Crippled Turkey

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Theme code Index	61H1H1H 1H635
Also known as	Cripple Turkey
Composer/Core Source
Region	United States
Genre/Style	Contest, Old-Time, Texas/Oklahoma
Meter/Rhythm	Reel (single/double)
Key/Tonic of	G
Accidental	1 sharp
Mode	Ionian (Major)
Time signature	4/4
History	USA(Ozarks/Western Tenn), USA/Southwest"USA/Southwest" is not in the list (IRELAND(Munster), IRELAND(Connaught), IRELAND(Leinster), IRELAND(Ulster), SCOTLAND(Argyll and Bute), SCOTLAND(Perth and Kinross), SCOTLAND(Dumfries and Galloway), SCOTLAND(South Ayrshire), SCOTLAND(North East), SCOTLAND(Highland), ...) of allowed values for the "Has historical geographical allegiances" property.
Structure	AABB
Editor/Compiler	Biography:Drew Beisswenger & Gordon McCann
Book/Manuscript title	Book:Ozarks Fiddle Music
Tune and/or Page number	p. 102
Year of publication/Date of MS	2008
Artist	Biography:Bob Wills and the Texas Playboys
Title of recording	For the Last Time
Record label/Catalogue nr.	United Artists UA-LA 216-J2
Year recorded	1974
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CRIPPLED TURKEY. AKA - "Cripple Turkey." Old-Time, Breakdown. G Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. The melody is realted to "Say Old Man (Can You Play the Fiddle)," and perhaps a variant. It has become the basis for swing and contest improvisations in many versions. Recorded by Texas fiddler Bob Wills in 1936, but unreleased. There is a town called Turkey, Texas, where Bob Wills played at the Turkey Hotel, prior to removing to Fort Worth where his career took off. The title "Crippled Turkey" may be older than Wills; if so, I have not yet found that it predates him.

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

Printed source: Beisswenger & McCann (Ozarks Fiddle Music), 2008; p. 102.

Recorded sources: United Artists UA-LA 216-J2, Bob Wills - "For the Last Time" (1974). See also listings at: Jane Keefer's Folk Music Index: An Index to Recorded Sources [1].

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