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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"USA/Ozarks/Western Tenn" is not in the list (IRELAND(Munster), IRELAND(Connaught), IRELAND(Leinster), IRELAND(Ulster), SCOTLAND(Argyll and Bute), SCOTLAND(Perth and Kinross), SCOTLAND(Dumfries and Galloway), SCOTLAND(South Ayrshire), SCOTLAND(North East), SCOTLAND(Highland), ...) of allowed values for the "Has historical geographical allegiances" property.
Structure	AA'BB'
Editor/Compiler	Biography:Drew Beisswenger & Gordon McCann
Book/Manuscript title	Book:Ozark 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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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," 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 (Ozark Fiddle Music), 2008; p. 134. Recorded source: Rounder CD 0381, Fred Stoneking - "Saddle Old Spike" (1996).

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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," 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."
+'''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]]," 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]]."
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