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'''RATS GONE TO REST.''' Old-Time, Breakdown. USA, Kentucky. G Major. The tune was in the repertory of Kentucky fiddler George Lee Hawkins. Mark Wilson writes that Hawkins learned this Bath County, Ky., tune as a boy around 1915 from an African-American farm worker named Bill Trumbo. Hawkins was a good fiddler by all reports, and learned complicated hornpipe pieces from fiddlers in Ohio and Indiana. When naming the tune he always appended as an aside “…with D-Con” (a pesticide). Jeff Titon (2001) notes the low part is similar to Georgia fiddler Lowe Stokes’ “[[Citaco]].” | '''RATS GONE TO REST.''' Old-Time, Breakdown. USA, Kentucky. G Major. The tune was in the repertory of Kentucky fiddler George Lee Hawkins. Mark Wilson writes that Hawkins learned this Bath County, Ky., tune as a boy around 1915 from an African-American farm worker named Bill Trumbo. Hawkins was a good fiddler by all reports, and learned complicated hornpipe pieces from fiddlers in Ohio and Indiana. When naming the tune he always appended as an aside “…with D-Con” (a pesticide). Jeff Titon (2001) notes the low part is similar to Georgia fiddler Lowe Stokes’ “[[Citaco]].” | ||
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''Source for notated version'': George Hawkins (1904-1991, Bethel, Bath County, Ky., 1974) [Titon]. | ''Source for notated version'': George Hawkins (1904-1991, Bethel, Bath County, Ky., 1974) [Titon]. | ||
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''Printed sources'': Titon ('''Old Time Kentucky Fiddle Tunes'''), 2001; No. 134, p. 161. | ''Printed sources'': Titon ('''Old Time Kentucky Fiddle Tunes'''), 2001; No. 134, p. 161. | ||
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''Recorded sources'': <font color=teal>Light and Hitch - "Light and Hitch" (2007). Rounder CD 0376, George Hawkins (et al) – “Traditional Fiddle Music of Kentucky, vol. 1: Up the Ohio and Licking Rivers” (1997). Rounder Heritage Series 1166-11592-2, George Hawkins (et al) – “The Art of Traditional Fiddle” (2001).</font> | ''Recorded sources'': <font color=teal>Light and Hitch - "Light and Hitch" (2007). Rounder CD 0376, George Hawkins (et al) – “Traditional Fiddle Music of Kentucky, vol. 1: Up the Ohio and Licking Rivers” (1997). Rounder Heritage Series 1166-11592-2, George Hawkins (et al) – “The Art of Traditional Fiddle” (2001).</font> | ||
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See also listing at:<br> | See also listing at:<br> | ||
Hear/see various youtube versions [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UA0Ma53pnSg][https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p1g-24TmpGY][https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KLBY-LFLFB0]<br> | Hear/see various youtube versions [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UA0Ma53pnSg][https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p1g-24TmpGY][https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KLBY-LFLFB0]<br> | ||
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RATS GONE TO REST. Old-Time, Breakdown. USA, Kentucky. G Major. The tune was in the repertory of Kentucky fiddler George Lee Hawkins. Mark Wilson writes that Hawkins learned this Bath County, Ky., tune as a boy around 1915 from an African-American farm worker named Bill Trumbo. Hawkins was a good fiddler by all reports, and learned complicated hornpipe pieces from fiddlers in Ohio and Indiana. When naming the tune he always appended as an aside “…with D-Con” (a pesticide). Jeff Titon (2001) notes the low part is similar to Georgia fiddler Lowe Stokes’ “Citaco.”
Source for notated version: George Hawkins (1904-1991, Bethel, Bath County, Ky., 1974) [Titon].
Printed sources: Titon (Old Time Kentucky Fiddle Tunes), 2001; No. 134, p. 161.
Recorded sources: Light and Hitch - "Light and Hitch" (2007). Rounder CD 0376, George Hawkins (et al) – “Traditional Fiddle Music of Kentucky, vol. 1: Up the Ohio and Licking Rivers” (1997). Rounder Heritage Series 1166-11592-2, George Hawkins (et al) – “The Art of Traditional Fiddle” (2001).
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Hear/see various youtube versions [1][2][3]