Annotation:Kate's Got the Bellyache
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KATE'S GOT THE BELLYACHE. AKA and see "Jake's Got a Bellyache." Old-Time, Breakdown. USA, Kentucky. A Mixolydian. ADae or standard tuning (fiddle). AAB (Titon): One part (Milliner & Koken). Jeff Titon (2001) identifies this tune's provenance as south-eastern Kentucky, exclusively. Also played with parts reversed (see Edden Hammon's "Jake's Got a Bellyache").
Sources for notated versions: Estill Bingham (1899-1990, Pineville, Bell County, Ky. c. 1986), learned from his father, Noah Bingham (b. 1850) [Titon]; A.J. Johnson (Jackson County, Ky.) [Milliner & Koken], recorded by Bruce Green, December, 1975.
Printed sources: Milliner & Koken (Milliner-Koken Collection of American Fiddle Tunes), 2011; p. 355. Titon (Old-Time Kentucky Fiddle Tunes), 2001; No. 80, p. 108.
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Hear Bruce Greene's 1975 field recording of fiddler A.J. Johnson playing "Kate's Got the Bellyache" at Berea Digital Content [1]
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