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'''LITTLE BETTY BROWN.''' Old-Time, Breakdown. USA, West Virginia, Texas. D Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AA'BB'. See also the related melody "[[Angeline the Baker]]." An old pop song recorded on a 78 RPM by Kanawha County, West Virginia, fiddler Clark Kessinger (1896-1975). The tune was also recorded by Bob Wills and other Texas swing bands. | '''LITTLE BETTY BROWN.''' Old-Time, Breakdown. USA, West Virginia, Texas. D Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AA'BB'. See also the related melody "[[Angeline the Baker]]." An old pop song recorded on a 78 RPM by Kanawha County, West Virginia, fiddler Clark Kessinger (1896-1975). The tune was also recorded by Bob Wills and other Texas swing bands. "Hawk's Got a Chicken" has some similar meodic material, particularly at the end phrases. | ||
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''Recorded sources'': <font color=teal></font> | ''Recorded sources'': <font color=teal>Brunswick 580 (78 RPM), The Kessinger Brothers (1929). Document Records, "The Kessinger Brothers: Complete Recordings 192901930"</font> | ||
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LITTLE BETTY BROWN. Old-Time, Breakdown. USA, West Virginia, Texas. D Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AA'BB'. See also the related melody "Angeline the Baker." An old pop song recorded on a 78 RPM by Kanawha County, West Virginia, fiddler Clark Kessinger (1896-1975). The tune was also recorded by Bob Wills and other Texas swing bands. "Hawk's Got a Chicken" has some similar meodic material, particularly at the end phrases.
Source for notated version: Clark Kessinger (W.Va.) [Phillips]; Jime Evans [Silberberg].
Printed sources: Phillips (Traditional American Fiddle Tunes, vol. 1), 1994; p. 142. Silberberg (93 Fiddle Tunes I Didn't Learn at the Tractor Tavern), 2004; p. 27.
Recorded sources: Brunswick 580 (78 RPM), The Kessinger Brothers (1929). Document Records, "The Kessinger Brothers: Complete Recordings 192901930"
Source for notated version:
Jane Keefer's Folk Music Index: An Index to Recorded Sources [1]
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