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'''KARO'''. AKA and see "[[Roscoe Trillion]]" (Ga.), "[[Flop Eared Mule (1)]]," "[[Johnnie (Johnny) Karo]]." Old-Time, Breakdown. USA, Texas, Tennessee. D Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. A version of the tune more familiarly known as "[[Flop Eared Mule (1)|Flop Eared Mule]]." It may be named for the Mississippi River town "Cairo," pronounced 'kay-row.' One of four tunes recorded by 77 yr. old Tennessee fiddler Uncle Jimmy Thompson [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uncle_Jimmy_Thompson] (1848-1931) for Columbia in 1926; only two, including this one, were released. Thompson was born in Baxter, Smith County, Tennessee.  
'''KARO'''. AKA and see "[[Roscoe Trillion]]" (Ga.), "[[Flop Eared Mule (1)]]," "[[Johnnie (Johnny) Karo]]." Old-Time, Breakdown. USA, Texas, Tennessee. D Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. A version of the tune more familiarly known as "[[Flop Eared Mule (1)|Flop Eared Mule]]." It may be named for the Mississippi River town "Cairo," pronounced 'kay-row.' One of four tunes recorded by 77 yr. old Tennessee fiddler Uncle Jimmy Thompson [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uncle_Jimmy_Thompson] (1848–1931) for Columbia in 1926; only two, including this one, were released. Thompson was born in Baxter, Smith County, Tennessee.  
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''Printed sources'': Maloy ('''The Devil's Box''', vol. 9, no. 3), Sept. 1, 1975; p. 55.  
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Maloy, ''The Devil's Box'', vol. 9, no. 3, Sept. 1, 1975; p. 55.  
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Uncle Jimmy Thompson

KARO. AKA and see "Roscoe Trillion" (Ga.), "Flop Eared Mule (1)," "Johnnie (Johnny) Karo." Old-Time, Breakdown. USA, Texas, Tennessee. D Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. A version of the tune more familiarly known as "Flop Eared Mule." It may be named for the Mississippi River town "Cairo," pronounced 'kay-row.' One of four tunes recorded by 77 yr. old Tennessee fiddler Uncle Jimmy Thompson [1] (1848–1931) for Columbia in 1926; only two, including this one, were released. Thompson was born in Baxter, Smith County, Tennessee.

Source for notated version: Uncle Jimmy Thompson (Texas, Tenn.) [Maloy].

Printed sources: Maloy, The Devil's Box, vol. 9, no. 3, Sept. 1, 1975; p. 55.

Recorded sources: Columbia 15118 (78 RPM), Uncle Jimmy Thompson (1926). County 542, Uncle Jimmy Thompson – "Nashville, Early String Bands, Vol. 2."




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