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Theme code Index	151H6 1255
Also known as	Way Down South in Dixie, Rufus Blossom
Composer/Core Source	Biography:Kerry Mills
Region	United States
Genre/Style	Bluegrass, Old-Time
Meter/Rhythm	March/Marche, Polka, Reel (single/double), Two-Step
Key/Tonic of	G
Accidental	1 sharp
Mode	Ionian (Major)
Time signature	2/4
History
Structure	ABB'
Editor/Compiler	Biography:Viola "Mom" Ruth
Book/Manuscript title	Book:Pioneer Western Folk Tunes
Tune and/or Page number	No. 40, p. 15
Year of publication/Date of MS	1948
Artist	Biography:Vess Ossman
Title of recording	Whistling Rufus
Record label/Catalogue nr.	E. Berliner's Gramophone – 092 (78 RPM)
Year recorded	1899
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X:233 T:Whistling Rufus R:Cakewalk C:Kerry Mills (1899) Z:added by Alf warnock alf0@rogers.com - www.alfwarnock.info/alfs M:C| L:1/8 K:G P:A |:G2GB d2de|g2g2 ed3|G2GA BAG2|d8|\ G2GB d2de|g2g2 ed3|a2aa age2|a8| G2GB d2de|g2g2 ed3|G2GA BAG2|d6g2|\ eg2e d2ed|B2G2 AGED|GB2G AGA2|[1 G2z2 g2z2:|[2 G2B2 F2G2|| P:B |:d4d4-|d2e2d2G2|F4F4-|F2 c2^G2A2|\ e4e4-|e2f2e2c2|B4B4-|B2B2F2G2| d4d4-|d2e2d2G2|c4c4-|c2d2c2G2|\ B4c2B2|E4F4|[1G8-|G2B2F2G2:|[2 G8-|G4g2z2|| P:A G2GB d2de|g2g2 ed3|G2GA BAG2|d8|\ G2GB d2de|g2g2 ed3|a2aa age2|a8| G2GB d2de|g2g2 ed3|G2GA BAG2|d6g2|\ eg2e d2ed|B2G2 AGED|GB2G AGA2| G2z2 g2z2| K:C P:C |:c6d2|e6g2|a3ba3b|a2g2e2c2|\ d3ed3e|d2A2B2c2|d3ed2e|d2B2A2G2| c6d2|e6g2|a3ba3b|a2g2e2c2|\ d3ed3e|d2A2B2c2|[1 d8|c4G4:|[2 d8|c2e2B2c2|| P:D |:g4g4-|g2a2g2c2|B4B4-|B2f2 ^c2d2|\ a4a4-|a2b2a2f2|e4e4-|e2e2B2c2| g4g4-|g2a2g2c2|f4f4-|f2g2f2c2|\ e4f2e2|A4B4|[1 c8-c2e2B2c2:|[2 c8-|c4c'2z2|]

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X:1 T:Whistling Rufus M:C| L:1/8 Q:"Fast" S:Arthur Smith (1898-1971, Humphreys County, east Tennessee) D:Folkways FWe1007, "Milk 'Em in the Evening Blues" (1968) F:https://www.slippery-hill.com/recording/whistling-rufus Z:Transcribed by Andrew Kuntz K:G GFGA Bdef|gage dcBA|GFGA BGAB|dAFD EFDF| GFGA Bdef|gage dcBd|ea2a- aefg|agfd edBA| GFGA Bdef|gage dcBA|GDGA BGBc|d2 [d4g4]ef| g2 ga gedB|G2 [GB]A [GB]GFE|D2G[G_B]- [G=B]GAF|G6||

Whistling Rufus: Annotations