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Theme code Index
3555 1H344
Also known as
Composer/Core Source
Region
United States
Genre/Style
Old-Time, Texas/Oklahoma
Meter/Rhythm
Reel (single/double)
Key/Tonic of
G
Accidental
1 sharp
Mode
Ionian (Major)
Time signature
4/4
History
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COTTON EYED JOE [2]. Old-Time, Air and Breakdown. G Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AB (Silberberg): AABB' (Phillips). A variant of version #1, related to "Miss Brown [1]" or "Cousin Sally Brown [2]." This version of the folk song is associated with Texas fiddling and was popularized by western swing bands Bob Wills and the Texas Playboys (1947) and Adolph Hofner and His San Antonians (1941). This version remains popular today.
Source for notated version: Bob Wills (Texas) and Leah Weiss [Phillips].
Printed versions: Phillips (Fiddlecase Tunebook), 1989; p. 12. Phillips (Traditional American Fiddle Tunes), vol. 1, 1994; p. 56. Silberberg (Tunes I Learned at Tractor Tavern), 2002; p. 27.
Recorded sources: Columbia 20257 (78 RPM), Adolph Hofner and His San Antonians (1941). Columbia 37212 (78 RPM), Bob Wills and His Texas Playboys (1947).
