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'''NEW BROOM [1].''' AKA and see "[[Democrats a-Rising]]." Old-Time, Breakdown. G Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AB (Silberberg): AA'BB' (Phillips). Charles Wolfe (1991) thinks the title might be associated with an old African-American banjo song, perhaps of minstrel origins, called "Sweep dat Kittle Wid a Bran' New Broom." | '''NEW BROOM [1].''' AKA and see "[[Democrats a-Rising]]." Old-Time, Breakdown. G Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AB (Silberberg): AA'BB' (Phillips). Charles Wolfe (1991) thinks the title might be associated with an old African-American banjo song, perhaps of minstrel origins, called "Sweep dat Kittle Wid a Bran' New Broom." Kentucky fiddler Jim Bowles called the tune "Democrats a-Rising," associating the title "New Broom" with the political analogy of a new administration 'sweeping' out the old. | ||
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NEW BROOM [1]. AKA and see "Democrats a-Rising." Old-Time, Breakdown. G Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AB (Silberberg): AA'BB' (Phillips). Charles Wolfe (1991) thinks the title might be associated with an old African-American banjo song, perhaps of minstrel origins, called "Sweep dat Kittle Wid a Bran' New Broom." Kentucky fiddler Jim Bowles called the tune "Democrats a-Rising," associating the title "New Broom" with the political analogy of a new administration 'sweeping' out the old.
Source for notated version: Dick Barrett [Phillips]; Carthy Sisco [Silberberg]; Gary Lee Moore (Seattle) [Silberberg].
Printed sources: Phillips (Traditional American Fiddle Tunes, vol. 1), 1994; p. 164. Silberberg (Tunes I Learned at Tractor Tavern), 2002; pp. 105 & 106.
Recorded sources: Ok 45477 (78 RPM), The Fox Chasers. Rounder 0215, Byron Berline - "Rounder Fiddle" (1990). Rounder 0100, Byron Berline - "Dad's Favorites."