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LAZY JOHN. Old-Time, Breakdown. G Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AB. From the playing of Indiana fiddler Clyde Davenport, and a largely different tune (and song) from the similarly titled "Sleepy John/Sleepy-Eyed John," with only small similarities in the chorus.

Clyde Davenport

Source for notated version: W. Bruce Reid [Silberberg].

Printed sources: Silberberg (Tunes I Learned at Tractor Tavern), 2002; p. 88.

Recorded sources: Brad Leftwich - "Say Old Man."

See also listing at:
Jane Keefer's Folk Music Index: An Index to Recorded Sources [1]

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