Annotation:Rufus Rastus

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X:1 % T:Rufus Rastus S:Mississippi Possum Hunters M:C| L:1/8 D:Victor 23644 (78 RPM), Mississippi Possum Hunters (1930). Z:Transcribed by Andrew Kuntz K:C (EF|.G2).A2.G2AE|G.A2(EG2)z2|A2F2A2F2|ABc2 A2z2| {_B}=BABd B2G2|BABd BG2 ((3D/E/F/|G)BA-B-B2+slide+d2|ecd2 ([Ec][EB][Ec][Ed]|\ M:2/4 L:1/8 [1[E2c2]):|2c3d|| edcG AE2G|A2c2A2(d2|e)dcG AE2G|A2c2A3_B2-| =BABA- A2GA|BABd A2(EF|G)BAG B3(d|e)cd2 ([Ec][EB][Ec][EB]|\ M:2/4 L:1/8 [E2c2])|]

RUFUS RASTUS. Old-Time, Breakdown. USA, Mississippi. C Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. The tune was derived from Sterling and Von Tilzer's Tin-Pan-Alley song "Whatcha Gonna Do When the Rent Comes 'Round.” It is said that the Mississippi Possum Hunters (Avalon, Miss.) were friends with bluesman Mississippi John Hurt.

Additional notes

Source for notated version: - fiddler John Holloway with the Mississippi Possum Hunters (Miss.) [Phillips].

Printed sources : - Phillips (Traditional American Fiddle Tunes, vol. 2), 1995; p. 117.

Recorded sources: - County 528, Mississippi Possum Hunters "Mississippi Breakdown: Traditional Fiddle Music of Mississippi, Vol. 1." Document 8028, The Mississippi Possum Hunters – “Mississippi String Bands, vol. 2” (reissue). Victor 23644 (78 RPM), Mississippi Possum Hunters (1930).