Annotation:Pegleg
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PEGLEG. Old-Time, Breakdown. C Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB.
Source for notated version: Lotus Dickey [1] (1911-1989, Grease Gravy Hill, near Paoli, southern Indiana) [Phillips]. Dickey learned the tune in the mid-1920's from his brother Cyprien, who had it from George Strother. "An old gentleman from down home, long gone."
Printed sources: Phillips (Traditional American Fiddle Tunes, vol. 1), 1994; p. 183.
Recorded sources: Bear Wallow BUC-215, Roger Howell - "A Plain Story Simply Told." Vigortone Records, Lotus Dickey - "Down the Pike and Other Fiddle Tunes from Orange County, Indiana" (2013).
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Hear Paul Tyler's field recording of Lotus Dickey play the tune [2]