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'''BIG INDIAN HORNPIPE'''. Old-Time, Hornpipe (cut time). USA, northeast Ky. A Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB.  
'''BIG INDIAN HORNPIPE'''. Old-Time, Hornpipe (cut time). USA, northeast Ky. A Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. Source Buddy Thomas (1935-1974) learned this from northeast Kentucky/southern Ohio playing partners and mentors Morris Allen and Jimmy Wheeler. Thomas fiddle exponent Roger Cooper <ref>Liner notes to Rounder , Roger Cooper - "Essence of Old Kentucky" (). </ref> notes that there is another, different tune by this title played by Kentucky fiddlers George Hawkins and Alfred Bailey, even though they lived in nearby Bath County.  Cooper also recalls seeing a tune list from 1932 that contains a tune called "Big Engine Hornpipe."  Thomas may have composed the third strain variation himself, notes Cooper, which Thomas said represented an Indian's war cry.  
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<font color=red>''Recorded sources'': </font> <font color=teal> -Rounder 0032, Buddy Thomas (northeast Ky.) – "Kitty Puss: Old Time Fiddle Music From Kentucky" (1976. Originally recorded 1972).</font>
<font color=red>''Recorded sources'': </font> <font color=teal> -Rounder 0032, Buddy Thomas (northeast Ky.) – "Kitty Puss: Old Time Fiddle Music From Kentucky" (1976. Originally recorded 1972). Rounder CD 0533, Roger Cooper - "Essence of Old Kentucky" (2006).  </font>
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See also listing at:<br>
Hear Buddy Thomas's 1972 recording at Slippery Hill [https://www.slippery-hill.com/recording/big-indian-hornpipe]<br>
Hear Buddy Thomas's 1972 recording at Slippery Hill [https://www.slippery-hill.com/recording/big-indian-hornpipe] and at youtube.com [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vs0RvlkQbag]<br>
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BIG INDIAN HORNPIPE. Old-Time, Hornpipe (cut time). USA, northeast Ky. A Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. Source Buddy Thomas (1935-1974) learned this from northeast Kentucky/southern Ohio playing partners and mentors Morris Allen and Jimmy Wheeler. Thomas fiddle exponent Roger Cooper [1] notes that there is another, different tune by this title played by Kentucky fiddlers George Hawkins and Alfred Bailey, even though they lived in nearby Bath County. Cooper also recalls seeing a tune list from 1932 that contains a tune called "Big Engine Hornpipe." Thomas may have composed the third strain variation himself, notes Cooper, which Thomas said represented an Indian's war cry.

Additional notes

Source for notated version: - Buddy Thomas (1935-1974, northeastern Ky.) [Phillips].

Printed sources : - Phillips (Traditional American Fiddle Tunes, vol. 2), 1995; p. 180.

Recorded sources: -Rounder 0032, Buddy Thomas (northeast Ky.) – "Kitty Puss: Old Time Fiddle Music From Kentucky" (1976. Originally recorded 1972). Rounder CD 0533, Roger Cooper - "Essence of Old Kentucky" (2006).

See also listing at:
Hear Buddy Thomas's 1972 recording at Slippery Hill [1] and at youtube.com [2]



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  1. Liner notes to Rounder , Roger Cooper - "Essence of Old Kentucky" ().