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X:1 T:Scolding Wife [4] S:J.D. Dillingham (Texas) M:C| L:1/8 R:Reel D:Library of Congress, AFS 1935 F:https://www.slippery-hill.com/recording/scolding-wife-0 Z:Transcribed by Andrew Kuntz K:C C2[C2E2]+slide+[e2e3]d|cded cG3|C2[C2E2]+slide+[e3e3]d | cAGE DC3| C2[C2E2]+slide+[e2e3]d|cded c3[de]-|[e2e2]g2aged|cAGE D C3:| g3a gedg|edea gedg|edeg abag|egab aged| (cd)ee e2ed|(cd)ed cG3|[e2e2][Ae]-[ce]- [e2e2]d2|cAGE DC3| g3a gedg|edea gedg|edeg abag|egab a2g2| +slide+c'4g2 ag|eeed c3d|eeg2 aged|cAGE DC3|| |:C3(D E)Gc2|AGcG ABc2|A,B,CE DCG,/A,/B,|DA, B,2DC3| C3(D E)G c2|AGcG A/B/c- cd|[e2e2][ee][ed] [e3e3]d|cAGE D C3:|]

SCOLDING WIFE [4]. American, Reel (cut time). USA, Texas. C Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AA'BBCC. The title of a tune recorded by the Thomasson Brothers for Okeh Records in 1929, whom music researcher Charles Wolfe (1997) believes were the father and uncle of Texas fiddler Benny Thomasson (credited as being one of the founders of modern contest fiddling).

Additional notes

Source for notated version: - Kerry Blech (Seattle, Wash.) [Phillips].

Printed sources : - Phillips (Traditional American Fiddle Tunes, vol. 1), 1994; p. 216.

Recorded sources: -

See also listing at:
Hear Benny Thomasson's recording at Slippery Hill [1]

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