fiddlers. It is not the tune(s) usually known under the "Love Somebody" title. | ||
|f_source_for_notated_version=Ben Smith (Dixon, Pulaski County, Missouri) [Christeson]. Christeson remarks: "Ben Smith was an elderly widower liven east of Dixon, Missouri, and not far from Franks Switch, where Saturday night square dances were held regularly for years. He had been a jig dancer and knew the right speed, or tempo for a square dance" (OTFR2, p. xvi). | |||
|f_printed_sources=R.P. Christeson ('''Old Time Fiddlers Repertory, vol. 2'''), 1984; p. 53. | |||
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MY LOVE IS BUT A LASSIE [2]. American, Reel. USA, Missouri. D Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. The second strain is barely recognizable as a variant of Scottish fiddler-composer Niel Gow's "Farewell to Whiskey (1)" (see also Irish versions (e.g. Mike Rafferty) under this title (see "Annotation:Farewell to Whiskey (1)"). Bob Christeson notes that the reel was called "Love Somebody (3)" in some parts of Missouri, and that it was played by harmonica players as well as fiddlers. It is not the tune(s) usually known under the "Love Somebody" title.
