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LIGHTHOUSE. AKA and see "Trouble on the Nine Mile." Old-Time, Breakdown. USA, Missouri. D Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AA'BB. The melody belongs to the large "Dubuque" family of tunes. Gus Meade (2002) links it to "Village Hornpipe."

Source for notated version: Emanuel Wood (1900-1981, Taney County, Missouri) [Beisswenger & McCann].

Printed sources: Beisswenger & McCann (Ozarks Fiddle Music), 2008; p. 164.

Recorded sources: Missouri Friends of the Folk Arts MFFA 1001, Emmanuel Wood & Family - "I'm Old But I'm Awfully Tough: Traditional Music of the Ozark Region" (1977. Various artists).