Annotation:Little Boy Working on the Road (1)
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LITTLE BOY WORKING ON THE ROAD [1]. Old-Time, Breakdown. USA, East Kentucky. A Mixolydian. Standard or AEae tuning (fiddle). AAB. Source J.W. Day recorded the tune in New York in 1928.
Source for notated version: James William Day {'stage name', Jilson Setters, 1861-1942, Rowan County, Tenn} [Krassen, Titon].
Printed sources: Krassen (Masters of Old Time Fiddling), 1983; p. 23. Titon (Old-Time Kentucky Fiddle Tunes), 2001; No. 93A, p. 122.
Recorded sources: Victor 40025 (78 RPM), Blind Bill Day (1928). Christian Wig & Mark Ward - "Come Back Boys and Feed the Horses: Fiddling on the Frontier".