Annotation:John Short's Tune

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JOHN SHORT'S TUNE. Old-Time, Polka. D Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. Fiddler 'Chirps' Smith remarks that the tune was collected by members of the Allen Street String Band from a musician named Erwin Thompson (1915-2015) of Godfrey, Madison Co, IL . Smith also found reference to a fiddler named John W. Short (1839-1927) from Mt. Vernon, Jefferson County, Illinois, who was remembered as 'loving to play at every occasion'. It is possible Short was the source for the tune.

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Printed sources:

Recorded sources: Vigortone Records 2001, The Ill-Mo Boys - "Laugh and Grow Fat" (2001. Learned from fiddler Erwin Thompson, Godfrey, Illinois).



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