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FANNY/FANNIE HILL [1]. AKA - "Where do you come from Nocker Kicker Dan?." American, Reel (cut time). USA; southwestern Va., south-western Ky. G Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). ABB (Titon): AABB (Phillips). There are two different tunes called "Fanny Hill." One was in the repertory of early 20th century fiddlers from the Galax, Virginia region (for which see "Fanny Hill (2)." "Fanny Hill [1]" is associated with fiddlers from southwestern Kentucky, namely W.L. "Jake Phelps" and Street Butler. Jeff Titon says Butler's version is closely related to one of the "Cumberland Gap" versions, but Phelps' version is quite distanced from Butlers (but still recognizable as a variant) and is quite archaic in sound and structure.

Additional notes

Printed sources : - Phillips (Traditional American Fiddle Tunes vol. 1), 1994; p. 82. Titon (Old-Time Kentucky Fiddle Tunes), 2001; No. 37, p. 70.

Recorded sources : - Heritage Records V, John Patterson (et al) - "Old Time Music from Coal Creek" (1975). Rounder 0058, John Rector - "Old Originals, vol. 2" (1978).

See also listing at :
Jane Keefer's Folk Music: An Index to Recorded Sources [1]
Hear Jake Phelp's 1973 field recording at Slippery Hill [2] and Berea Sound Archives [3]
Hear Street Butler's 1976 field recording at Berea Sound Archives [4]

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-|f_annotation='''FANNY/FANNIE HILL'''. AKA - "<span>Where do you come from Nocker Kicker Dan?." </span>American, Reel (cut time). USA; southwestern Va., south-western Ky. G Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). ABB (Titon): AABB (Phillips). Modern 'revival' sources are from Galax, Va., fiddlers John Patterson, Uncle Charlie Higgins and Luther Davis (Hillsdale, near Galax, Va.). The Galax version was also in the repertory of Roscoe Parish, who called it "Where do you come from Nocker Kicker Dan?." Jeff Titon says Street Butler's version is closely related to one of the "[[Cumberland Gap]]" versions.
+|f_annotation='''FANNY/FANNIE HILL [1]'''. AKA - "<span>Where do you come from Nocker Kicker Dan?." </span>American, Reel (cut time). USA; southwestern Va., south-western Ky. G Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). ABB (Titon): AABB (Phillips). There are two different tunes called "Fanny Hill." One was in the repertory of early 20th century fiddlers from the Galax, Virginia region (for which see "[[Fanny Hill (2)]]." "Fanny Hill [1]" is associated with fiddlers from southwestern Kentucky, namely W.L. "Jake Phelps" and Street Butler. Jeff Titon says Butler's version is closely related to one of the "[[Cumberland Gap]]" versions, but Phelps' version is quite distanced from Butlers (but still recognizable as a variant) and is quite archaic in sound and structure.
 |f_printed_sources=Phillips ('''Traditional American Fiddle Tunes vol. 1'''), 1994; p. 82. Titon ('''Old-Time Kentucky Fiddle Tunes'''), 2001; No. 37, p. 70.
 |f_recorded_sources=Heritage Records V, John Patterson (et al) - "Old Time Music from Coal Creek" (1975). Rounder 0058, John Rector - "Old Originals, vol. 2" (1978).