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NEW BROOM [1]. AKA and see "Democrats a-Rising." Old-Time, Breakdown. G Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AB (Silberberg): AA'BB' (Phillips). Charles Wolfe (1991) thinks the title might be associated with an old African-American banjo song, perhaps of minstrel origins, called "Sweep dat Kittle Wid a Bran' New Broom."

Source for notated version: Dick Barrett [Phillips]; Carthy Sisco [Silberberg]; Gary Lee Moore (Seattle) [Silberberg].

Printed sources: Phillips (Traditional American Fiddle Tunes, vol. 1), 1994; p. 164. Silberberg (Tunes I Learned at Tractor Tavern), 2002; pp. 105 & 106.

Recorded sources: Ok 45477 (78 RPM), The Fox Chasers. Rounder 0215, Byron Berline - "Rounder Fiddle" (1990). Rounder 0100, Byron Berline - "Dad's Favorites."




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