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PEELER CREEK WALTZ. Old-Time, Waltz; Ireland, Mazurka. G Major ('A' part) & E Minor ('B' part). Standard tuning (fiddle). AB (Matthiesen): AABB (Johnson, Phillips). Mandolinist Kenny Hall learned the tune when young (c. 1930's) from a woman in Texas. An alternate title, “Feed Your Babies Onions,” is sometimes employed for the tune derived from Hall’s sung verse. The melody resembles in some parts “Temperance Reel.” In Ireland the tune is played as a Mazurka.

Source for notated version: Jim Ringer via Jay Ungar (West Hurley, New York) [Matthiesen]; Ron Kane and Skip Gorman [Phillips].

Printed sources: Johnson (The Kitchen Musician's Occasional: Waltz, Air and Misc.), No. 1, 1991; p. 4. Matthiesen (Waltz Book II), 1995; p. 43. Phillips (Traditional American Fiddle Tunes, vol. 2), 1995; p. 295.

Recorded sources: Philo 1008, "Kenny Hall" (1978).

See also listing at:
Hear/see the tune played on youtube.com [1]

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