Boys Around the World

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Theme code Index	53 15L 42 15L
Also known as	Sally Lost Her Slipper
Composer/Core Source
Region	United States
Genre/Style	Old-Time
Meter/Rhythm	Polka
Key/Tonic of	A
Accidental	3 sharps
Mode	Ionian (Major)
Time signature	2/4
History	USA/Central"USA/Central" is not in the list (IRELAND(Munster), IRELAND(Connaught), IRELAND(Leinster), IRELAND(Ulster), SCOTLAND(Argyll and Bute), SCOTLAND(Perth and Kinross), SCOTLAND(Dumfries and Galloway), SCOTLAND(South Ayrshire), SCOTLAND(North East), SCOTLAND(Highland), ...) of allowed values for the "Has historical geographical allegiances" property.
Structure	AABB
Editor/Compiler	Biography:R.P. Christeson
Book/Manuscript title	Book:Old Time Fiddler's Repetory vol. 1
Tune and/or Page number	p. 16
Year of publication/Date of MS	1973
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BOYS AROUND THE WORLD. See "Sally Lost Her Slipper." Old-Time, Polka. USA; Nebraska, Missouri. A Major. Standard or AEae tunings (fiddle). AABB. Christeson notes that there are similarities between this tune and African-American fiddler Bill Driver's "Sally Lost her Slipper."

Sources for notated versions: fiddler Bob Walters, April, 1950 (Burt County, Nebraska) [Christeson]; Cyril Stinnett (Mo.) [Phillips].

Printed sources: R.P. Christeson (Old Time Fiddlers' Repertory, vol. 1), 1973; p. 16. Phillips (Traditional American Fiddle Tunes), vol. 2, 1995; p. 334.

X:1
T:Boys Around the World
M:2/4
L:1/8
S:Christeson - Old Time Fiddler's Repertory, vol. 1, No. 19  (1973)
Z:AK/Fiddler's Companion
K:A
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