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'''MABEL.''' AKA and see "[[Dubuque]]." Old-Time, Breakdown. These words are associated with the melody: | '''MABEL.''' AKA and see "[[Dubuque]]." Old-Time, Breakdown. The tune has a variety of titles in American tradition, of which perhaps "Dubuque" is the best known, but also includes "[[Duck River]]," "[[Fiddling Phil]]/[[Phiddlin' Phil]]," "[[Five Miles Out of Town]]," "[[General Lee]]," "[[Muddy Road to Kansas]]," "[[Old Dubuque]]," and "[[Sally in the Green Corn]]." The "[[Off to California]]" tune family is a related group of tunes. | ||
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''Glory to the Meetinghouse and glory to the stable,''<br> | ''Glory to the Meetinghouse and glory to the stable,''<br> | ||
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MABEL. AKA and see "Dubuque." Old-Time, Breakdown. The tune has a variety of titles in American tradition, of which perhaps "Dubuque" is the best known, but also includes "Duck River," "Fiddling Phil/Phiddlin' Phil," "Five Miles Out of Town," "General Lee," "Muddy Road to Kansas," "Old Dubuque," and "Sally in the Green Corn." The "Off to California" tune family is a related group of tunes. These words are associated with the melody:
Glory to the Meetinghouse and glory to the stable,
Glory to the little girl that they call Mable.
Love it is a an awful thing and beauty is a blossum,
If you want your finger bit just poke it at a 'possum.
Source for notated version:
Printed sources:
Recorded sources: Rounder CD0262, Mike Seeger - "Fresh Oldtime String Band Music" (1988. Learned from a 1939 recording by Elmo Newcomer, Pipe Creek, Texas, recorded by John and Rudy Lomax for the Library of Congress).
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