Annotation:Old Red Barn (The)

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OLD RED BARN, THE. AKA and see "Little Red Barn (The)," "Little Red Wagon." Canadian, American; Jig or Quadrille. G Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB (Messer): AA'AA'BB (Phillips). Popular with older fiddlers in central New York state, according to local fiddler Chad Miller, where at least one called it the "Red Barn Quadrille." As "Little Red Wagon" it was collected by R.P. Christeson from Missouri fiddler Charlie Walden. Paul Gifford says it is fairly common among older Michigan and Ontario fiddlers. Keys vary: A and G major are the most common.

Source for notated version: Don Rowan [Phillips].

Printed sources: Messer (Anthology of Favorite Fiddle Tunes), 1980; No. 158, p. 107. Phillips (Traditional American Fiddle Tunes, vol. 2), 1995; p. 373.

Recorded sources: Dino Records 512 995-2, Grahan Townsend - "100 Fiddle Hits: 35th Anniversary Collection" (1990). Edison 51236 (78 RPM), 1923, John Baltzell (appears as "Old Red Barn Medley Quadrille") {Baltzell (1860-1940) was a native of Mt. Vernon, Ohio, the same home town as minstrel Dan Emmett (d. 1904). Emmett returned to Mt. Vernon, poor, in 1888, and later taught Baltzell to play the fiddle.}.

See also listing at:
Hear Baltzell's 1923 recording on youtube.com [1] [2]

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