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NANCY DALTON. AKA - "Nancy Dawson (2)." Old-Time, Breakdown. USA, Kentucky. D Major. Standard or ADae (Monday/Titon) tunings (fiddle). AABB. The tune was in the repertoire of south-central Kentucky fiddler Jim Bowles [1] (b. 1903), who learned it from local musicians. Isham Monday (1879-1964), also from Kentucky, played the tune and called it "Nancy Dawson;" his 1959 recording is in the Western Kentucky University archive. As a variant, it was apparently not widely known outside Bowles' local area, however, Jeff Titon (2001) identifies it as a member of the "Old Dubuque" family of tunes which is more widespread. The family includes "Dubuque," "Hell Up Coal Holler (2)," "Old Dubuque" and "Duck River" (see notes for those tunes).
Source for notated version: Pat Kingery [2] (Ky) [Phillips]; Isham Monday (Tompkinsville, Monroe County, Ky., 1959) [Titon]; Greg Canote [Silberberg].
Printed sources: Phillips (Traditional American Fiddle Tunes, vol. 1), 1994; p. 161. Silberberg (93 Tunes I Didn't Learn at the Tractor Tavern), 2004; p. 32. Titon (Old-Time Kentucky Fiddler Tunes), 2001; No. 107, p. 136.
Recorded sources: Marimac 9060, Jim Bowles - "Railroading Through the Rocky Mountains" (1994). Merriweather Records 1001-2, Pat Kingery - "I Kind of Believe it's a Gift" (c. 1986).