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X:1 T:Scott No. 2 [1] S:Bill Driver (Iberia, Miller County, Mo.) M:C| L:1/8 Q:"Quick" D:University of Missouri, Bill Driver - Old Time Fiddlers' Repertory (1976) F:https://www.slippery-hill.com/recording/scott-number-one Z:Transcribed by Andrew Kuntz R:Reel K:G ga|b2 ba b2 ag|efga g2d2|a2 aa abag|fgab a2ga| b2 ba b2 ag|efga g2d2|efge d2ef|gaba g2|| G2|GB(ge) d3e|dcBA G2G2|BGAG E2D2-|DB,-B,A, G,2G,2| (G/B/g)- ge d4|c4 B4|ABAG EFGA|B2[G4B4]||

SCOTT NUMBER TWO. AKA and see "Lane," "Fever in the South." Old Time, Breakdown. USA; Mississippi, North Carolina, Arkansas, Missouri. G Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. The tune was recorded for the Library of Congress by musicologist/folklorist Vance Randolph, from the playing of Ozarks Mountians fiddlers in the early 1940's, and also recorded for the same institution in 1939 by Herbert Halpert from the playing of Tishomingo County, Mississippi, fiddler John Hatcher. Ira Ford included a version in his 1940 book Traditional Music in America (1940) under the title "Lane," and there is a 1955 recording of Missouri fiddler Lee Vatty playing it as "Fever in the South."

Additional notes

Source for notated version: - biography:Bill Driver (Miller County, Missouri) [Christeson).

Printed sources : - R.P. Christeson (Old Time Fiddlers Repertory, vol. 1), 1973; p. 98.

Recorded sources: -Missouri State Old Time Fiddlers' Association, Bill Driver - "Old Time Fiddler's Repertory" (1976). Yodel-Ay-Hee 011, Bruce Molsky - "Warring Cats".

See also listing at:
Hear Bill Driver's field recording at Slippery Hill [1]

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