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''Old yaller houn's barkin' treed, up the holler,''<br> | ''Old yaller houn's barkin' treed, up the holler,''<br> | ||
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OLD YALLER HOUN' . Old-Time, Breakdown. A Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. The first stain of this tune is shared, in a general way, with O'Neill's "Always Welcome" and Roche's "Darkey's Dream." Ira Ford (1940) printed the following verse with the tune:
Old yaller houn's barkin' treed, up the holler,
It's old mister 'possum, I'll bet half a dollar.
Fetch on the ax, boys, we'll see pretty soon,
He's worth half a dollar if it's old zipp coon. .... (Ford)
...and printed this story to go with it:
Source for notated version:
Printed sources: Ford (Traditional Music in America), 1940; p. 61.
Recorded sources: