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OLD CHRISTMAS. Old-Time, Breakdown. USA, Kentucky. A Major. AEae tuning (fiddle). AABB. The tune bears no relation to West Virginia fiddler French Carpenter's "Old Christmas Morning." The title can be found in lists of tunes played at the Berea, Kentucky, 1915 fiddle contest. Alan and Elizabeth Lomax recorded the tune in 1937 for the Library of Congress from two different Kentucky fiddlers, Boyd Asher and George C. Nicholson.

Source for notated version: Manon Campbell (Hallie, Letcher County, Ky., 1977) [Titon].

Printed sources: Titon (Old-Time Kentucky Fiddle Tunes), 2001; No. 114, p. 142.

Recorded sources: BG-CD1, Bruce Greene - "Five Miles of Ellum Wood" (1996).

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