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'''YELLOW CAT [1], THE.''' Old Time, Breakdown. USA, Oklahoma. D Major. ADae tuning (fiddle). AABB. The tune has some resemblance to a Pennsylvania collected square dance tune in Bayard (1981, '''Dance to the Fiddle'''; No. 90, p. 55).  
'''YELLOW CAT [1], THE.''' Old Time, Breakdown. USA, Oklahoma. D Major. ADae tuning (fiddle). AABB. The tune has some resemblance to a Pennsylvania collected square dance tune in Bayard (1981, '''Dance to the Fiddle'''; No. 90, p. 55).  
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''The yellow cat jumped''<br>
''The yellow cat jumped''<br>
''And he jumped on the wall.''<br>
''And he jumped on the wall.''<br>
''The black cat jumped''<br>
''The black cat jumped''<br>
''And he couldn't jump a tall.''  ...  (Thede)<br>
''And he couldn't jump a tall.''  ...  (Thede)<br>
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YELLOW CAT [1], THE. Old Time, Breakdown. USA, Oklahoma. D Major. ADae tuning (fiddle). AABB. The tune has some resemblance to a Pennsylvania collected square dance tune in Bayard (1981, Dance to the Fiddle; No. 90, p. 55).

The yellow cat jumped
And he jumped on the wall.
The black cat jumped
And he couldn't jump a tall. ... (Thede)


Sources for notated versions: Frank Hobbs (Haskill County, Oklahoma) [Thede]; Tom Carter and Tom Sauber [Phillips].

Printed sources: Phillips (Traditional American Fiddle Tunes, vol. 1), 1994; p. 262. Thede (The Fiddle Book), 1967; p. 132.

Recorded sources:

See also listing at:
Hear Oklahoma fiddler Earl Collins' recording of the tune at Slippery Hill [1]




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