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 Theme code Index    1355H 3H2H1H2H
 Also known as    Two Bits
 Composer/Core Source    Bob Walters
 Region    United States
 Genre/Style    Old-Time
 Meter/Rhythm    Reel (single/double)
 Key/Tonic of    D
 Accidental    2 sharps
 Mode    Ionian (Major)
 Time signature    2/2
 History    USA(Central)
 Structure    AABB
 Editor/Compiler    Biography:R.P. Christeson
 Book/Manuscript title    Book:Old Time Fiddler's Repertory vol. 1
 Tune and/or Page number    No. 85, p. 62
 Year of publication/Date of MS    1973
 Artist    Bob Walters
 Title of recording    Drunken Wagoneer
 Record label/Catalogue nr.    MSOTFA 106
 Year recorded    1993
 Media    
 Score   (1)   




X:1 T:Two Bits N:From the playing of fiddler Bob Walters (1889-1960, Burt County, N:Nebraska), 1951, recorded by R.P. Christeson. N:Christeson remaked: "Walters credited Oscar Doty, a retiree in Missouri N:Valley, Iowa. Mr. Doty had a high-priced violin he had acquired from a N:member of the Omaha Symphony, and he played it in 1951 at the annual N:get-together for fiddlers sponsored by Mr. Frame Davis in Des Moines, Iowa." M:C| L:1/8 R:Reel B:Christeson - Old TIme Fiddler's Repertory vol. 1 (1973, No. 85) D:https://www.slippery-hill.com/content/two-bits Z:Transcribed by Andrew Kuntz K:D ABAG FDEF|GFGA B2d2|efed cABc|dcde fga2| ABAG FDEF|GFGA B2d2|efed cABc|1dfec d2d2:|2 dfec d2|| |:Bc|d2 fd A2ag|fdec defd|edcB Aeed|cABG AGFE| DFAc d2ag|fdec defd|edcB Aaag|1fdec d2:|2fdec d2d2||


X:1 T:Shoot Two Bits N:From Bob Walters (1889-1960, Burt County, Neb.) M:C| L:1/8 R:Reel Q:"Fast" D:MSOTFA 106, Bob Walters - "Drunken Weagoneer" (2015) D:https://missourifiddling.bandcamp.com/track/shoot-two-bits Z:Transcribed by Andrew Kuntz K:D P:Bob Walters' version: D2-|DEFG A2ag|faec dfed|cABc A2ed|cBAG FGFE| DEFG A2ag|faec dfed|cABc A2ag|faec d2:| |:FG|ABAG FDEF|GFGA BcdB|cded cABc|dcde fga2l| ABAG FDEF|GFGA BcdB|cded cABc|dfec d2:|] P:As taught by Charlie Walden: Ac|d2 fd A2 ag|faec dfed|[ce][A3e3][A2e2] ed|cABd AGFE| DEFG A2ag|faec dfed|[ce][A3e3][A2e2]ag|faec d2:| |:FG|"*"ABAF DFAF|GFGA BcdB|cded cABc|dcde fga2| ABAF DFAF|GFGA BcdB|cded cABc|dfec d2:| P:Substitution "*"ABAG FDEF||