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'''RYMER'S FAVORITE.''' Old-Time, Breakdown. USA, Tenn. C Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AA'BB'. A 'crooked' or irregularly measured tune that is reminiscent of (and perhaps related to) the better known "[[Billy in the Lowground]]." It was recorded by Robert [[biography:Allen Sisson]] who lived in Tennessee very close to the border with Georgia.
'''RYMER'S FAVORITE.''' Old-Time, Breakdown. USA, Tenn. C Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AA'BB'. A 'crooked' or irregularly measured reel/breakdown that is reminiscent of (and perhaps related to) the better known "[[Billy in the Lowground]]." It was recorded in February, 1925, for Edison records by Robert [[biography:Allen Sisson]] (1873-1951) who lived on the Tennessee/north Georgia border, and has been described variously as a resident of both. He was born in Fannin County, north Georgia, but worked for many years as a railroad section hand foreman for the DSC&J mining company of Copperhill, Tennessee. Sisson was also the Tennessee State Fiddle Champion in 1921, and was advertised as such by Victor Records.  
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<font color=red>''Recorded sources'': </font> <font color=teal> - Recorded Anthology of American Music, Alan Sisson - "Traditional Southern Instrumental Styles" (1978) </font>
<font color=red>''Recorded sources'': </font> <font color=teal> - Recorded Anthology of American Music, Alan Sisson - "Traditional Southern Instrumental Styles" (1978). New World Records NW 226, Allen Sisson - "That's My Rabbit, My Dog Caught It: Southern Traditional  Instrument (1978).</font>
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RYMER'S FAVORITE. Old-Time, Breakdown. USA, Tenn. C Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AA'BB'. A 'crooked' or irregularly measured reel/breakdown that is reminiscent of (and perhaps related to) the better known "Billy in the Lowground." It was recorded in February, 1925, for Edison records by Robert biography:Allen Sisson (1873-1951) who lived on the Tennessee/north Georgia border, and has been described variously as a resident of both. He was born in Fannin County, north Georgia, but worked for many years as a railroad section hand foreman for the DSC&J mining company of Copperhill, Tennessee. Sisson was also the Tennessee State Fiddle Champion in 1921, and was advertised as such by Victor Records.

Additional notes

Source for notated version: - Allen Sisson (Tenn.) [Phillips].

Printed sources : - Phillips (Traditional American Fiddle Tunes, vol. 1), 1994; p. 206

Recorded sources: - Recorded Anthology of American Music, Alan Sisson - "Traditional Southern Instrumental Styles" (1978). New World Records NW 226, Allen Sisson - "That's My Rabbit, My Dog Caught It: Southern Traditional Instrument (1978).



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