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MAKE A LITTLE BOAT. AKA - "Make a Little Boat and Sail it Down the River." Old-Time, Bluegrass. USA. D Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. The tune was also part of fiddler Paul Warren's repertoire.

Source for notated version: Howdy Forrester via Kenny Baker (1926-2011) [Phillips].

Printed sources: Brody (Fiddler's Fakebook), 1983; p. 182. Phillips (Traditional American Fiddle Music), vol. 1, 1994; p. 149.

Recorded sources: County 770, Kenny Baker- "Frost on the Pumpkin" (1976). County 2705, Kenny Baker - "Master Fiddler."

See also listing at:
Jane Keefer's Folk Music Index: An Index to Recorded Sources [1]
Hear Baker's recording on youtube.com [2]




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