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LOST INDIAN [2]. AKA and see "Gone Indian." Old-Time, Bluegrass; Breakdown. A Major. Standard tuning or AEac# (fiddle). One part (Devil's Box): AA'BB'CC' (Beisswenger & McCann). It was customary to vocalize a holler or yelp with the two held notes in this tune, in imitation of an Indian 'whoop'. Bob Holt told Mark Wilson that when John Wills played the tune and yelped, "it just about curled your hair." Wills, the father of Texas fiddler Bob Wills, played in the radio as a guest with his son's band, and also broadcast on his own.
Source for notated version: Uncle John Wills via Howdy Forrester via John Hartford [Devil's Box]; Bob Holt (1830-2004, Ava, Missouri), learned from Uncle John Wills' radio broadcasts [Beisswenger & McCann].
Printed sources: Beisswenger & McCann (Ozarks Fiddle Music), 2008; p. 63. The Devil's Box, p. 50.
Recorded sources: Rounder CD-0432, Bob Holt - "Got a Little Home to Go to" (1998. Played in AEac# tuning).
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