Annotation:Duck River

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DUCK RIVER. AKA and see "Dubuque," "Old Dubuque," "General Lee," "Sally in the Green Corn." Old-Time, Breakdown. USA; Magoffin Count, Ky. D Major. Standard or ADae tunings (fiddle). AABB. Jeff Titon (2001) says the specific "Duck River" tune seems to be particular to the Salyer family, although it is part of a fairly common tune family. Titon says the tune family to which "Duck River" belongs also includes "Ma Ferguson," "Nancy Dawson (2)," "Nancy Dalton," and "Hell Up Coal Holler (2)." See also "Mabel" and "Possum Up a Gum Stump."

Sources for notated versions: John Salyer (1882-1952, Salyersville, Magoffin County, Ky., 1941) [Milliner & Koken, Phillips, Titon]; Alan Garren (Portland, Oregon) who learned it from the Bruce Greene recording [Songer].

Printed sources: S. Johnson (The Kitchen Musician No. 2: Occasional Collection of Old-Timey Fiddle Tunes for Hammer Dulcimer, Fiddle, etc.), 1982 (revised 1988, 2003); p. 8. Milliner * Koken (Milliner-Koken Collection of American Fiddle Tunes), 2011; p. 173. Phillips (Traditional American Fiddle Tunes), vol. 2, 1995; p. 45. Songer (Portland Collection), 1997; p. 67. Titon (Old-Time Kentucky Fiddle Tunes), 2001; No. 35, p. 68.

Recorded sources: Bruce Greene - "Vintage Fiddle Tunes." Berea College Appalachian Center AC003, John M. Salyer - "Home Recordings 1941-42, vol. 1" (1993).

See also listing at:
Jane Keefer's Folk Music Index: An Index to Recorded Sources [1]
Hear John Salyer's recording at Slippery-Hill https://www.slippery-hill.com/recording/duck-river], Berea Digital Content [2], and at the Digital Library of Appalachia [3]