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X:1 T:Sweet Bundy S:Lotus Dickey (1911-1989, Orange County, southern Indiana) M:C| L:1/8 Q:"Moderate" R:Reel D:Vigortone Records, Lotus Dickey - Down the Pike (1989) F:https://www.slippery-hill.com/recording/sweet-bundy Z:Transcribed by Andrew Kuntz K:D dB|:"*"A2F2A2F2|AFAd f2dc|B2G2B2G2|BGBd e2dB| "**"A2F2A2F2|AFAd f2df|edef gecA|1[d3f3]e [d2f2][d2f2]:|2 [d3f3]e [d2f2]|| A2-|A2fg f3e|dcBA B2cd|e2 ef gfga|ba2b a2A2-| A2fg f3e| dcBA B2cd|e2 ef gecc|[de]-[d2f2][de] [d2f2]:| P:"Substitutions" "*"A2[F2A2]A2[F2A2]||"**"A2FE DEFE|DFAd fedf||



SWEET BUNDY. American, Reel (cut time). D Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB'. According to Paul Tyler, who recorded Dickey several times in the latter 1980's, source Lotus Dickey had this tune from his brother, Cyprien, who learned it "from a fellow by the name of Lee Trinkle, down around Rego, Indiana, in Orange County" [1].

Lotus Dickey


Additional notes

Source for notated version: - fiddler biography:Lotus Dickey (1911-1989, Orange County, southern Indiana) [Phillips].

Printed sources : - Phillips (Traditional American Fiddle Tunes, vol. 1), 1994; p. 236.

Recorded sources: - Marimac 9029 (cass.), Lotus Dickey - "Fiddle Tunes from Orange County, Indiana, vol. 1" (1989). Marimac 9059-CD, Lynn "Chirps" Smith - "Midwest Harvest" (1994). Vigortone Records, Lotus Dickey - "Down the Pike and other Fiddle Tunes from Orange County, Indiana" (re-release of Marimac 9029).

See also listing at:
Hear Lotus Dickey's recording at Slippery Hill [1] and youtube.com [2]
See banjo tab at Taterjoes.com [3]



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  1. Paul Tyler (Dr. Dosido), "Lotus Dickey Tunes" [4]