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OLD MISSOURI. AKA and see "Bug Ran Away with the Pillow," "Love Somebody (2)," "I Love a Lassie O!" American, Two-Step (2/4 time). USA, Arizona. D Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. Another American derivative of the venerable Scottish "Miss Farquharson's Reel" or "My Love is but a Lassie Yet (1)," a widespread melody found in myriad rhythmic and melodic variations for singing and dancing.

Source for notated version:

Printed sources: Ruth (Pioneer Western Folk Tunes), 1948; No. 27, p. 11.

Recorded sources:

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