Annotation:Arkansas Hoosier
X:1 T:Arkansas Hoosier N:From the playing of George Mert Reves (1884?-1992?), from 1964 home recordings N:made by his nephew Merle. Both George and Merle were then living in N:Dennard, Arkansas but George had lived much of his life in the Oklahama Ozarks region. M:C| L:1/8 R:Reel D:https://www.slippery-hill.com/content/arkansas-hoosier Z:Transcribed by Andrew Kuntz K:D D2-|D2B,2A,2B,2|D2 DB, G,2B,C|D2B,2 A,G,A,B,|D3D- D3D-| D2B,2A,2B,2|D2 DB, G,2B,C|D2B,2 A,G,A,B,|D3D- D3|| D-|D3(D EG) A3A-|B2BG AG[G2B2]-|[GB]Bed B2dB|GGAG AGAG|D2B,2 A,G,A,B,|D6|| |:[A2e2]-|[d2f2]fd AFAA|[d2f2]fd AFAA|[d2f2]fd [df]e (3cBA|B([ee]-[ee])([ee] [e2e2])[e2e2]| faaa fed(d|Bd)ed B-AFA|D2 B,2 A,G,A,B,|D4- D2:|
ARKANSAS HOOSIER. American, Reel (cut or 2/4 time). D Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). ABCC. "Arkansas Hoosier" is from the playing of fiddler George Mert Reves (1884?-1992?), from a home recording made by his nephew Merle Reves (or Reeves). At the time they were both living in Denard, Arkansas, although George had lived much of his life in the Oklahoma Ozarks region. While the term hoosier is now strongly associated with a citizen of the state of Indiana, the term formerly applied to any man who was thought to be"a big, burly, uncouth specimen or individual; a frontiersman, countryman, rustic"[1].
- ↑ Dictionary of Americanisms, 1877.