Annotation:Field Lark
Tune properties and standard notation
FIELD LARK. Old-Time, Breakdown & Song (2/4 time). A Major. AEae tuning (fiddle). AABB. This ditty is sung to the first strain:
Daddy shot a field lark,
Shot him on the wing;
I got a banjo,
Listen to it sing.
Source for notated version: Arville Sandusky [Milliner & Koken]
Printed sources: Milliner & Koken (Milliner-Koken Collection of American Fiddle Tunes), 2011; p. 195.
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