Annotation:Bug in the 'Tater

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X:1 T:Bug in the Taters S:Al Hopkins & His Buckle Busters, Charlie Bowman fiddle M:C| L:1/8 D:Brunswick 182-B (78 RPM), Al Hopkins & His Buckle Busters (1927) F:https://www.slippery-hill.com/recording/bug-taters Z:Transcribed by Andrew Kuntz K:D +slide+[F2A2]-|[F2A2][F2B2][FA][FA][FB]A|[FA][F2B2][FA] [F2A2][F2A2]-|[F2A2][F2B2][FA][FA][FB]A|[FA]FEF D2[F2A2]-| [F2A2][F2B2][FA][FA][FB]A|[FA][FA][FB]F [F2A2][F2A2]-|[FA][FA][F2B2][FA][FA][FB]A|[FA]FEF D4|| +slide+f2f4+slide+f2-|fAdB A4| a2 a2- aage|dBAF D4| +slide+f2f4+slide+f2-|fAdB A3e| a2 a2- aage|dBAF D4|| afdf afdf|afbf a2 a2-|afdf a(fe)g | fdec d2a2-| aadf afdf|afbf a2 a2-|afdf a(fe)g | fdec d2e2-|| fdBd A2[=F2A2]-|[^FA]EDB, D2(e2|f)dBd A2[FA]E|[FA]E[DA]E D2(e2| f)dBd A2[=F2A2]-|[^FA]EDB, D2(e2|f)dBd A2[FA]E|[FA]E[DA]E D2||

BUG(S) IN THE 'TATER(S). AKA and see "Ragtime Annie (1)," "Sister Ann." Old-Time, Breakdown. D Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). 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)."

Additional notes

Source for notated version: -

Printed sources : - Phillips (Traditional American Fiddle Tunes, vol. 1), 1994; p. 41.

Recorded sources: -Brunswick 182-B (78 RPM), Al Hopkins and His Buckle Busters, Fiddle by Charles Bowman (1927). Document 8041, The Hill Billies/Al Hopkins and His Buckle Busters: Complete Recorded Works in Chronological Order, vol. 3."

See also listing at:
Hear the Hill Billies 1927 recording at Slippery Hill [1] and at youtube.com [2]

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