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'''LITTLE BETTY BROWN.''' Old-Time, Breakdown. USA, West Virginia, Texas. D Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AA'BB'. See also the related melody "[[Angeline the Baker]]." An old pop song recorded on a 78 RPM by Kanawha County, West Virginia, fiddler Clark Kessinger ( | '''LITTLE BETTY BROWN.''' Old-Time, Breakdown. USA, West Virginia, Texas. D Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AA'BB'. See also the related melody "[[Angeline the Baker]]." An old pop song recorded on a 78 RPM by Kanawha County, West Virginia, fiddler Clark Kessinger (1896–1975) and his nephew Luches, in New York, June, 1929. The tune was also recorded by Bob Wills, Milton Brown, and other Texas swing bands. "[[Hawk Got a Chicken]]" has some similar melodic material, particularly at the end phrases. | ||
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''Printed sources'': Phillips ('''Traditional American Fiddle Tunes, vol. 1'''), 1994; p. 142. Silberberg ('''93 | ''Printed sources'': | ||
Phillips ('''Traditional American Fiddle Tunes, vol. 1'''), 1994; p. 142. | |||
Silberberg ('''93 Tunes I Didn't Learn at the Tractor Tavern'''), 2004; p. 27. | |||
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See also listing at:<br> | |||
Jane Keefer's Folk Music Index: An Index to Recorded Sources [http://www.ibiblio.org/keefer/l07.htm#Litbebr]<br> | Jane Keefer's Folk Music Index: An Index to Recorded Sources [http://www.ibiblio.org/keefer/l07.htm#Litbebr]<br> | ||
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LITTLE BETTY BROWN. Old-Time, Breakdown. USA, West Virginia, Texas. D Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AA'BB'. See also the related melody "Angeline the Baker." An old pop song recorded on a 78 RPM by Kanawha County, West Virginia, fiddler Clark Kessinger (1896–1975) and his nephew Luches, in New York, June, 1929. The tune was also recorded by Bob Wills, Milton Brown, and other Texas swing bands. "Hawk Got a Chicken" has some similar melodic material, particularly at the end phrases.
Source for notated version: Clark Kessinger (W.Va.) [Phillips]; Jime Evans [Silberberg].
Printed sources:
Phillips (Traditional American Fiddle Tunes, vol. 1), 1994; p. 142.
Silberberg (93 Tunes I Didn't Learn at the Tractor Tavern), 2004; p. 27.
Recorded sources:
Brunswick 580 (78 RPM), The Kessinger Brothers (1929).
Decca 5194 (78 RPM), "Milton Brown & His Musical Brownies" (1935).
Document Records, "The Kessinger Brothers: Complete Recordings 1929–1930".
See also listing at:
Jane Keefer's Folk Music Index: An Index to Recorded Sources [1]
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