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DOUGHBOY RAG. AKA - "Doughboys Rag." Old-Time, Country Rag. C Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AA'B. The title refers to an early Texas swing group sponsored by the Light Crust flour company. It was first recorded for Vocalion in 1933 by Lee O'Daniel and the Light Crust Doughboys. "Maybelle Rag" is a related tune.

Source for notated version: fiddler Lewis Franklin (Texas) [Phillips].

Printed sources: Phillips (Traditional American Fiddle Tunes), vol. 2, 1995; p. 43.

Recorded sources: Vocalion 2633 (78 RPM), Lee O'Daniel and the Light Crust Doughboys (1933).

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