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LAY YOUR GOOD MONEY DOWN. AKA and see "Good Money," "Sadie." Old-Time, Breakdown. USA, Missouri. D Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABBCC. Source Art Galbraith's family learned the first three parts of the tune from a local Ozark African-American fiddler named Bud Price (Strafford, Mo.) before Art was born in 1909. The final section on his Rounder recording was originally another blues-tempered tune called "Want to Go to Memphis So Bad," that Art's brother's habit to attach when he played for dances (Mark Wilson).

Source for notated version: the late Art Galbraith (Springfield, Mo.) [Phillips].

Printed sources: Phillips (Traditional American Fiddle Tunes, vol. 1), 1994; p. 138.

Recorded sources: Rounder 0157, Art Galbraith - "Simple Pleasures" (1984). Rounder Heritage Series 1166-11592-2, Art Galbraith (et al) - "The Art of Traditional Fiddle" (2001).

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




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