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|f_annotation='''LITTLE BETTY BROWN [1].''' American, Reel (cut time). 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 recording was released in Canada on the Minerva label with the performers listed as "The Oldtimers". A distanced version of the tune (the first strains are cognate) was recorded by Bob Wills, Milton Brown, and other Texas swing bands (for which see "[[Little Betty Brown (2)]]"). "[[Hawk Got a Chicken]]" has some similar melodic material, particularly at the end phrases, as does the similarly titled "[[Cousin Sally Brown (2)]]." | |f_annotation='''LITTLE BETTY BROWN [1].''' American, Reel (cut time). 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 recording was released in Canada on the Minerva label with the performers listed as "The Oldtimers". A distanced version of the tune (the first strains are cognate) was recorded by Bob Wills, Milton Brown, and other Texas swing bands (for which see "[[Little Betty Brown (2)]]"). "[[Hawk Got a Chicken]]" has some similar melodic material, particularly at the end phrases, as does the similarly titled "[[Cousin Sally Brown (2)]]." | ||
|f_source_for_notated_version=Clark Kessinger (W.Va.) [Phillips]; Jime Evans [Silberberg]; Bob Wills (Texas) [Maloy/Devil's Box]. | |f_source_for_notated_version=Clark Kessinger (W.Va.) [Phillips]; Jime Evans [Silberberg]; Bob Wills (Texas) [Maloy/Devil's Box]. | ||
|f_printed_sources=Stephen F. Davis ('''The Devil's Box'''), vol. 27, No. 1, Spring 1993; p. 11. Phillips ('''Traditional American Fiddle Tunes, vol. 1'''), 1994; p. 142. | |f_printed_sources=Stephen F. Davis ('''The Devil's Box'''), vol. 27, No. 1, Spring 1993; p. 11. Tiny Moore ('''Merle Haggard Presents Swinging Texas Fiddling by Tiny Moore'''). Phillips ('''Traditional American Fiddle Tunes, vol. 1'''), 1994; p. 142. Silberberg ('''93 Tunes I Didn't Learn at the Tractor Tavern'''), 2004; p. 27. | ||
Silberberg ('''93 Tunes I Didn't Learn at the Tractor Tavern'''), 2004; p. 27. | |||
|f_recorded_sources=Brunswick 580 (78 RPM), The Kessinger Brothers (1929). | |f_recorded_sources=Brunswick 580 (78 RPM), The Kessinger Brothers (1929). | ||
Decca 5194 (78 RPM), "Milton Brown & His Musical Brownies" (1935). | Decca 5194 (78 RPM), "Milton Brown & His Musical Brownies" (1935). | ||
Document Records, "The Kessinger Brothers: Complete Recordings 1929–1930". | Document Records, "The Kessinger Brothers: Complete Recordings 1929–1930". | ||
Kaleidoscope F16, Bob Wills & His Texas Playboys - "The Tiffany Transcriptions 1946-1947, vol. 1." | |||
Minerva M-14020 (78 RPM), The Oldtimers (1929. Canadian release by The Kessinger Brothers). | Minerva M-14020 (78 RPM), The Oldtimers (1929. Canadian release by The Kessinger Brothers). | ||
|f_see_also_listing=Jane Keefer's Folk Music Index: An Index to Recorded Sources [http://www.ibiblio.org/keefer/l07.htm#Litbebr]<br> | |f_see_also_listing=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 [1]. American, Reel (cut time). 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 recording was released in Canada on the Minerva label with the performers listed as "The Oldtimers". A distanced version of the tune (the first strains are cognate) was recorded by Bob Wills, Milton Brown, and other Texas swing bands (for which see "Little Betty Brown (2)"). "Hawk Got a Chicken" has some similar melodic material, particularly at the end phrases, as does the similarly titled "Cousin Sally Brown (2)."
