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KATE'S GOT THE BELLYACHE. AKA and see "Jake's Got a Bellyache." Old-Time, Breakdown. USA, Kentucky. A Mixolydian. ADae tuning (fiddle). AAB. Jeff Titon (2001) identifies this tune's provenance as south-eastern Kentucky, exclusively. Also played with parts reversed (see Edden Hammon's "Jake's Got a Bellyache").

Source for notated version: Estill Bingham (1899-1990, Pineville, Bell County, Ky. c. 1986), learned from his father, Noah Bingham (b. 1850) [Titon].

Printed sources: Titon (Old-Time Kentucky Fiddle Tunes), 2001; No. 80, p. 108.

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