Annotation:Ladies Fancy (1)

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LADIES FANCY [1]. AKA - "Lady's Fancy." AKA and see "Say Old Man Can You Play the Fiddle? (1)." Old-Time, Breakdown. USA, Southwest. E Major. Standard or EDae tunings (fiddle). ABCC. The title appears in a list of traditional Ozarks Mountain fiddle tunes compiled by musicologist/folklorist Vance Randolph, published in 1954. The tune, noted Randolph, is also known as "Rye Straw." It is a version of "Say Old Man...", although the tonality shifts somewhat from major to minor for the "Say Old Man..." version and stays in major for "Ladies Fancy." Sometimes the 'G' string on the fiddle is tuned down to an 'E' for "Ladies Fancy (1)" to get enhance the drone.

Source for notated version: Ardell Christopher (Texas, New Mexico), 1951 [Christeson].

Printed sources: R.P. Christeson (Old Time Fiddlers Repertory), vol. 1, 1973; pp. 80-81.

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