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MERRIWEATHER. AKA - "Meriwether," "Weriwhether." Old-Time, Breakdown. G Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. Titon (2001) finds the tune related to the Irish reels "Tom Ward's Downfall" and "Mourne Mountains (1) (The)," and opines that it is a "rare, appealing, and well-constructed tune."

Source for notated version: Ky. fiddler Bruce Greene (who learned it from Phelps) [Phillips]; W.L. "Jake" Phelps (Elkton, Todd County, Ky., 1973) [Titon].

Printed sources: Phillips (Traditional American Fiddle Tunes), vol. 1, 1994; p. 151. Songer (Portland Collection), 1997; p. 133. Titon (Old-Time Kentucky Fiddle Tunes), 2001; No. 103, p. 132.

Recorded sources: Berea College Appalachian Center AC001, Bruce Green - "Celebration! Old Time Music at Berea." County 786, Clyde Davenport - "Clydoscope" (1986. Probably learned from Bruce Green, says Titon). June Appal JA 026, Malcolm Dalglish & Grey Larsen - "First of Autumn" (1978).

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