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'''RABBIT IN THE GRASS.''' AKA - "[[Soapsuds Splash]]." Old-Time, Breakdown. USA; Alabama, Missouri, Oklahoma. G Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. Similar to “[[Fort Smith (1)]].” 
'''RABBIT IN THE GRASS.''' AKA - "[[Soapsuds Splash]], "[[Splish Splash]]." Old-Time, Breakdown. USA; Arkansas, Missouri, Oklahoma. G Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. A popular Ozarks fiddle tune that is very similar to “[[Fort Smith (1)]],” and interchangeable in to some musicians.  
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''Recorded sources'': <font color=teal>Folkways, Calvin van Brunt - "Music of the Ozarks" (1964). Rounder 0175, James Bryan - "Lookout Blues" (1983. Learned from Mentone, Alabama, fiddler Mack Blalock).</font>
''Recorded sources'': <font color=teal>Folkways FW03812, Calvin van Brunt - "Music from the Ozarks" (1964). Rounder 0175, James Bryan - "Lookout Blues" (1983. Learned from Mentone, Alabama, fiddler Mack Blalock). Voyager VRCD 372, John White - "Nine Miles of Dry and Dusty" (2007. Appears as "Splish Splash").</font>
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RABBIT IN THE GRASS. AKA - "Soapsuds Splash, "Splish Splash." Old-Time, Breakdown. USA; Arkansas, Missouri, Oklahoma. G Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. A popular Ozarks fiddle tune that is very similar to “Fort Smith (1),” and interchangeable in to some musicians.

Sources for notated versions: African-American fiddler Bill Driver (Miller County, Missouri) [Christeson]: Emmett Newman (Delaware County, Oklahoma) [Thede].

Printed sources: R.P. Christeson (Old Time Fiddler’s Repertory, vol. 1), 1973; p. 94. Thede (The Fiddle Book), 1967; p. 134.

Recorded sources: Folkways FW03812, Calvin van Brunt - "Music from the Ozarks" (1964). Rounder 0175, James Bryan - "Lookout Blues" (1983. Learned from Mentone, Alabama, fiddler Mack Blalock). Voyager VRCD 372, John White - "Nine Miles of Dry and Dusty" (2007. Appears as "Splish Splash").

See also listing at:
Hear Bill Driver play the tune at Slippery Hill [1]
Hear Calvin van Brunt's recording on youtube.com [2] (sounding much like Bill Driver's playing).




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