Annotation:Bug in the 'Tater
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BUG(S) IN THE 'TATER(S). AKA and see "Ragtime Annie (1)," "Sister Ann." Old-Time, Breakdown. D Major. Standard tuning. AA'BCC'DD'. Recorded in the late 1920's by fiddler Charlie Bowman with the Hillbillies. Folklorist/musicologist Vance Randolph recorded the tune for the Library of Congress from Ozarks Mountains fiddlers in the early 1940's. The tune is similar to the old-time standard "Ragtime Annie (1)."
Source for notated version: Charlie Bowman [Phillips].
Printed sources: Phillips (Traditional American Fiddle Tunes, vol. 1), 1994; p. 41.
Recorded sources: Document 8041, The Hill Billies/Al Hopkins and His Buckle Busters: Complete Recorded Works in Chronological Order, vol. 3."