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MY PRETTY LITTLE GIRL'S GONE. AKA - "My Prettiest Girl is Gone." Old-Time, Breakdown (cut time). G Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AB. A 'crooked' (irregular measures) tune, played slower than the usual breakdown pieces (almost at march tempo) that Drew Beisswenger (2008) concludes was one of source Absie Morrison's favorites, given the number of times he played it for various field researchers.

Absie Morrison playing with his granddaughter, Delana Morrison, who was only nine at the time of her grandfather’s death in 1964.

Source for notated version: Absie Morrison (1876-1964, Searcy County, Arkansas) [Beisswenger & McCann].

Printed sources: Beisswenger & McCann (Ozarks Fiddle Music), 2008; p. 105.

Recorded sources: Rounder CD 1707, Absie Morrison - "Southern Journey" (Various artists, compiled by Alan Lomax).

See also listing at:
Jane Keefer's Folk Music Index: An Index to Recorded Sources [1]
Hear Absie Morrison's field recording at the John Quincy Wolf Folklore Collection, Lyon College (Batesville, Arkansas), site [2]

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