Annotation:Monroe County Quickstep
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MONROE COUNTY QUICKSTEP. AKA and see "Taylor Quickstep (2)." Old-Time, Quickstep. USA, Kentucky. F Major ('A' part) & C Major ('B' part). Standard tuning (fiddle). AA'AA'BBBB. The second strain is "crooked", with an extra beat added to the fourth measure.
Source for notated version: fiddler Leonard Rutherford (KY) [Phillips].
Printed sources: Phillips (Traditional American Fiddle Tunes), vol. 2, 1995; p. 89.
Recorded sources: Arhoolie CD 519, McCamy's Melody Sheiks - "There's More Preety Girls than One!" (). Morning Star 45003, Rutherford and Foster - "Wink the Other Eye: Old Time Fiddle Band Music from Kentucky" (1980. Originally recorded for Gennett in 1929).
See also listing at:
See transcription at Dr. Fiddle (Austin Rogers) [1]
Hear Rutherford & Foster's recording at Slippery Hill [2]