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'''INDIAN ATE THE WOODCHUCK [2].''' American, Reel. D Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AA'BCC'. John Hartford identifies the first strain as 'a cousin' to "[[Smith's Reel]]." Samuel Bayard collected a melody from southwestern Pennsylvania fiddlers John White and Samuel B. Losch in the 1930's whose first strain is similar to Haley's second strain. White called his tune "Injun Et a Woodchuck", while Losch called his "Such a Gittin' Upstairs", although both titles were "floaters" according to Bayard. | '''INDIAN ATE THE WOODCHUCK [2].''' American, Reel. D Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AA'BCC'. John Hartford identifies the first strain as 'a cousin' to "[[Smith's Reel]]." Samuel Bayard collected a melody from southwestern Pennsylvania fiddlers John White and Samuel B. Losch in the 1930's whose first strain is similar to Haley's second strain. White called his tune "Injun Et a Woodchuck", while Losch called his "Such a Gittin' Upstairs", although both titles were "floaters" according to Bayard. The tune is dissimilar to Mississippi fiddler Stephen B. Tucker's "[[Indian Eat the Woodpecker]]." | ||
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INDIAN ATE THE WOODCHUCK [2]. American, Reel. D Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AA'BCC'. John Hartford identifies the first strain as 'a cousin' to "Smith's Reel." Samuel Bayard collected a melody from southwestern Pennsylvania fiddlers John White and Samuel B. Losch in the 1930's whose first strain is similar to Haley's second strain. White called his tune "Injun Et a Woodchuck", while Losch called his "Such a Gittin' Upstairs", although both titles were "floaters" according to Bayard. The tune is dissimilar to Mississippi fiddler Stephen B. Tucker's "Indian Eat the Woodpecker."
Source for notated version: Ed Haley [1] (1883-1951, eastern Kentucky, recorded c. 1946) [Milliner & Koken].
Printed sources: Milliner & Koken (Milliner-Koken Collection of American Fiddle Tunes), 2011; pp. 316-317.
Recorded sources: Rounder RO-1131/1132, Ed Haley - "Forked Deer, vol. 1" (1997).
See also listing at:
Hear Ed Haley's recording at Slippery Hill [2]