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WEST VIRGINIA GIRLS. Old Time, Breakdown. USA, West Virginia. A Dorian. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. May be related to a version of "Fire on the Mountain", said West Virginia fiddler Frank George, who thought it similar to a tune of that name played by his mentor, Jim Farthing.

Source for notated version: Henry Reed (Va.) collected in 1966 by Alan Jabbour [Krassen]. Reed said he had no name for the tune, but Jabbour believes the high strain to be an instrumental version of the song "If You Want to go a-Courtin'"

Printed sources: Krassen (Appalachian Fiddle), 1973; p. 39.

Recorded sources: Document 8041, "The Hill Billies/Al Hopkins and His Buckle Busters: Complete Recorded Works in Chronological Order, vol. 3.” Rounder 0024, "The Hollow Rock String Band."

See also listing at:
See Alan Jabbour's manuscript transcription of Henry Reed's unnamed version [1]

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