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DUCK'S EYEBALL [2]. AKA and see "Rainbow Schottische," "Right Foot, Left Foot," "Stephen Baldwin's Schottische," "Tom Bhetty's Hornpipe," "Winter('s) Night Schottische." Old-Time, Breakdown. G Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AA'BB'. This eastern Carolina flatlands regional tune bears no relation to the Luther Davis melody of the same name. Lauchlin Shaw (1912-2000), Harnett County, N.C., learned the tune from Virgil Craven, a fiddler and hammered dulcimer player from Randolph County, N.C. The first strain originally was called "Rainbow Schottische" (see note for that tune), but appears in several different tunes.

Source for notated version: Lauchlin Shaw (N.C.) [Milliner & Koken].

Printed sources: Devil's Box, vol. 24, No. 1, 1990; p. 37. Milliner & Koken (Milliner-Koken Collection of American Fiddle Tunes), 2011; p. 175.

Recorded sources: Marimac 9064D, Lauchlin Stamper & A.C. Overton - "Sally with the Run Down Shoes" (1996).

See also listing at:
Jan Keefer's Folk Music Index: An Index to Recorded Sources [1]
Hear Lauchlin Shaw play the tune at Slippery Hill [2]

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