Annotation:Rabbit in the Grass (1)

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RABBIT IN THE GRASS. AKA - "Soapsuds Splash." Old-Time, Breakdown. USA; Alabama, Missouri, Oklahoma. G Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. Similar to “Fort Smith (1).”

Sources for notated versions: African-American fiddler Bill Driver (Miller County, Missouri) [Christeson]: Emmett Newman (Delaware County, Oklahoma) [Thede].

Printed sources: R.P. Christeson (Old Time Fiddler’s Repertory, vol. 1), 1973; p. 94. Thede (The Fiddle Book), 1967; p. 134.

Recorded sources: Rounder 0175, James Bryan - "Lookout Blues" (1983. Learned from Mentone, Alabama, fiddler Mack Blalock).

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