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'''POLLY ANN.''' AKA and see "Pretty Polly Ann" (?). American, Reel (cut time). A Major. AEac# tuning (fiddle). AABB.  A tune called "Polly Ann" was in the repertory of Alabama fiddler Monkey Brown (1897-1972). It was also listed in the '''Northwest Alabamian''' of August 29, 1929, as one of the tunes likely to be played at an upcoming fiddlers' convention (Cauthen, 1990).   
'''POLLY ANN.''' AKA and see "Pretty Polly Ann" (?). American, Reel (cut time). A Major. AEac# tuning (fiddle). AABB.  A tune called "Polly Ann" was in the repertory of Alabama fiddler Monkey Brown (1897-1972). It was also listed in the '''Northwest Alabamian''' of August 29, 1929, as one of the tunes likely to be played at an upcoming fiddlers' convention (Cauthen, 1990).  See also northern Virginia fiddler John Ashby's (1915-1979) version of the tune as "[[Betty Ann]].
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POLLY ANN. AKA and see "Pretty Polly Ann" (?). American, Reel (cut time). A Major. AEac# tuning (fiddle). AABB. A tune called "Polly Ann" was in the repertory of Alabama fiddler Monkey Brown (1897-1972). It was also listed in the Northwest Alabamian of August 29, 1929, as one of the tunes likely to be played at an upcoming fiddlers' convention (Cauthen, 1990). See also northern Virginia fiddler John Ashby's (1915-1979) version of the tune as "Betty Ann.

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Printed sources : -

Recorded sources: -Folkways FW02379_210, McGee Brothers and Arthur Smith - "Look! Who's Here: Old Timers of the Grand Ole Opry" (1964. Recorded 1957).

See also listing at:
Jane Keefer's Folk Music Index: An Index to Recorded Sources [1]
Hear Arthur Smith's 1957 recording at Slippery Hill [2]



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