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'''DUST IN THE LANE'''. AKA- "Cotton Pickin' Time." Old-Time, Breakdown. USA, Arkansas. A Minor. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABBCCD. | '''DUST IN THE LANE'''. AKA- "Cotton Pickin' Time." Old-Time, Breakdown. USA, Arkansas. A Minor. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABBCCD. The lyrics below were collected by Thede from her source, sung to the third strain. | ||
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Betcha forty dollars I can pick a bale o' cotton, | ''Betcha forty dollars I can pick a bale o' cotton,''<br> | ||
Betcha more than that I can pick it in a year; | ''Betcha more than that I can pick it in a year;''<br> | ||
For me an' my farmer's friend | ''For me an' my farmer's friend''<br> | ||
Can pick more cotton than a gin can gin. | ''Can pick more cotton than a gin can gin.''<br> | ||
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Revision as of 12:53, 8 March 2011
Tune properties and standard notation
DUST IN THE LANE. AKA- "Cotton Pickin' Time." Old-Time, Breakdown. USA, Arkansas. A Minor. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABBCCD. The lyrics below were collected by Thede from her source, sung to the third strain.
Betcha forty dollars I can pick a bale o' cotton,
Betcha more than that I can pick it in a year;
For me an' my farmer's friend
Can pick more cotton than a gin can gin.
Source for notated version: W.R. Newman (Waldron, Arkansas) [Thede].
Printed sources: Thede (The Fiddle Book), 1967; p. 76.
Recorded sources: