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 Theme code Index    1555 662H3H
 Also known as    Birdie in a Snowbank
 Composer/Core Source    Fred Stoneking
 Region    United States
 Genre/Style    Old-Time
 Meter/Rhythm    Reel (single/double)
 Key/Tonic of    D
 Accidental    2 sharps
 Mode    Ionian (Major)
 Time signature    4/4
 History    USA(Ozarks/Western Tenn)
 Structure    AA'BB'
 Editor/Compiler    Biography:Drew Beisswenger & Gordon McCann
 Book/Manuscript title    Book:Ozarks Fiddle Music
 Tune and/or Page number    p. 134
 Year of publication/Date of MS    2008
 Artist    Fred Stoneking
 Title of recording    Saddle Old Spike
 Record label/Catalogue nr.    Rounder CD 0381
 Year recorded    1996
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 Score   ()   


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BIRDIE IN THE SNOWBANK. AKA - "Birdie in a Snowbank." Old-Time, Breakdown. USA, Missouri. D Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AA'BB'. From the playing of Lee Stoneking and his son Fred. The tune is derivative of the Irish "Boys of Bluehill (The)," or "Beaux of Oak Hill (1)." A similar Ozark region tune, points out Drew Beisswenger (2008), is Vesta Johnson's "She Ought to Been a Lady."

Source for notated version: Fred Stoneking (b. 1933, Missouri) [Beisswenger & McCann].

Printed source: Beisswenger & McCann (Ozarks Fiddle Music), 2008; p. 134. Recorded source: Rounder CD 0381, Fred Stoneking - "Saddle Old Spike" (1996).

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