Annotation:Rabbit

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RABBIT. Old-Time, Breakdown. USA, Kentucky. D Major (‘A’ part) & D Mixolydian (‘B’ part). GDad tuning (fiddle). AB. Jeff Titon (2001) says the tune is distantly related to two other Kentucky fiddle tunes, “Russian Rabbit” and “Indian Squaw (2).”

Source for notated version: Estill Bingham (1899-1990, Pineville, Bell County, Ky., recorded c. 1986) [Titon].

Printed sources: Titon (Old-Time Kentucky Fiddle Tunes), 2001; No. 132, p. 159.

Recorded sources:

See also listing at:
Hear Estill Bingham play the tune (recorded by Bob Butler c. 1986) at Berea Digital Archive [1], the Digital Library of Appalachia [2] and at Slippery Hill [3]